Justice Yates
historical figure · 1 work · 3 mentions · 8 anchored passages
Yates
in the texts
The Law of Intellectual Property
A judge whose opinion is quoted arguing that purchasing a book confers unrestricted use of it.
Justice Yates said, “Every purchaser of a book is the owner of it;
“It is by legal actions that other men must judge and direct their conduct;
And the author, by empowering the bookseller to sell, empowers him to convey this general property;