STUDY NO. 3 THE MEANING OF "WRITINGS" IN THE COPYRIGHT CLAUSE OF THE CONSTITUTION PREPARED BY STAFF MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF PROF. WALTER J. DERENBERG November 1956 Definitions of "Writings" and "Authors" by the courts_ 69 71 72 76 83 84 Reasons given by the courts for their broad interpretation of "writings" Subjects granted copyright protection other than literary productions_ Conclusion..... 86 93 101 108 PREFATORY NOTE The preparation of a study on this subject was suggested to Prof. Walter J. Derenberg of the New York University School of Law by the U.S. Copyright Office. This study was written, under the guidance of Professor Derenberg, by Stephen Lichtenstein, Lawrence Pollack, Harold Reynolds, Leonard Sacks, and Margaret Taylor, and edited by Donald Fox and Donald Elliott, to assist the program of studies being conducted by the Copyright Office for the general revision of the U.S. copyright law. This study was published in the New York University Law Review, November 1956 issue, volume 31, No. 7, pages 1263-1312. It is reprinted herein with the courteous permission of the Law Review. THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE, |