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Personal Information

Full Name

Seamus Murphy

Bio

Seamus Murphy graduated from Queen’s University in 2009 with a BA in English and Mathematics. He is currently enrolled in Dalhousie Law School and expects to graduate in 2012.

Affiliation

Queen’s University

Country

Canada

Case studies by Seamus Murphy

Case study :

William Kirby and Copyright: The Publication History of The Golden Dog

Despite the immense popularity of his novel, The Chien d’or / The Golden Dog: A Legend of Quebec, William Kirby lost the royalties and received almost none of the profit this book garnered. This article focuses on copyright issues that surrounded publication of The Golden Dog and how this resulted in the novel’s piracy.