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L I B R A R Y OF CONGRESSCOPYRIGHT OFFICE

ReportRegister of Copyrights

Fiscal Year 1918-1919

[Reprinted from the Report of the Librarian of Congress)

WASHINGTONGOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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PU U LIC A TION S O F THE C OPY R IGHT OFFIC E

The following 5 bulletins and circulars which have been issued bythe Copyright Office may be had free on request to the REGISTER OFCOPYRIGHTS,IBRARY F CONGRESS,WASHINGTON,. C.:BULLETINNO. 14.

The Copyright Law of the United States of America, being th eact of March 4, 1909 (in force July I, ~gog) , s amended by t he actsof August 24, 1912, March a, 1913, and March 28, 1914, togetherwith Rules for Practice and Procedure under Section 25, by the Su-preme Court of the United States. 80 pp. 8'. 1919.

B U L L ~ I NO. 15.Rules and Regulations for the Registration of Claims to Copy-right. Prepared under the authority conferred in section 53 of thecopyright act of 1909. 29 pp. So. 1917.

B U L L ~ NO. 16.Copyright in England. Act I and 2 Geo. 5 , ch. 46. An act toamend and consolidate the law relating to copyright, passed De-cember 16. 1911. [In force, July I, 1912. With addenda of pre-vious copyright acts not repealed.] 54 pp. 8'. 1914.

IN'FoRMA~oN ~ R C U L A RO. 4.International Copyright Convention. Berne, 1886, and amend-ments agreed to at Paris, 1896. Also, additional protocol to Ber-lin convention, signed at Berne, March ao, 1914. 17pp. 4'.

I N PORMA~ON~ R C C ~ A RO. 4 A.International Copyright Convention. Revised text, Berlin,1908. Ia pp. 4'.


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CONTENTS

....................................................eceipts 121Expenditures...............................................Copyright entri es and fees....................................Copyright deposits...........................................Copyright index and catalogue. bulletins. and circulars:

Index cards.............................................Catalogue of Copyright Entries ...........................................................................d e insSummary of copyright business ............................................................................orrespondence

Condition of Copyright Office work: Current work .............Copyright legislation and international copyright reiations:

Legislation proposed- ..........................opyright bills and reportsInternational copyright relations--

Copyright relations with Great Britain and the British. .Dominions....................................... 131Statistical summaries, Exhibits A to G........................ 134Addenda:

Copyright bill in Senate,H.R.Act No. 754........... 141m


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R E P O R T O F T H E R E G I ST E R O F C O P Y R IG H T S F O R T H E F IS C ALYEAR 1918-19WASHINGTON,. C., Ju l y 10,1919

Sm: The copyright business and the work of the Copy-right Office for the fiscal year July I , 1g18, to June 30, 1919,inclusive, are summarized as follows :

The gross receipts during the year were $117,518.96. A Fm*.LIbalance of $10,104.85, representing trust funds and unfin-ished business, was on hand July I , 1918, making a total of$127,623.81 to be accounted for. Of this amount the sum of$3,560.06 received by the Copyright Office was refunded asexcess fees or as fees for articles not registrable, leaving a netbalance of $1 24,063.75. The balance camed over to July 1,I 919, was $10,945.75 (representing trust funds, $8,778.80,and total unfinished business since July I , 1897-22 yeam-$2,166.95)~ eaving fees applied during fiscal year 1918-19and paid into the Treasury $I 13, 18.00.The yearly copyright fees have more than doubled sincethe reorganization of the office in 1897, reaching above the$~oo,ooomark during the first year of operation under thenew copyright law, which went into effect on July r , 1909.The annual applied fees since July I , 1897, are :

Total. ........1,979,323.95121


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use therein." The law further provides that articles remain-ing undisposed of may, upon specified conditions, bereturned to the authors or copyright proprietors.

The total articles disposed of in these three ways duringthe fiscal year numbered 111,313; of these, 85,825 weretransferred t o the Library for i ts collections, 7,612 were sentto other "departmental libraries," and 17,876 were returnedto the claimants of copyright.

Tronsfar of d r During the fiscal year the following transfers were madeborrls lo Libraryo f c ~ o 7 # s s from the Copyright Office to the Library of Congress. Under(I ) the "first copies" of copyright books forwarded asreceived from day to day numbered 10,076 volumes; andother works specifically indicated (including go6 foreign books

MuGdcomfi* and pamphlets) numbered 5,I 13.Of musical compositionssNumr 40,332 were deposited and registered during the year, andof these 24,259 were selected and transferred to the MusicDivision.

MOPS.&. All of the 1,207 separate maps registered during th eyear were placed in the Map Division, 2,329 pieces. Outof the total of 14,539 photographs, engravings, and other"pictorial illustrations" entered, 2,950 were selected andforwarded to the Prints Division for permanent deposit.

