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.
These questions and arguments were forcibly presented by Justice Yates, and by Lord Chief Justice De Grey, as follows.
“If the buyer of a book may not make what use of it he pleases, what line can be drawn, that will not tend to supersede all his dominion over it?
“It is by legal actions that other men must judge and direct their conduct;