For a reissued book published in the United States, with new copyright matter, ask for Application Form "A2.”

For a book of foreign origin in a language or languages other than English, ask for Application Form "A3."

For ad interim copyright in a book published abroad in the English language, ask for Application Form "A4."

For the American edition of a book in the English language on which ad interim copyright has been previously secured, ask for Application Form "A1," and Affidavit Form, specifying in the request whether the book is to be printed from type or plates made from type, or is to be produced by lithographic or photo-engraving process. For a contribution to a newspaper or periodical,* ask for Application Form "A5."

Periodicals.

For a periodical, if it is desired to make a separate application and remittance as each issue appears, ask for Application Form "B1." If the fee is to be charged against a trust fund previously deposited to cover several issues, ask for Application Form "B2."

Oral Works

For a lecture, sermon, or address for oral delivery, ask for Application Form "C."

Dramas

For a published dramatic composition, ask for Application Form "D1."

For a dramatic composition of which copies are not reproduced for sale, ask for Application Form "D2."

For a published dramatico-musical composition, ask for Application Form "D3."

For a dramatico-musical composition of which copies are not reproduced for sale, ask for Application Form "D4."

Music

For a musical composition published for the first time, ask for Application Form "E."

For a musical composition republished with new copyright matter, ask for Application Form "E1."

For a musical composition of which copies are not reproduced for sale, ask for Application Form "E2."

Maps

For a published map, ask for Application Form "F.”

Works of Art

For a work of art (painting, drawing or sculpture); or for model or design for a work of art, ask for Application Form "G."

Drawing or Plastic Work

For a published drawing or plastic work of a scientific or technical character, ask for Application Form "I1.”

For an unpublished drawing or plastic work of a scientific or technical character, ask for Application Form "12."

It is not necessary for an individual to make such application as a rule, for magazine contents are usually protected by the editor or publisher.

Photographs

For a photograph published for sale, ask for Application Form "J1." For a photograph of which copies are not reproduced for sale, ask for Application Form "J2."

Prints or Pictorial Illustrations

For the registration of any "print" or "pictorial illustration," which is a printed picture, complete in itself and having artistic quality, ask for Application Form "K."

Motion Pictures

For the registration of a motion-picture photoplay reproduced in copies for sale, ask for Application Form "L1."

For a motion-picture photoplay of which copies are not reproduced for sale, ask for Application Form “L2."

For a motion picture not a photoplay, reproduced in copies for sale, ask for Application Form "Mi.”

For a motion picture, not a photoplay, not reproduced in copies for sale, ask for Application Form "M2."

Renewal or Extension

For the renewal of copyright subsisting in any work for the new renewal term of 28 years as provided by Section 24 of the new law, ask for Renewal Form "R1."

For the extension of an existing renewal term for 14 years as provided under the old law, to 28 years granted by the new law, ask for Extension Form "R2."

[These renewal forms can only be used within a period of one year prior to the expiration of the existing term.]

No forms are issued by the Copyright Office for assignments, or licenses, nor for Postmaster's receipts for articles deposited, nor postal franking labels.

An American author, to obtain copyright in England, must first publish in England, or in England and the United States simultaneously.

Mail matter is frequently received at the Copyright Office with the wrapper so badly torn that the inclosures are in danger of being lost; and reported failures to receive articles mailed may sometimes be explained on the ground of the flimsy and insufficient wrapping. To guard against such loss the use of stout paper and twine in wrapping mail matter destined for the Copyright Office is urged.

1. Address plainly all mail or express matter Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

2. Add on outside of parcel the name and address of sender. (Please caution Postmaster not to cover this with his frank label.)

3. Mail the copies, application and fee all at the same time, though not necessarily in the same package. These must all be at hand before action may be taken. The copies of works sent to be registered for copyright may be mailed to the Copyright Office free (under Section 14 of the copyright law) if directly delivered for that purpose to the Postmaster. The Copyright Office cannot furnish any franking labels.

SPECIAL CAUTION. According to the ruling of the Postoffice Department the money order (or other remittance) is not entitled to free postal transmission. This with the application, therefore, should

be forwarded separately by mail, under letter postage, addressed to the Register of Copyrights. If this is done, and the application blanks carefully and properly filled out, prompt action can be taken and the delay resulting from the need for correspondence will be eliminated. Do not send currency or coin or postage stamps for fee; but preferably a money order. Private checks not certified are not acceptable, and if sent will necessarily be returned.

PUBLICATIONS OF THE COPYRIGHT 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 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. 72 pp. 8°. 1918.

Bulletin No. 15-Rules and Regulations for the registration of claims to copyright. 29 pp. 8°. 1914.

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°. 1914.

Information Circular No. 4-International Copyright Convention. Berne, 1886, and Amendments agreed to at Paris, 1896. Also, Additional Protocol to Berlin Convention, signed at Berne, March 20, 1914. 17 pp. 4°.

