CALIFORNIA LIBRARY JUN - 5 1942 OCUMENTS DIVISION COPYRIGHT LAW 1907 OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN FORCE JULY 15, 1907. BEING THE REVISED STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES, TITLE 60, CHAPTER 3 6, 1897; FEBRUARY 19, 1897; AND MARCH 3, 1897. WITH THE TEXT OF THE ACT OF January 7, 1904, AND OF THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1905. PREPARED BY THORVALD SOLBERG, REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS. SCOPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT OFFICE, BULLETIN NO. 1, 6th Edition, 5th Thousand. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. THE COPYRIGHT LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN FORCE JULY 15, 1907. BEING THE REVISED STATUTES OF THE UNITED STATES, TITLE 60, CHAPTER 3 (1873), AS AMENDED BY THE ACTS APPROVED JUNE 18, 1874; August 1, 1882; MARCH 3, 1891; MARCH 3, 1893; MARCH 2, 1895; JANUARY 6, 1897; FEBRUARY 19, 1897; And March 3, 1897. WITH THE TEXT OF THE ACT OF JANUARY 7, 1904, AND OF THE ACT OF MARCH 3, 1905. PREPARED BY THORVALD SOLBERG, REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS. COPYRIGHT OFFICE, BULLETIN No. 1. 6th Edition, 5th Thousand. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. COPYRIGHT OFFICE PUBLICATIONS. BULLETIN No. 2.-DIRECTIONS FOR THE REGISTRATION OF COPYRIGHTS. Directions for the registration of Copyrights, under the Laws of the United States. 6th Rev. ed. 50 pp. 8°. Washington Government Printing Office, 1906. BULLETIN NO. 3.-COPYRIGHT ENACTMENTS, 1783-1906. Copyright enactments of the United States, 1783-1906. 8°. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1906. 2d Rev. ed. 174 pp. BULLETIN No. 4.-INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. The Texts of the various international conventions, proclamations of the President of the United States, and bibliography of copyright treaties now in force. In preparation. BULLETIN No. 5.-COPYRIGHT IN ENGLAND. Copyright in England. Instructions for registration for copyright protection within the British Dominions. 2d ed. To which is added: A digest of the English copyright law, by Sir James Stephen, and copyright acts from 1875 to date. Reprinted from official documents. 101 pp. 8°. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1902. BULLETIN No. 6.-COPYRIGHT IN CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND. Copyright in Canada and Newfoundland. Rules and forms for copyright registration in Canada, together with the copyright laws of Canada, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. 126 pp. 8°. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1903. BULLETIN No. 7.-BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FOREIGN COPYRIGHT LAWS. A List of the foreign copyright laws now in force, with citations of printed texts and translations, etc. 8°. Washington, Government Printing 81 pp. Office, 1904. [Limited edition.] BULLETIN No. 8.-COPYRIGHT IN CONGRESS, 1789-1904. A Bibliography, and Chronological Record of all Proceedings in Congress in relation to Copyright from April 15, 1789, to April 28, 1904, First Congress, first session, to Fifty-eighth Congress, second session. 468 pp. 8°. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1905. Supplied by the Superintendent of Documents; price, cloth, 65 cents. BULLETIN No. 9.-UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COPYRIGHT LAWS. 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°. Washington, Government Printing Office (Library Division), 1905. BULLETIN No. 11.-COPYRIGHT IN JAPAN. 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°. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1906. REPORT ON COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION. Report on copyright legislation, by the Register of Copyrights, with list of United States copyright laws, Revised Statutes relating to copyright, with subsequent enactments, and list of foreign copyright laws. 159 pp 8°. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1904. (2) 2642 리도 List of public Acts relating to Copyright passed by the Congress of the set 2 20.1 1907 May 31, 1790 [ORIGINAL COPYRIGHT ACT]-First Congress, second session, chapter 15: An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during SENGUL the times therein mentioned. Statutes at Large, vol. 1, pp. 124-126. April 29, 1802-Seventh Congress, first session, chapter 36: An Act supplementary to an Act, intituled "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints. Statutes at Large, vol. 2, pp. 171, 172. February 15, 1819-Fifteenth Congress, second session, chapter 19: An Act to extend the jurisdiction of the circuit courts of the United States to cases arising under the law relating to patents [and copyrights]. Statutes at Large, vol. 3, pp. 481, 482. February 3, 1831 [FIRST REVISION]-Twenty-first Congress, second session, chapter 16: An Act to amend the several acts respecting copyrights. Statutes at Large, vol. 4, pp. 436-439. June 30, 1834-Twenty-third Congress, first session, chapter 157: An Act supplementary to the Act to amend the several acts respecting copyrights. [Requiring the recording of assignments of copyrights.] Statutes at Large, vol. 4, p. 728. August 10, 1846--Twenty-ninth Congress, first session, chapter 178, section 10: An Act to establish the "Smithsonian Institution." [Requiring the delivery of one copy of book, etc., to the Librarian of the Smithsonian Institution, and one copy to the Librarian of Congress.] Statutes at Large, vol. 9, p. 106. March 3, 1855-Thirty-third Congress, second session, chapter 201, section 5: An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department during the fiscal year 1856. [Providing for the free transmission of copyright deposits.] Statutes at Large, vol. 10, p. 685. August 18, 1856-Thirty-fourth Congress, first session, chapter 169: An Act supplemental to an Act entitled "An Act to amend the several acts respecting copyright," approved February 3, 1831. [Securing the sole right of representation in the case of Dramatic Compositions.] Statutes at Large, vol. 11, pp. 138, 139. February 5, 1859-Thirty-fifth Congress, second session, chapter 22, sections 6 and 8: An Act providing for keeping and distributing all public documents. [Providing for the removal of all copyright deposits and records from the Department of State to the Department of the Interior.] Statutes at Large, vol. 11, pp. 380, 381. February 18, 1861-Thirty-sixth Congress, second session, chapter 37: An Act to extend the right of appeal from decisions of circuit courts to the Supreme court of the United States [in copyright cases]. Statutes at Large, vol. 12, pp. 130, 131. March 3, 1865-Thirty-eighth Congress, second session, chapter 126: An Act supplemental to an Act entitled "An Act to amend the several acts respecting copyright," approved February 3, 1831, and to the acts in addition thereto and amendment thereof. [Extending copyright protection to photographs, etc.] Statutes at Large, vol. 13. pp. 540, 541. February 18, 1867-Thirty-ninth Congress, second session, chapter 43: An Act amendatory of several acts respecting copyrights. [Imposing a penalty of $25 for failure to deposit copies in Library of Congress; and providing for the free transmission by mail of "copyright matter.”] Statutes at Large, vol. 14, p. 395. July 8, 1870 [SECOND REVISION]-Forty-first Congress, second session, chapter 230, sections 85-110: An Act to revise, consolidate, and amend the Statutes relating to patents and copyrights. Statutes at Large, vol. 16, pp. 212–217. December 1, 1873 [THIRD REVISION] Revised Statutes, title 60, chapter 3: Statutes at Large, vol 18, part 1, pp. 957-960. June 18, 1874-Forty-third Congress, first session, chapter 301: An Act to amend the law relating to patents, trade-marks, and copyrights. [Notice of copyright required; fees; registration of prints for articles of manufacture at Patent Office, etc.] Statutes at Large, vol. 18, part 3, pp. 78, 79. March 3, 1879-Forty-fifth Congress, third session, chapter 180, section 15: An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the (3) M'732822 |