N#wfbapnrond Of the 24 daily newspapers registered both copies of 19mw-r (5 being rejected) were promptly sent to the PeriodicalDivision and 1,185 different magazines and periodicals,including weekly newspapers, out of the 1,523 diffeientjournals received, were also transferred to that division.In the case of newspapers and periodicals, each number isrequired by law to be deposited and separately registered,and for the 1,185 periodicals taken over by the Periodical

,,@ ,,,,-, Division 25,083 registrations were made and 41,098 separateOfnewrfiab*rsfOr-ardsd issues or pieces were dated, numbered, catalogued, and for-

warded from day to day during the year, thus making agrand total of 85,825 articles transferred to the Library forits collections.

Amsricanfioclry Under (2) there have been transferred on the Librarian'sand drama order to Brown University, to add to the collection of booksand pamphlets relating to American poetry and printeddramas by American authors, I ,672 pieces, and a miscella-neous collection of 1,342 volumes was forwarded for thebenefit of the "Library War Service," making, with the


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Register of Copy~iglrXr 125current books, a total of 18,203 books and pamphlets deliv-ered t o the Library from the Copyright Office during theyear. Since the copyright act of March 4, 19 9 , went intoeffect (from Dec. 10, I ~ I O ,o June 30, rgrg), the CopyrightOffice has transferred to the Library of Congress 185,378books, 229,643 musical compositions, 55,494 maps, 40,668photographs and prints, and 346,149 newspapers and maga-zines-a grand tota l of 857,332 pieces.

Under (3) the transfer during the year to other govern- Boohr tronr:f m d o OW t-mental Libraries in the District of Columbia "for use therein" brarirr

included 4,598 books. The character of the works thustransferred has usually determined the designation of thelibrary for their final deposit, e. g., agricultural books to theDepartment of Agriculture, scientific or technical books tothe Engineer School or the Patent Office, and all medicalbooks or books on allied subjects to the library of the Sur -geon General's Office. The following libraries (receivingabove I,& volumes each) have received up to June 30,I91 g, the number of books indicated below :

Bureau of Education, I I ,581; Bureau of Standards,2,025; Department of Agriculture, 2,261; Department ofCommerce, 2,558; Engineer School, Corps of Engineers,2,440; Federal Trade Commission, 2,969; library of the Sur-geon General's Office, 2,854; Navy Department, I ,461;Public Library of the District of Columbia, 27,997. Ninehundred and seventy-four volumes were also sent to theLibrary of t he United States Soldiers' Home, and 7,048volumes were distributed among various other govera-mental libraries in the District; in all, 64,168.

Under the provisions of the act of March 4, ~gog,uthority , . I pe~m~ /dd~ ;is granted also for the return to the claimants of copyrightdai-nkof such copyright deposits as are not needed by the Libraryof Congress or the Copyright Office. The notice requiredby section 60 has been printed for all classes of works depos-ited afid registered during the years January I, 1900, toJune 30, 1914. In response to special requests, 6,567motion-picture films have been returned during the fiscal .year to the copyright claimants, and of the current depositsnot needed by the Library of Congress the following h a walso been so returned: 8,r41 "boo b" (pamphlets, leaflets,etc.), 6 photographs, 1,060 prints, 2,roo periodicals, and 2

148777-1-


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pieces of music; a total of 17,876 pieces. Since the act wentinto effect up to June 30, 1919, a total of 375,923 works havethus been returned to the claimants of copyright in them;and altogether there have been transferred from the Copy-right Office shelves 1,323,908 articles, thus securing a greatsaving of space and avoiding useless duplication andaccumulation.

* The total number of articles deposited during the periodfrom July I , 1897 (when the Copyright Office was reorgan-,

ized), to June 30, 1919, was over four millions (4,21 ,392),out of which over one and one-quarter million articles havebeen disposed of as noted above, leaving about two and ahalf million articles on our shelves. These are in additionto the uncounted accumulation of articles deposited from1870 to 1897. This great collection of books, pamphlets, .leaflets, music, photographs, prints, and other articles, whichare of no use to the Library of Congress, occupies shelf spacewhich it is increasingly embarrassing to spare for this pur-pose. It has been demonstrated during 'the last 2 0 yearsthat there is l ittle likelihood of any calls for the examinationor other use of any of this material, and no demand is knownto have occurred which could not be met by 'reference to thecopies upon the shelves of the Library.

