Copyright, Its History and Its Law

114-124

VIII. DURATION OF COPYRIGHT: Term and Renewal

Historic precedent, 114 Previous American practice, 114 Term in code of

Renewal, 115 -

1909, 115

- Extension of subsisting copyrights, 116 - Assignee

of unpublished manuscripts, 116 - Extension of subsisting renewals, 117–

Publishers' equities, 117 — Estoppel of renewal, 118 — Life term and beyond,

118 — Unpublished works, 119 Publication as date of copyright, 119

Serial

publication, 120-Joint authorship, 120 - Forfeiture, 121 - Abandonment,

121 - In England, 121 — New British code, 122 Perpetual copyright, 123 —

Other countries, 124 — International standard term, 124 — Special categories,

124.

IX. FORMALITIES OF COPYRIGHT: PUBLICATION, NOTICE, REGISTRA-

125-152

TION AND DEPOSIT

General principles, 125 - Previous American requirements, 125 - Present Ameri-

can basis, 126 - Provisions of 1909, 126 — Publication, 126 - Copyright notice,

127 - Previous statutory form, 128 - Exact phraseology required, 128

Name, 129 - Date, 129 - Accidental omission, 130- Place of notice, 131

One notice sufficient, 131

Extraterritorial notice, 133 ·

Separate volumes, 132

Successive editions, 134 -

134 - Ad interim protection, 135-

Different dates, 133

False copyright notice,

Substitution of name, 135 — Registration,

136 Rules and regulations, 136 - Application, 136-

Application requirements, 137 — Illustrations, 138

cation cards, 139 -

Certificate cards, 140 - Fees, 141 Deposit, 142 - Frag-

ment not depositable, 143 Type-writing publication and deposit, 143 — Legal

provisions, 143 - Failure to deposit, 144 - Forfeiture by false affidavit, 144 –

Works not reproduced, 144 - Second registration, 145- Free transportation in

mail, 145

Loss in mail, 145 - Foreign works, 146 Ad interim deposit, 146

- Completion of ad interim copyright, 147 - Omission of copyright notice, 148—

Books only ad interim, 148 - Exact conformity required, 149 - Expunging from

registry, 150 British formalities, 150- New British code, 151

International provisions, 152.

153-161

Manufacturing provision of 1891, 153-Text in 1909 code, 153- Scope and

exceptions, 154 Changes, 1891-1909, 154 German-American instances,

155- Dramas excepted, 155 — Exception of foreign original texts, 156 — Excep-

tion of foreign illustrative subjects, 156-Affidavit requirement, 156-Avoidance

of errors, 157-Forfeiture by false affidavit, 158-Exact compliance necessary,

158 — Importation questions, 159 — Foreign manufacturing provisions, 160

English patent proviso, 161.

DRAMATIC, MUSICAL AND ARTISTIC COPYRIGHT

XI. DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL COPYRIGHT, INCLUDING PLAYRIGHT

Dramatists' and composers' rights, 162 — American provisions, 162

assured, 163 — Dramatic rights, 163 - Musical rights, 164-

162-201

Rights

Excepted perform-

ance, 164-Performance "for profit," 165-Works not reproduced, 166-Copy-

right notice, 166-Dramatico-musical works protected from mechanical reproduc-

tion, 166- Dramatic and musical works excepted from manufacturing provisions,

167 British colonial practice, 168 - Entry under proper class, 168 - Applica-

tion and certificates, 168 — Right of dramatization, 169 — Dramatization term,

169 Musical arrangements, 169 — Transposition, 170 — Works in the public

domain, 170 - Dramatization right protected, 170 - English law and practice,

171 — Infringement cases, 172 — Substantial quotations, 173 - Specific scenes

or situations, 174 — What is a dramatic composition, 174 — Judge Blatchford's

opinion, 175 — Judicial definitions, 175 - Moving pictures, 176 — Literary

merit not requisite, 177 - What is a dramatico-musical composition, 177 —

Protection of playright, 178 — Protection of unpublished work, 179 — Indeter-
minate protection, 180 - Printing and performance, 180- Specific English
provisions, 182 Publication prior to performance, 183 — British international

->protection, 184 — What is public performance, 185 Manuscript rights, 186 —

Unpublished orchestral score, 187 — Dramatic work by employee, 188 — Copy-

right term, 188-Registration, 189-Assignment, 189 - Parody, 190-Infringe-

ment by single situation, 191 Protection of title, 191 - Names of characters,

Protection against "fly by night"

Remedies under present law, 195 -
Acts of 1902-1906, 196 — Playright in
other countries, 197 — International provisions, 197 - Foreign protection of
arrangements, 197 — International definitions, 198 — National formalities, 199
Specific reservations and conditions, 200 Pan American Union, 201.

Persons liable for infringement, 193

192

companies, 194 — State legislation, 194

Musical protection in England, 195

XII. MECHANICAL MUSIC PROVISIONS

"Canned music" contest, 202

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