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BEING THE ACT OF MARCH 4, 1909

(IN FORCE JULY 1, 1909)

AS AMENDED BY THE ACTS OF AUGUST 24, 1912,
MARCH 2, 1913, AND MARCH 28, 1914

TOGETHER WITH

RULES FOR PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

UNDER SECTION 23

BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
· UNITED STATES

Copyright Office Bulletin No. 14

[2000, March, 1914]

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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.:

BULLETIN No. 14.

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. 52 pp. 8°. 1914.

BULLETIN No. 15.

Rules and Regulations for the registration of claims to copyright. 27 pp. 8°. 1913.

BULLETIN No. 16.

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. 8°. 1912.

INFORMATION CIRCULAR No. 4.

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

INFORMATION CIRCULAR No. 4 A.

International Copyright Convention. Revised text, Berlin, 1908. 12 pp. 4°.

The following publications were issued in limited editions, but may be had (so far as any are still available) from the SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, WASHINGTON, D. C., upon payment of the nominal price given, which includes postage.

Postal money orders or drafts should be made payable and addressed to the SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS. Stamps and uncertified checks are not accepted. BULLETIN No. 3. Paper, 15c.; cloth, 35c.

Copyright Enactments of the United States, 1783-1906. 2d ed., rev. 8°. 1906.

BULLETIN No. 6. Paper, 10c.

Copyright in Canada and Newfoundland. 1+126 pp. 8°. 1903.

BULLETIN No. 7. Paper, 5c.

174 pp.

Foreign Copyright Laws. A list of foreign copyright laws now in force, with citations of printed texts and translations, etc. 86 pp. 8°. 1904.

BULLETIN No. 8. Cloth, 65c.

Copyright in Congress, 1789-1904. A bibliography, and chronological record of all proceedings in Congress in relation to copyright. 468 pp. 8°. 1905. BULLETIN NO. 9. Paper, 5c.

The Provisions of the United States Copyright Laws, with a summary of some parallel provisions of the copyright laws of foreign countries. 51 pp. 4°. 1905. BULLETIN NO. 11. Paper, 10c.

Copyright in Japan. Law of March 3, 1899, and copyright convention between the United States and Japan, May 10, 1906, together with the text of earlier enactments. v+50 pp. 8°. 1906.

BULLETIN No. 12. Paper, 15c.

The Copyright bill (S. 6330; H. R. 19853) compared with copyright statutes now in force and earlier copyright enactments. 86 pp. 4°. 1906. BULLETIN NO. 13. Paper, 10c.

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International Copyright Union. Berne convention, 1886; Paris convention, 1896; Berlin convention, 1908. Report of [Thorvald Solberg] the delegate of the United States to the International conference for the revision of the Berne Copyright Convention, held at Berlin, Germany, October 14 to November 14, 1908. 69 pp. 4. 1908.

REPORT on Copyright Legislation, by the Register of Copyrights, with list of United States copyright laws, Revised Statutes relating to copyrights, with subsequent enactments, and list of foreign copyright laws. 159 pp. 8°. 1904. Cloth, 30c. NOTE.-Bulletins Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 5 have been superseded; Bulletin No. 10 is

exhausted.

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 ACTS OF AUGUST 24, 1912,
MARCH 2, 1913, AND MARCH 28, 1914

TOGETHER WITH

RULES FOR PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

UNDER SECTION 25

BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE
UNITED STATES

Copyright Office Bulletin No. 14

[2000, March, 1914]

WASHINGTON

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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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.

The Act approved March 2, 1913, amends section 55 to require certain changes in the certificate of copyright registration.

The Act approved March 28, 1914, amends section 12 so as to require the deposit of ONE copy only, in lieu of two copies, in the case of all works by an author who is a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation and has been published in a foreign country.

In this issue of the law the provisions of the new amendatory Acts have been substituted and the change in text is shown by using italic type in sections 5, 11, 12, 25, and 55 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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