~ r i r r t i r v f The printing of the Catalogue of Copyright Entries wasCBhbpl. continued in accordance with the provisions of the copy-right law. I t is compiled from cards which subsequentlybecome part of the permanent card indexes essential to theconduct of the office business. These indexes now containconsiderably over 3,000,000 cards. During the year 182,832cards were written, prepared for printer's copy for the Cata-logue, the proof therefrom was read and revised, and thecards were then filed in the permanent indexes. Copyrightapplications to the number of 113,000 were headliied t oindicate the names of the claimants of copyright and titlesof the works, and filed in our permanent application fileswhich serve as proprietor indexes to all copyright entriesmade since 1909.

N-s During the calendar year 1918, 148 numbers of Part I Iddww yeor Group I of the Catalogue were published, containing thebook titles, with complete record of all renewals for books,and complete annual index, 1,104 plus 245 pages; 12monthly numbers of Part I , Group 2, containing titles of


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Register of Cop&hts 137pamphlets, contributions to newspapen, lectures, dramaticcompositions, maps, and motion pictures, and a completeannual index, 1,611 closely printed pages; 4 quarterly num-bers of Part 2, containing all registrations f ~ rewspapers .and magazines with annual index, 393 pages; 12 monthlynumbers of Par t 3, musical compositions, with complete listof renewals for music and lists of music used or licensed to beused for mechanical reproduction, together with completeannual index, 2,043 compactly printed pages; and 4 quar-terly numbers of Par t 4, containing registrations of works ofart and photographs and prints, with annual index, 372P W .During the year the continuous and persistent demands &~k t i * -8.for the copyright laws (Bulletin No. 14), "Rules and Regu- 4tz5,5raJ 26lations for the Registration of Claims to Copyright" (Bul-letin No. IS ) and Copyright in England" (Bulletin No. 16)required these three bulletins to be reprinted, with suchbringing up to date as seemed necessary.

SUYYABY OF COPYRIGHT BWIN&SSBalance on hand July I , 1918............... $10, IW 85Grrwr, eceipts July I, 1918, to June 30, 1919.. 117,51896

Total to be ac&unted for. ............. 127, $23.81Refunded ........................53,56O.c45Balance to be accounted for. ..................... $124,063.75

...................pplied as earned fees. I13,I18. ooBalance camed over to July r, 1919:Trust unds. ................. $6,778.80Unfinished btminess July I,1897, to June 30, 1919. 2"ye-. ..................... a, 166.95- 01945.75 I a 4 0 6 3 . 75Potal fees earned and paid into Treasury duringthe aa years from July I, 1897, to June 30, 1919. . I, 979,323.95Total unfinished business for aa years. ................. 09166.95

FEES FOR YBABFees for registrations, including certificatesat $Ieach. ..............................$10~,~60.00Fees for registrations of photographs without

.............ertificates, at 50 cents.each. 1,768.50Fees for registrations of renewals, at 50 centseach ................................... 953.00

Fur

Total fees for registrations recorded. ............. 110,281.50


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I 28 Register of CopyrightsFees for certified copiesof record, at 50centseach. .................................... 6680.50............ees for recording assignments.. I , 802. oo&arches made and charged for at the rate of

50 cents for each hour of time consumed. . . 135.00Notices of user recorded (Music). ............ 177.50Indexing transfers of proprietorship......... 41-50- 2,836.50Total fees for fiscal year 1918-19.. ............... 113,118.00 .BhTRIBS...................................ntriu Number of registrations. I I I j 0 9 7 ...............................umber of renewals recorded. 1,906

N,umber of certified copies of record. ....................... 1,361Number of assignments recorded or copied. .................. I,288cmebd- .The greater part of the business of the Copyright 05-is done by correspondence. The total letters and parcels ..

received during the fiscal year numbered 126,242, while theletters, parcels, etc., dispatched numbered 129,175. Lettersreceived transmitting remittances numbered 38,761, in-cluding money orders to the number of 25,142. Duringthe last 22 fiscal years the money orders received numbermore than half a million (589,087).

rauiiI,O,N,- On July 10 , 1919, the remittances received up to the thirdrent work mail of the.day had been recorded. The account books ofthe Bookkeeping Division were balanced for June, th efinancial statements were rendered to the Treasury Depart-mefit, and all earned fees to June 30 had been paid into theTreasury. .The current work for July had been written up and postedto July 9. The unfinished business amourlted on- une 30,1919, to $2,166.95. Of this, however, a large proportionrepresented business for the fiscal year, held awaitinganswers to letters from the Copyright Office in regard toinformalities, etc. ,At the close of business on July 10, 1919, of the works

deposited and passed for copyright registiation up to an4including Monday, June 30, 1919, all had been recorded.3 ,


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on February 18,' and th e bill was reported on February 28 'with a n amendment and a recommendation that it be passed.The Sixty-fifth Congress expired on March 4, before actioncould be taken.

