CONTENTS

PART I

NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF COPYRIGHT

I. THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF COPYRIGHT.

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Copyright meaning, I Its two senses, I

Blackstone, 2 - Property by crea-

tion, 3 Property in unpublished works, 4 · - The question of publication, 5

Inherent right, 5 Statutory penalties, 6- Statute of Anne, 6-

of common law right, 7.

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II. THE EARLY HISTORY OF COPYRIGHT

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Supersedure

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In classic times, 8 Roman law, 8 Monastic copyists, 8 St. Columba and
Finnian, 9 — University protection, 9 — Invention of printing, 10 — In Germany,
- In Italy: Venice, 13-Florence, 17 Control of Church, 17 - In France,

17 In England, 19 The Stationers' Company, 21 - Statutory provisions, 22.

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III. THE DEVELOPMENT OF STATUTORY COPYRIGHT IN ENGLAND.

The Statute of Anne as foundation, 24 Its relations to common law, 24 — The

crucial case, 25 · The Judges' opinions, 25-The Lords' decision, 26 · Protests,

26 Supplementary legislation, 26 Georgian period, 27 — Legislation under

William IV, 28 - Victorian act of 1842, 28 - Protection of designs, 29 — Sub-

sequent acts, 29 Royal Commission report of 1878, 30- Later legislation,

31 — International copyright, 31 — Musical copyright, 31—Conference reports,

1909, 32 — Act of 1911, 32 - Design patents, 33 - Common law rights, 34.

IV. THE HISTORY OF COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES

Constitutional provision, 35— Early state legislation, 35 Act of 1790, 35

1802-1867, 36 - Revised act of 1870, 37-1874-1882, 37 International

copyright legislation, 1891, 37 Private copyright acts, 38 - American posses-

sions, 38- American code of 1909, 39-State protection of playright, 39-

Trade-Mark act, 40- Common law relations, 40.

2 American provisions, 42 Oral addresses, 42

42 - Music, 43- Previous American law, 43 — Unpublished works, 43 —

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Common law scope, 44

Common law in U. S. practice, 44 - Statutory limita-

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tions, 44 General rights, 45 Inferential rights, 46- Differentiated rights,

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46- Court protection, 46 Division of rights, 46 — Analysis of property rights,

47 - Broad interpretation, 48 — Limits of protection, 48 — Differentiated con-

tracts, 48- Enforcement in limited grants, 49 — Copyright as monopoly, 50

Altered theory of copyright, 52 — Publishing, 52 -What constitutes publishing,

53 - "Privately printed" works, 53 — Copying, 53 — Vending, 54 · Control

of sale, 54 Macy cases, 55 - Bobbs-Merrill case, 56 Scribner case, 56

English underselling case, 57

Suits under state law, 57 Translating, 58

"Other version," 58 - Translating term, 58 - Oral delivery, 59 - "Publicly

and for profit," 59 — Material and immaterial property, 60 - Schemes not copy-

rightable, 61-New British code, 61-Foreign statutes, 62

- International pro-

visions, 62.

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VI. SUBJECT-MATTER of Copyright: What MAY BE COPYRIGHTED . . 63-94

Subject-matter in general, 63 - Classification, 63 - Prints and labels excluded,

64 - All the writings of an author, 64 - Component parts, 64 - Compilations,

new editions, etc., 64 — Non-copyrightable works, 65 Government use, 65-

"Author" and "writing" definitions, 66 - Interpretation by Congress and

courts, 66 Supreme Court decisions, 67-Originality and merit, 68—“Book"

definitions, 68 Blank books, 72 · Combinations and arrangements, 73

Advertisements, 73- New editions, 75 - Copyright comprehensive, 76

Non-copyrightable parts excepted, 76 - Book illustrations, 77 - Translations

77 - Translator's rights, 78 — English practice, 79 — Translations in interna-

tional relations, 79- Foreign translators, 79-Abridgments, 80 - Compila-

tions, 81 - Collections, 81- Titles, 82 Changed titles, 82 - Titles as trade-

marks, 83"Chatterbox" cases, 84 - Projected titles, 85- Projected works

not copyrightable, 86 — Immoral works, 86 — Periodicals, 87 — Definition of

periodicals, 87 — Periodicals under manufacturing clause, 88 - Periodicals

copyrightable by numbers, 88 — News, 89 - British periodicals, 90 - Oral works,

90- Newspaper reports, 91

Lectures in England, 91 — Letters, 91 - - Designs

patentable, 93 - Foreign practice, 94 International definition, 94.

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VII. OWNERSHIP OF COPYRIG HT: WHO MAY SECURE COPYRIGHT .95-113

Persons named, 95 — The author primarily, 95 Claimant's right to register,

96 Employer as author, 97 - Implied ownership, 98 - Protection outside of

copyright, 98 — Work in cyclopædias, 99 — Association of author's name, 100

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Added material and alteration, 100 Separate registration of contributions,

100 Anonymous works, 101 - Joint authorship, 101 Corporate bodies, 102

Posthumous works, 102 - Peary cases, 102 Renewal rights, 104- Assign-

ments, 104- Assignment record, 105 Substitution of name, 105 — Witnesses,

106"Outrights" and renewal, 106 - Proof of proprietorship, 107 — Foreign

citizens, 107 Earlier provisions, 108 - Residence, 108 — Intending citizens,

109 Time of first publication, 109 Non-qualified authors, 110 Foreign

ownership, III - "Proclaimed" countries, III Buenos Aires convention, 113

New British code, 113 - Foreign practice, 113.