American Cut The First 100 Years

A lavishly illustrated, in-depth early history covering two thousand years of diamond jewelry and commerce, from the Indian mines to European merchants, courts, and workshops This richly illustrated history of diamonds illuminates myriad facets of the “king of gems,” including a cast of larger-than-life characters such as Alexander the Great, the Mughal emperor Jahangir, and East India Company adventurers. It’s an in-depth study tracing the story of diamonds from their early mining and trade more than two thousand years ago to the 1700s, when Brazil displaced India as the world’s primary diamond supplier. Jack Ogden, a historian and gemologist specializing in ancient gems and jewelry, describes the early history of diamond jewelry, the development of diamond cutting, and how diamonds were assessed and valued. The book includes more than one hundred captivating images, from close-up full-color photographs of historic diamond-set jewelry (some previously unpublished), to photomicrographs of individual gems and illustrations of medieval manuscripts, as well as diagrams depicting historical methods of cutting and polishing diamonds.

Preface; Copyright Term Extension: Estimating the Economic Values; Copyright Restoration for Public Domain Works; The 'Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000'; New York Times Co vs Tasini: The US Supreme Court Affirms 'Authorial' Rights in Copyright; Copyright and Fair Use After Acuff-Rose and Texaco; Criminal Copyright Infringement: Proposal to Impose Criminal Liability on Non-Profit Infringers and Felony Liability for Transmissions; Copyright Term Extension and Music Licensing: Review of Recent Developments; Copyright Issues in Online Music Delivery; The Copyright Doctrine of Fair Use and the Internet: Caselaw; Online Service Provider Copyright Liability: Analysis and Discussion of HR 2180 and S1146; Digital Millennium Copyright Act PL 105-304: Summary and Analysis; 'Digital Era Copyright Enhancement Act': Analysis of HR 3048; Copyright Term Extension and Music Licensing: Analysis of Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act and Fairness in Music Licensing Act PL 105-298; Index.

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