Information Circular No. 4 A-International Copyright Convention. Berlin, 1908. 12 pp. 4°.

Revised text,

AUTHORS' RIGHTS

By J. Berg Esenwein

Editor of THE WRITER'S MONTHLY

Writers should carefully consider the matter of what rights they are offering to an editor when submitting manuscript for publication. It is impossible to make any useful statement that will apply universally to the customs of publishers, for these vary too decidedly to make any such statement authoritative; several points, however, may be stated generally, together with other points that must be applied with judgment in each particular instance.

Most publishers and editors are sure to give more consideration to the stipulations of a popular writer as to what rights he is willing to dispose of than to the conditions proposed by a writer of no importance to the general public. This is natural, though regrettable from the viewpoint of the novice. To state this general fact in other words: If the editorial purchaser of a manuscript is eager to possess himself of that manuscript he will be much more willing to concede to the author the possession of rights other than the ones that are commonly called "First Magazine Rights."

Let us see what the several sorts of publication and production rights are:

"First Magazine, or Serial, Rights" cover the right to publish a hitherto unpublished manuscript (some authorities say, the right to publish but one time) in the periodical by or for which it is purchased. This does not mean that that magazine must publish the manuscript, though some authors have so argued, for of course it is a hardship for an author to have a manuscript held in the editorial safe indefinitely, perhaps never to be published. Certainly the editor owes it to his contributor to print his manuscript as soon as is consistent with the welfare of the periodical. However, no legal rights of the author are being invaded by the editor when he holds an accepted manuscript for years without publishing it, and there is no redress in such a case.

When a magazine follows the discouraging policy of "payment on publication" it works an especial hardship on the author for the editor to hold a manuscript for years. The least that a considerate editor can do in such a case is either to break his rule and pay for a longaccepted manuscript before publication, or write to the author offering him the choice of the return of the manuscript or the longer delay that is in prospect. The point now made is that the author has no legal redress for delay, but may demand the return of his unpaid-for manuscript if it is held an unreasonable length of time. First Magazine, or Serial, Rights are not acquired by the publisher or editor by mere acceptance, but only by payment of a consideration accepted by the author.

First Rights in a manuscript may be disposed of by one magazine to another, but certainly no reputable magazine will sell First Rights in

a manuscript to another magazine without first securing the consent of the author, except when business disaster forces a sale.

"Second Serial, or Syndicate, Rights" mean the right to publish a manuscript in some other publication than the one in which it originally appeared and, presumably, to which it was sold. For instance, McClure's Magazine might purchase a manuscript and, after arranging with the author for Second Serial Rights, or buying from him "All Rights" (to be explained later), might dispose of the Second Serial, or Syndicate, Rights to the McClure Syndicate, whereupon the right to print it, in periodical form only, would in turn be sold by the syndicate to a number of newspapers or minor magazines under the copyright of the original owner, or of the concern that acquired that copyright by purchase. Syndicate Rights, of course, do not apply solely, or even chiefly, to material already published, but include the large class of writings prepared originally for press syndicates.

"Book Rights" include only the rights covered by that term and do not interfere with the author's other rights in a manuscript, unless mentioned in the contract. However when an author sells a book manuscript outright (not on a royalty basis), he disposes of All Rights. "Dramatic Rights" include only the right to cast a production in dramatic form and produce it upon the "legitimate" or the vaudeville stage.

"Photoplay Rights" cover the rights indicated by the name. They do not include Dramatic Rights.

"Foreign Rights," when not limited to any specific kinds of rights, such as are mentioned in this article, cover all rights in all foreign lands, including Canada-which does not seem "foreign" to an American. Therefore in disposing of Foreign Rights the author should be careful not to give sweeping authorizations unawares, but specify what sorts of rights are or are not included, and for what countries, by name.

"British Rights" strictly do not include more than the rights-of whatever specified sort-for Great Britain and Ireland, though they are often interpreted as taking in

"British Colonial Rights," which include all British possessions.

“Translation Rights" belong to the owner of all rights in the manuscript, and may be sold by him separately for any specified country or countries, and to apply to any particular rights, such as magazine, book, or dramatic. As a rule, the publisher arranges for translations, and then only when a work is very popular.

"All Rights" cover absolutely all possible rights, present or future, expressed or unexpressed in the contract, letter of acceptance, or form of receipt. In other words, when once an author disposes of All Rights, he has no longer any claims on the manuscript.

When an author wishes to dispose of certain rights only, this fact should be mentioned upon the manuscript itself-say, in the upper right-hand corner—and also in the letter that accompanies the manuscript. For instance, if the writer is willing to dispose only of the first serial rights, the following words should be written on the manuscript. "First Serial Rights only are offered," or "First Magazine Rights only are offered." This fact should also be stated in the same words in the letter. If, however the author is willing to dispose of both First and Second Serial Rights-or First and Second Magazine