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Belford Clarke
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Alexander Belford & James Clarke Belford Clarke’s publishing house joined the small group of pirate publishers in the 1880’s who were successfully sued for breach of copyright by Estes & Lauriat. The precocious Alexander, born in Ireland in 1854 but brought up a Canadian in Toronto, published his first book at the age of 13, and yes, that too was pirated ! The partnership with Clarke was formed in 1875, and they re-located to Chicago where the business thrived for the next 18 years. Belford became Mark Twain’s enemy no. 1 after he re-published Tom Sawyer in Toronto without permission. Mark Twain famously said “Belford Bros., the miserable thieves couldn't buy a sentence from me for any money”. Twain unsuccessfully sued Belford for copyright infringement in Chicago in the 1880’s (the court deemed Twain had not copyrighted his works). Belford Clarke & Co was split up in 1893 and Alexander formed the Werner Company. He retired to California in 1900 and died in 1906.
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