On September 23, 1912, the Dutch Copyright Act - Auteurswet - was enacted. A century after itsenactment the Dutch law is one of the world's oldest 'living' acts of the author's rights tradition. While the Act has seen many small and large amendments since its adoption in 1912, it has never been thoroughly revised, so its conception and basic structure have remained essentially intact.This book celebrates the hundredth anniversary of the Dutch Act. It traces and assesses, for an international...