Classification does not limit copyright Compilations, abridge ments, dramatiza tions, (c) Lectures, sermons, addresses, prepared for oral delivery; (d) Dramatic or dramatico-musical compositions; (f) Maps; (g) Works of art; models or designs for works of art; (h) Reproductions of a work of art; (i) Drawings or plastic works of a scientific or technical character; (j) Photographs; (k) Prints and pictorial illustrations: Provided, nevertheless, That the above specifications shall not be held to limit the subject-matter of copyright as defined in section four of this Act, nor shall any error in classification invalidate or impair the copyright protection secured under this Act. SEC. 6. That compilations or abridgements, adaptations, arrangements, dramatizations, translations, or other versions of works in the public domain, or of copyrighted works when produced with the consent of the proprietor of the copyright in such works, or works republished with translations, new matter, shall be regarded as new works subject to copynew editions right under the provisions of this Act; but the publication Subsisting of any such new works shall not affect the force or validity copyright not of any subsisting copyright upon the matter employed or affected any part thereof, or be construed to imply an exclusive right to such use of the original works, or to secure or extend copyright in such original works. Not subjectmatter of copyright: SEC. 7. That no copyright shall subsist in the original text of any work which is in the public domain, or in any work which was published in this country or any foreign works in public domain; country prior to the going into effect of this Act and has government not been already copyrighted in the United States, or in publications any publication of the United States Government, or any reprint, in whole or in part, thereof: Provided, however That the publication or republication by the Government, either separately or in a public document, of any material in which copyright is subsisting shall not be taken to cause any abridgement or annulment of the copyright or to au thorize any use or appropriation of such copyright material without the consent of the copyright proprietor. for terms specified in Act SEC. 8. That the author or proprietor of any work made Copyright to the subject of copyright by this Act, or his executors, ad- author or ministrators, or assigns, shall have copyright for such work proprietor under the conditions and for the terms specified in this Act: Provided, however, That the copyright secured by this Act shall extend to the work of an author or proprietor who is a Foreign aucitizen or subject of a foreign state or nation, only: (a) When an alien author or proprietor shall be domiciled within the United States at the time of the first publication of his work; or thors Alien authors domiciled in U. S. Authors, when citizens of countries granting reciprocal rights (b) When the foreign state or nation of which such author or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens, or copyright protection substantially equal to the protection secured to such foreign author under this Act, or by treaty; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international International agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting agreement of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States may, at its pleasure, become a party thereto. The existence of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid shall Presidential be determined by the President of the United States, by proclamaproclamation made from time to time, as the purposes of tion this Act may require. SEC. 9. That any person entitled thereto by this Act Publication may secure copyright for his work by publication thereof with notice with the notice of copyright required by this Act; and such initiates copyright notice shall be affixed to each copy thereof published or offered for sale in the United States by authority of the copyright proprietor, except in the case of books seeking ad interim protection under section twenty-one of this Act. SEC. 10. That such person may obtain registration of Registration his claim to copyright by complying with the provisions of of copyright this Act, including the deposit of copies, and upon such compliance the register of copyright shall issue to him the Copyright certificate provided for in section fifty-five of this Act. certificate works: lectures, dramas, music, etc. Copyright SEC. II. That copyright may also be had of the works protection of of an author of which copies are not reproduced for sale, unpublished by the deposit, with claim of copyright, of one complete copy of such work if it be a lecture or similar production or a dramatic or musical composition; of a photographic print if the work be a photograph; or of a photograph or other identifying reproduction thereof if it be a work of art or a plastic work or drawing. But the privilege of registration of copyright secured hereunder shall not exempt the copyright proprietor from the deposit of copies under sections twelve and thirteen of this Act where the work is later reproduced in copies for sale. Deposit of copies after publication Two com of best edi tion Periodical contributions SEC. 12. That after copyright has been secured by pubplete copies lication of the work with the notice of copyright as provided in section nine of this Act, there shall be promptly deposited in the copyright office or in the mail addressed to the register of copyrights, Washington, District of Columbia, two complete copies of the best edition thereof then published, which copies, if the work be a book or periodical, shall have been produced in accordance with the manufacturing provisions specified in section fifteen of this Act; or if such work be a contribution to a periodical, for which contribution special registration is requested, one