DEFINITE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED. Sec. 1 (b). William P. Cutter. That in subsection (a) of section one of the bill there be omitted the words "for the purposes set forth in subsection (b) hereof," and that subsection (b) be omitted from the bill. (Copyright Hearings, December, 1906, p. 75.) Sec. 1 (b). H. N. Low,-Add provisos as follows: "Provided, That such sole and exclusive right shall not continue to exist in any copy after it shall have been sold or assigned by the owner of the copyright therefor; and Provided, That all similar copies of any work copyrighted under this Act shall be sold by the publishers of such copies at equal prices to all persons without discrimination, and that said publishers shall not place any restriction on the prices at which the purchaser of said copies shall sell or dispose of the same." Hearings, December, 1906, p. 114.) Sec. 1 (b). Edward S. Rogers. (Copyright After subdivision (b) in section 1 there should be added the following: "and to import copies of such works, subject in the case of books to the provisions of section thirty hereof," so that said subdivision (b) will read as follows: "(b) To sell, distribute, exhibit, or let for hire, or offer or keep for sale, distribution, exhibition or hire any copy of such work, and to import copies of such works, subject in the case of books to the provisions of section thirty hereof." Sec. 1 (b). A. Tams, That the words "or let for hire" be eliminated, to read: "(b) To sell, distribute, exhibit, or offer or keep for sale, distribution, exhibition, or hire, any copy of such work;" (Copyright Hearings, December, 1906, p. 375.) Sec. 1 (c). SUGGESTIONS AND CRITICISMS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY DEFINITE Sec. 1 (b). PROPOSALS FOR PHRASEOLOGY. Sec. 1 (c). Antonio Knauth, New York. I am opposed to extending copyright protection by statute to oral deliveries, such as speeches, sermons, lectures, etc. DEFINITE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED. Sec. 1 (f). American (Authors') Copyright League,Add "for profit" and "or form of record," to read: "(f) To publicly perform for profit a copyrighted musical work, or any part thereof, or for purpose of public performance or the purposes set forth in subsection (b) hereof to make any arrangement or setting of such work, or of the melody thereof, in any system of notation or form of record." (Copyright Hearings, December, 1906, p. 402.) Sec. 1 (f). Geo. W. Pound. Strike out all of (f) after the word "thereof," line 10, and insert the following, to read: "(f) To publicly perform a copyrighted musical work, or any part thereof: Provided, That the purposes of this Act be deemed not to include perforated music rolls for playing mechanical instruments or records used for the reproduction of sound waves, or matrices, or other appliances by which such rolls or records, respectively, are made; Provided, however, That in case the applicant for copyright shall file with his application for such copyright his consent that the subject thereof may be reproduced on or in records as used in connection with automatic playing instruments in whatever form they may be, upon payment of a royalty of two cents upon and for each and every reproduction thereof, then the copyright thereon granted shall be extended to and shall cover such mechanical reproductions." (Copyright Hearings, December, 1906, p. 319.) Sec. 1 (f). Herman Fromme,-Strike out the word "arrangement," to read: "to "(f) To publicly perform a copyrighted musical work, or any part thereof, or for purpose of public performance or the purposes set forth in subsection (b) hereof to make any setting of such work, or of the melody thereof, in any system of notation." (Copyright Hearings, December, 1906, p. 172.) SUGGESTIONS AND CRITICISMS NOT ACCOMPANIED BY DEFINITE PROPOSALS FOR PHRASEOLOGY. Sec. 1 (f). E. G. Hood. I consider it unconstitutional for any body of men to make a law which will deprive me of the right to do what I wish with a book which I may buy; after I have paid money for it that I shall not let my wife, or my boys, read it. And this is what it amounts to in regard to this music business. If I buy a hundred music books, there is no power under the good God's sun which shall say to me you have no right to sing this music in public, nor to give it away, nor to loan it to my brother, nor to rent it, nor to throw it in the fire. ** * This music affair is very different from the drama, where there is a royalty on performances. You do not put a drama on the market, as you do music, and ask the public to buy. Sec. 1 (f). Antonio Knauth. I am quite opposed to extending copyright protection so as to prevent the public performance of a copyrighted musical work, or any part thereof, as provided by subdivision (f) of section 1. Sec. 1 (f). S. Harold Sargent. The right to publicly perform ordinary musical compositions, waltzes, songs, marches, etc., should not be restricted; but in the case of musical-dramatic or large religious or concert works (consisting, say, of more than two numbers) the holders of copyright should have full protection against public performances without their permission. (Copyright Hearings, December, 1906, p. 392.) DEFINITE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED. Sec. 1 (f). Arthur Tams,-Change to read: "To publicly perform a copyrighted musical dramatic work, or any part thereof, or for purpose of public performance, or the purposes set forth in subsection (b) hereof." (Copyright Hearings, December, 1906, p. 376.) Sec. 1 (g). American (Authors') Copyright League. Cancel section 1 (g). (Copyright Hearings, December, 1906, p. 402.) Sec. 1 (g). Nathan Burkan,-Change to read: "SEC. 1 (g). To make any record of any copyrighted musical or literary work or any part thereof, after this Act shall have gone into effect, in any system of notation, perforations, protuberances, depressions, impressions, or in any other system, manner or method whatsoever, used for reproduction to the ear by mechanical instruments or devices; to make any sound record of the same or any part thereof adapted to reproduce or cause any mechanical instrument to reproduce to the ear the sounds forming or identifying the same; to use, embody, or represent the same or any part thereof in any manner whatever, in any device adapted to reproduce or to cause any mechanical instrument to reproduce to the ear the same or any part thereof." (Copyright Hearings, December, 1906, p. 389.) Sec. 1 (g). Paul H. Cromelin,-Strike out paragraph (g), section 1, and its dependent clauses. (Copyright Hearings, December, 1906, p. 384.) Sec. 1 (g). G. H. Davis,-Cancel. See Sec. 63. Sec. 1 (g). F. W. Hedgeland. Strike out paragraph (g) altogether. (Copyright Hearings, December, 1906, p. 30.) Sec. 1 (g). Horace Pettit. Add to Sec. 1 (g) at the end thereof the following: "Provided, That nothing herein contained in clause (g) shall interfere with or supersede any rights under the patent laws: And provided further, That the owner or proprietors of the copyright as to the subjects included in |