Prologue: Growing the American public domain
The American public domain and the courtesy of the trade in the nineteenth century
Transatlantic modernism in the American public domain
Ezra Pound's copyright statute: perpetual rights and unfair competition with the dead
Ulysses unauthorized: protectionism, piracy, and protest
Joyce V. Roth: authors' names and Blue Valley Butter
Ulysses authorized: Random House and courtesy
Epilogue: Disturbing the American public domain.