...27 Publication is not defined in the 1909 Act. The 1909 Act defines only the date of publication, as "the earliest date when copies of the first authorized...distributed by the proprietor of the copyright or under his authority. ..." Act of Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 320, § 26, 35 Stat. 1075. 28 Id. §12. 29 Id. 30 US Copyright...

...defined in the Copyright Law before 1976, but the 1909 Act indirectly indicated that publication was when copies of the first authorized edition were placed...distributed by the proprietor of the copyright or under his authority. 6. Not all published works are copyrighted. Works prepared by an officer or employee...

...26. TERMS DEFINED. — In the interpretation and construction of this title the date of publication" shall in the case of a work of which copies are reproduced...be held to be the earliest date when copies of the firet authorized edition were placed on Bale, sold, or publicly distributed by the proprietor of the...

...(supplied In blank by the Copyright Office), giving the exact date of publication of the Issue (1. e., "the earliest date when copies of the first authorized...distributed by the proprietor of the copyright or under hlg authority"). Notice of Copyrlgrht— The law prescribes tliat the copyright notice shall consist...

...to amend the copyright law and to enter the International Copyright Union. Date of Publication — "The earliest date when copies of the first authorized...placed on sale, sold or publicly distributed."— Act of 1909. Divisibility of Copyright — Separation of various rights included in copyright, so that...

...(!2) the date of publication has been fixed as " the earliest date when copies of the first authorised edition were placed on sale, sold or publicly distributed by the proprietor of the copyright or under his authority." This indirectly defines publication as the authorised public offer, sale or distribution...

...distributed to the public. Section (52 of the act, for example, provides that "the date of publication of a work of which copies are reproduced for sale or distribution shall be the earliest date when copies of the first authorized edition were placed on sale * * *."...