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The following Bulletins and circulars have been issued by the Copyright Office and may be had free on request to the REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON, D. C.:

The Copyright Law of the United States of America, being the Act of Marc 4, 1909 (in force July 1, 1909), as amended by the Act of August 24, 1912 together with Rules for Practice and Procedure under Section 25, by the Suprem Court of the United States. 52 pp. 8°. 1912.

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Copyright in England. Act 1 and 2 Geo. 5, ch. 46. An Act to amend and consolidate the law relating to copyright, passed December 16, 1911. 54 pp. 89

International Copyright Convention. Berne, 1886, and Amendments agreed to at Paris, 1896. 15 pp. 4°.

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

THE

COPYRIGHT LAW

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

BEING THE ACT OF MARCH 4, 1909

(IN FORCE JULY 1, 1909)

AS AMENDED BY THE ACT OF AUGUST 24, 1912

TOGETHER WITH

RULES FOR PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

UNDER SECTION 25

BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES

Copyright Office Bulletin No. 14

[5,000, January, 1913]

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1913

PREFATORY NOTE.

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LIBRARY

SCHOOL

The Act here printed passed both Houses of Congress on March 3 and was signed by the President on March 4, 1909. (Statutes at Large, vol. 35, part 1, pp. 1075-1088.) The Act went into effect on July 1, 1909.

As stated in its title, it is "An Act to Amend and Consolidate the Acts respecting Copyright," and it takes the place of the copyright enactments formerly in force, the repealing clause reading as follows:

"That all laws or parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed, but nothing in this Act shall affect causes of action for infringement of copyright heretofore committed now pending in courts of the United States, or which may hereafter be instituted; but such causes shall be prosecuted to a conclusion in the manner heretofore provided by law." (Section 63.)

Section 25 provides that "Rules and regulations for practice and procedure under this section shall be prescribed by the Supreme Court of the United States." In compliance with this requirement "Rules for Practice and Procedure" were adopted and promulgated by the Supreme Court on June 1, 1909, and they are, for convenience, reprinted in this edition of the law, pages 31-35.

The first Act amendatory of the new copyright law was approved on August 24, 1912. This Act, known as the "Townsend Bill," amends section 5 by adding two new classes of copyright works, namely, “(1) Motion-picture photoplays," and "(m) Motion-pictures other than photoplays." It amends section 11 by including express directions for the deposit of the title and description and of a certain number of prints from the scenes, acts, or sections of each motion picture; and also by adding "dramatico-musical compositions" to the list of unpublished works enumerated in section 11 as subject matter of copyright. The Act further amends section 25 by providing special limited damages in the case of infringement by means of motion pictures, where the infringer shows that he was not aware that he was infringing and that such infringement could not reasonably have been foreseen.

In this issue of the law the provisions of the new amendatory Act have been substituted and the change in text is shown by using italic type in sections 5, 11, and 25 to show the new language.

This print also contains notice (pages 29-30) of the Presidential proclamations issued under provisions of law in relation to copyright in the United States for works of foreign authors, and the special procla

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