CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIFIC SECTIONS OF

COPYRIGHT ACT-Contd.

§ 62, definition of "the date of pub-
lication" not intended as a
general definition of publi-
cation, 57

CONTRACTS INVOLVING LITERARY
PROPERTY

alteration of story for motion pic-
ture production, 139, 140
author may reserve right to ap-
prove changes, 140
bankruptcy of publisher does not
rescind, 158

reservation of rights, 81

right to enjoy renewal term, 104, 108

CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERIODICALS
advertisements, see Prints and
Labels

assignments of, 81, 82
protected as component parts when
owned by proprietor, 80, 82
published in instalments, rule gov-
erning registration, 81

indivisible with respect to right to
sue or assign, 157, 158
lost by failure to observe statutory
requirements as to notice, 62
may be bequeathed by will, 53, 157
may be held in trust, 51
method of securing for published
works, 56

method of securing for unpublished
works, 94

origin and development of Ameri-
can system, see Ch. I
persons entitled to secure, 50
policy of Congress in granting, 199
renewal of, 102

rights embraced in, 111

vests on publication with notice, or
deposit of unpublished work,
50, 94

when secured, supersedes common-
law right, 97

DEPOSIT OF COPIES OF PUBLISHED

WORKS

"accompanied in each case by a
claim of copyright", 79

after registration as unpublished, 98
delayed deposit not necessarily fatal
to copyright, 75, 76
disposal of deposits, 191
failure to deposit after demand may
void copyright, 87, 88
foreign work, only one copy re-
quired, 77

mailing, no postage required, 88
premature deposit, registration de-

ferred until publication, 80
prerequisite to issuance of certifi-
cate of registration, 80
prerequisite to maintain suit for in-
fringement, 82, 83

primary purpose of deposit, 98

DESIGNS FOR ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE
come within sphere of design patent
law, 20, 121

common-law protection lost on gen-
eral sale of article, 124
Copyright Office ruling, 121, 216, 217
dress designs, piracy of, 124, 125
DESIGNS FOR WORKS OF ART

include works belonging to fine
arts. 20, 121

MATTER NOT SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT-
Contd.

devices, implements, tools, 49
fabrics, 46

games, 48

government publications, 40
ideas, except as to literary expres-
sion, 11, 43

key symbols for maps, 20
labels which are merely trade
marks, 35

news, other than literary expres-
sion, 117

obscene, libelous, seditious works,
43

opinions of courts and statutes, 40
phonograph records, piano rolls, 19
scenarios, 216

slogans, mottoes devoid of literary
merit, 16

spoken words, not reduced to writ-
ing, 11

standardized clauses in contracts, 38
systems, plans, methods, as such, 43
titles or names, as such, 44
toys, dolls, games, 48, 123
works in public domain, 39
works published but not copy-
righted prior to July 1, 1909,
39

"MEIN KAMPF" CASE

"stateless" authors, 54
MONOLOGUES

registrable as addresses for oral de-
livery, 17

MORAL RIGHT

of author to prevent misuse of name
or mutilization of story, 139,
140

MOTION PICTURES

copyright secured before publica-
tion held valid, 96
deposit of complete copies essential
after publication, 98
elaboration of story for picturiza-
tion purposes, 139

exhibition in social club held not
"public" performance, 127
exhibition not in itself general pub-
lication, 58

leasing copies for commercial use,
deemed publication, 60
loaning of copies for non-commer-
cial use, not general publica-
tion, 60

notice of copyright, form and posi-
tion of, 67, 71, 99

MOTION PICTURES-Contd.

notice of copyright on first of sev-
eral reels sufficient, 71

other than photoplays, infringed by
unauthorized exhibition, 113,

127

performance of music in, 133
photoplays are "dramatic works"
even though not founded on
dramas, 128

projecting on screen results in copy-
ing, 113, 129

public and private exhibition dis-
tinguished, 127

rule governing use of pre-empted
titles, 45

"shorts" or "fill-ins" displaying ac-
tion, photoplays, 23

unauthorized exhibition in violation
of contract, 129

unauthorized use of story or drama,
liability for profits, appor-
tionment, 145, 146

MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS

adaptations and arrangements copy-
rightable as new works, 120
Broadcasters vs. ASCAP, 135, 136
broadcasting for commercial pur-
poses, restricted licenses, 133
coin-operated machines, perform-
ance by, 134

devices for mechanical reproduc-
tion, not "copies" of, 19
editing, fingering, phrasing, trans-
posing into other keys, 120,
216

in public domain, must be trans-
forming to sustain copyright
claim, 13

include songs with musical accom-
paniment, 18

intention or foreknowledge of selec-
tions immaterial as to in-
fringement, 113, 132
license to record does not carry
right to perform, 137, 138
licensee must make his own record
from the original composition,
138

mechanical reproduction, notice of
use to be filed in Copright
Office, 137

mechanical reproduction,

quere
whether provisions apply to
unpublished works, 138

notice of copyright, form and posi-
tion, 63, 65, 70

performance for charitable or edu-
cational purposes, 134