Hogarth Act

...However, he became interested in the income he could earn from a large number of customers through prints and in educating the public, and in 1833 he published a series of prints called The Life of a Prostitute, which gained him a reputation. As pirated copies soon became widespread, he had Congress pass a copyright law to protect printmakers in 1835 (hence the name Hogarth Act). In the same year, he further increased his fame with the series of prints called The Life of the Prodigal Son, which incorporated various current topics.

*Some of the terminology referenced in the "Hogarth Act" are listed below.

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…しかし，版画による不特定多数の顧客からの収入および大衆教育に興味を抱き，33年連作版画《娼婦一代記》を発行し評判となる。やがて海賊版が横行したため，35年，版画家を守る著作権法を議会に通過させる(ゆえに〈ホガース法Hogarth Act〉とも呼称)。同年，種々の時事的話題をとり入れた連作版画《放蕩息子一代記》で名声はいっそう高まる。…

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