Copyright law of 1790

The Law.
Congress enacted the federal Copyright Act to protect works of authorship.
The Act gives the owner of a copyright the exclusive right to do and authorize others to do certain things in regard to a copyrighted work, including:

Southwest Ordinance Law and Legal Definition.
The Southwest Ordinance of 1790 was an attempt to organize the territory of the U.S., South of the River Ohio into one political district and established provisions for its interim governance by Congress and expected transition to statehood.
The Ordinance outlined a three-stage process for the ..