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private letters, 53

suits for infringement of, 97, 149
verbal assignment sufficient to con-
vey title, 156

COMPLETE COPIES OF PUBLISHED WORKS
completeness requires presence of
copyright notice, 78

defective copies should be replaced
by perfect copies, 79

COMPONENT PARTS OF WORK

one copyright protects all copy-
rightable parts, 80

proprietor may assign copyright in
any part, 81

separate copyright may be had by
contributors, 80, 82

CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS

protected against breach of trust
or contract, 43

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§ 12, "action

or proceeding" in-
cludes suit for injunction, 83
failure to deposit "promptly"

not fatal to copyright, 75, 76
deposit and registration con-
dition precedent to bringing
suit, 82, 83

§ 15, "book of foreign origin", 85
typesetting clause not appli-
cable to dramas, musical
works or picture books with-
out text, 86, 87

§ 18, form of notice of copyright,
strict construction, 62
permissible deviations from
normal, 63

§ 19, position of notice, 69

title-page lacking, 70, 71
"page immediately following",
70 (footnote)

§ 20, saving clause applicable only
where copyright has been
secured, 72

does not apply when notice
omitted from entire edition,
72

does not apply to omission of
notice by oversight or de-
sign, 72

§ 23, "employer for hire" entitled
to renew as "proprietor",
not as "author", 110
"date of first publication" in-
Icludes date of deposit in
case of works not repro-
duced for sale, 96

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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
renewal, 104, 105

republished separately, proper no-
tice, 82

special registration, provision for, 80
syndicate material, prepublication
in book form, 78

COPIES OF PUBLISHED WORKS

best edition, 77

complete copies, 78

contributions

works, 82

to other composite

contributions to periodicals, 80, 81
defective copies, 79

proof copies, 77

COPYING

see also Infringement of Copyright
colorable variations, 112
definition of "copy", 112

different medium of expression, 113
indirect, from sketch or posing same
model, 114

literal repetition not necessary to
constitute, 112

music records, 138
paraphrasing, 112

projecting picture on screen, 113,
127, 129

similarities, as evidence of, 114
subconscious memory, 113

COPYRIGHT

abandonment of, 36, 62

ad interim, 90

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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

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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

DEVICES, TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS

accompanied by copyrightable mate-
rial, 49, 216

DOMICILE

how acquired, 53

DRAMATIC COMPOSITIONS

cartoons as basis of, 119
choreographic works, 18
defined, 18, 216

founded on works or plots in public
domain, 114

need not be printed in United
States, 86, 87

pantomimes, 18

performance of not publication, 58
postures, stage business, not copy-
rightable, 128

DRAMATIC WORKS

include photoplays whether based
on dramatic or non-dramatic
work, 119

DRAMATICO-MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS
defined, 216

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