Today in Copyright History: 1/8
On January 8, 1783, Connecticut passed the first U.S. copyright statute. Noted lexicographer Noah Webster was instrumental in securing its enactment. All other U.S. states except for Delaware followed suit.
![By Engraving is inscribed “Morse Pinx, Kellogg Sc”, and noted “engraved for the quarto edition of Webster's American Dictionary” [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/539530d2e4b0e3021538f0db/1420525878180-6OJZE2LUMHX701W9VLQ5/image-asset.jpeg)
By Engraving is inscribed “Morse Pinx, Kellogg Sc”, and noted “engraved for the quarto edition of Webster's American Dictionary” [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
Reposted from the History of Copyright Timeline at the U.S. Copyright Office.