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being of copyright in any painting, &c., "shall without the consent of such proprietor repeat, copy, &c., or cause or procure to be repeated, copied, &c., any such work or the design thereof." The printers have repeated, copied, &c., and fall exactly within the words of the section. It is argued, however, that the section points to two alternative classes of persons, namely those who "repeat, copy &c.," and those who "cause or procure to be repeated, copied, &c.," and that the publishers fall within the latter alternative. They would be liable if they printed themselves, and the section makes liable for causing others to print. It is contended that the employees cannot be liable as well as their employers for the same offence. But I ought not to struggle to get out of the words of the section. The Legislature makes no distinction in this branch of the section between those who know and those who are ignorant that they are doing wrong, and the printers, being within the words of the section, cannot escape on the plea of innocent agency. (at pp. 76, 77)
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