CONTENTS

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I. The economic size-importance of the copyright industries.

A. The problem.......

B. The results-summary.

1. Selected national income estimates, 1954.

2. Estimated national income originated by each of the

copyright industries, 1954.

C. The copyright industries defined..

D. Methodology: The measurement of economic size-impor-

tance

E. Methodology: Methods of estimation.

II. Revenues of creators of copyrightable materials-

A. The problem analyzed.

B. Methods of estimation.

C. The results-summary

1. Revenues of creators from commercial users, 1954-

2. Revenues of creators from creator-users, 1954-

3. Payments for the creative effort of individual creators,

1954.

III. Appendixes:

Appendix A: Estimates of the economic size-importance of indi-
vidual copyright industries__

Appendix B: Estimates of the revenues of creators of copyright-

able materials in individual copyright industries..

IV. Addendum: The copyrighted component of copyrightable values,

1954

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PREFATORY NOTE

This study presents background economic data concerning (1) the various industries in the United States that exploit copyrightable materials for profit and (2) the revenues of creators of such materials. Some of the economic data presented in this study are compiled here for the first time and are based on the available information which is incomplete in some respects. It must therefore be recognized that some of the statistical computations represent estimates based on the available information.

THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE,

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.