copy of the issue or issues containing such contribution; or if the work is not reproduced in copies for sale, there shall be deposited the copy, print, photograph, or other identifying reproduction provided by section eleven of this Act, such copies or copy, print, photograph, or other reproduction to No action for be accompanied in each case by a claim of copyright. No infringement action or proceeding shall be maintained for infringement until deposit of copyright in any work until the provisions of this Act of copies with respect to the deposit of copies and registration of such work shall have been complied with. Work not reproduced in copies for sale Failure to deposit copies SEC. 13. That should the copies called for by section. twelve of this Act not be promptly deposited as herein provided, the register of copyrights may at any time after the publication of the work, upon actual notice, require the proprietor of the copyright to deposit them, and after the mand copies said demand shall have been made, in default of the deposit Register of copyrights may de Fine $100 and retail price of 2 copies, best of copies of the work within three months from any part of the United States, except an outlying territorial possession of the United States, or within six months from any outlying territorial possession of the United States, or from any foreign country, the proprietor of the copyright shall be liable to a fine of one hundred dollars and to pay to the Li- edition brary of Congress twice the amount of the retail price of the best edition of the work, and the copyright shall be- Forfeiture of come void. copyright SEC. 14. That the postmaster to whom are delivered Postmaster's the articles deposited as provided in sections eleven and receipt twelve of this Act shall, if requested, give a receipt therefor and shall mail them to their destination without cost to the copyright claimant. Printed from type set within U. S. Book in foreign language excepted process SEC. 15. That of the printed book or periodical specified in section five, subsections (a) and (b) of this Act, except the original text of a book of foreign origin in a language or languages other than English, the text of all copies accorded protection under this Act, except as below provided, shall be printed from type set within the limits of the United States, either by hand or by the aid of any kind of typesetting machine, or from plates made within the limits of the United States from type set therein, or, if the Lithographic or phototext be produced by lithographic process, or photo-engravengraving ing process, then by a process wholly performed within the limits of the United States, and the printing of the text Printing and and binding of the said book shall be performed within the binding of limits of the United States; which requirements shall ex- the book tend also to the illustrations within a book consisting of Illustrations printed text and illustrations produced by lithographic Separate process, or photo-engraving process, and also to separate lithographs lithographs or photo-engravings, except where in either and photocase the subjects represented are located in a foreign coun- engravings try and illustrate a scientific work or reproduce a work of art; but they shall not apply to works in raised characters for the use of the blind, or to books of foreign origin in a language or languages other than English, or to books published abroad in the English language seeking ad interim protection under this Act. in a book Books for blind excepted Books in foreign languages excepted Affidavit of American manufacture SEC. 16. That in the case of the book the copies so deposited shall be accompanied by an affidavit, under the official seal of any officer authorized to administer oaths within the United States, duly made by the person claiming copyright or by his duly authorized agent or representative residing in the United States, or by the printer who has printed the book, setting forth that the copies deposited have been printed from type set within the limits of the United States or from plates made within the limits of the United States from type set therein; or, if the text be produced by lithographic process, or photo-engraving process, that such process was wholly performed within the limits of the United States, and that the printing of the text and binding of the said book have also been performed within the limits of the United States. Such affidavit shall state also the place where and the establishment or establishments in which such type was set or plates were made or lithographic process, or photo-engraving process or printDate of pub- ing and binding were performed and the date of the lication completion of the printing of the book or the date of publication. Printing and binding of the book Establish ment where printing was done False affida $1,000 and forfeiture of copyright SEC. 17. That any person who, for the purpose of obvit, a misde- taining registration of a claim to copyright, shall knowmeanor; fine, ingly make a false affidavit as to his having complied with the above conditions shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars, and all of his rights and privileges under said copyright shall thereafter be forfeited. Notice of copyright SEC. 18. That the notice of copyright1 required by section nine of this Act shall consist either of the word "Copyright" or the abbreviation "Copr." accompanied by the 1 The Act of June 18, 1874, provides that the notice of copyright to be inscribed on each copy of a copyrighted work shall consist of the following words: "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year by A. B., in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington"; or, the word "Copyright," together with the year the copyright was entered, and the name of the party by whom it was taken out, thus: "Copyright, 18- by A. B." |