BiNH.R.n'-rrOn May 28 the bill was reintroduced in the House ofRepresentatives and referred t o the Committee on P at en haA second hearing was held on the bill on June 18,' and onJune 27 it was reported by the chairman of the committeewith the recommendation that it be pa ~s ed .~ he billamends section 8 of the copyright ac t of I W , to secureretrospective protection for books printed abroad sinceAugust I, 1914, subjecrto "the accomplishment, beforethe expiration of IS months after the date of the President'sproclamation of peace, of the conditions and formalitiesprescribed with respect to such works by the copyright lawsof the United States ." Section 21 is also amended toincrease from 30 days to 60 days the time within which,after first publication abroad of a book in the English lan-guage, deposit of a copy may be made for the registrationof the ad interim copyright which is extended from 30 daysto four months. The full text of the bill is printed as anaddendum, pages 141-142.

The bill came before the House for final action onWednesday, July 16, and on Wednesday, July 23, onwhich day, after some discussion, the bill was passed. On' Amending copyright laws. Hearing before th e Committee on Patentr. Hotwed

Representatives. 65th Con g.. 3d sss.. Ion bill] H. R. 15855. Feb. 18. zpzp. 13pp. 8Washington. Government pri nting ofice. 19x9.' ~ 1 9Feb. z8). Amendment of copyright laws. Mr. Crosser. from the-ttecon Patents. submitted the following report [to accompany bill H.8. 1585.3). H.R.

Report No. I IS& 65th Cong.. 3d wss. Printed. I p. 81919 (Feb. 18). A bill to amend sections 8 and 11of th ecopyr ight act , approved lLbar.4.

1 9 0 9 Reported with an amendment. referred to the House calendar. and o r d a d tobe printed . IH. R. Repo rt No. 1158.1 H. R. 158~j. 5 thCong ..~dsnu. Printed.4pp.4..

a 1919 (May 18). A bill to a mend sections 8 and 11of the copyright act. approvedMar. 4. 1909. Introdu ced by Mr. N o h . H. R. 3754. 66th Cong.. 1st s a r . Printed3 pp. 4'. [Referred to the Committee on Patents.]

'Amendment of the copyright act. Hearings held before the Cnn mit tee on Patents.Houseof Representa tives. 66thCong.. zstsess. June 18.zgx9. 11pp. 8'. Washingtan,Government printing ofice. 19x9.

a I919 (June 17). Amending sections 8 and 11of copyright act. Mr. Nolan. from theCommittee on Patents. submitt ed th e following report [to accompany 8. R. 37141H. R. Repo rt No. 79. 66th Cone.. 1st sa a. Printed . r p. 8

1919 (June a?). A bill to am end sections 8 and SI of the copyright act, approvedMar. 4.1909. Referred o the House calendar and ordered to be printed. [H. R. ReportNo. 79]. H. R. 3754. 66th Cong.. 1st sess. Pri nted. j pp. 4'.


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Register of Copyrights - 131July 24 the House Act was referred to the Senate Com-mittee on Patents.'

INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT RELATIONSReference has been made in the preceding paragraph to tizq$

the.bil1, H. R . 3754, now pending before the Senate ~ r o - ~ ~ ~ "posing copyright protection in the United States for woksproduced or published abroad since August I , 1914, which,because of conditions growing out of the war, have hereto-fore failed to secure copyright in this country. The pro-visions of this bill (printed, pp. 141-142) would apply inthe case of all such works by authors who are citizens or sub-jects of any nation granting protection for works by citizensof the United States (provided the conditions and require-ments of our laws were complied with within the periodfixed in the bill) but would mainly be of benefit to theauthors of works in the English language and to the Amer-ican publishers of such works.

This legislation is framed to meet a proposal made by theBritish Government to the effect that all works which havebeen first published and copyrighted in the United Statesbut have failed to secure copyright protection in GreatBritain shall be protected upon publication there, withina period to be agreed upon after the declaration of peace;provided the United States Government undertakes toreciprocally protect English books in the United States.The British Government's proposal followed representa-tion by the Department of S ta te of the losses suffered byAmerican authors and publishers because of the failure tosecure copyright for their books in Great Britain owing toconditions growing out of the war. The enactment of thebill would therefore lead to the benefit and profit of theauthors of American books and their publishers; to Britishand other foreign authors of works published during thewar which are of such a character that American editionscould still be published; and, finally, to the American pub-lishers of these books who may find it profitable to stillreprint and publish them in this country..' 919(July14). An act to amend sections 8 and 11 of the mpyright act. approvedMar. 4, ~p o s . I n the Senate of the United States. H. R. 3754. 66th Cong.. 1st cess.

Printed. 3 pp. 4'. (Referred to th e Committeeon Patents.] Passed Senate withoutchange Dec. 8.1919.


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132 Repkter of Copyrights, z m The bill further proposes to amend the Copyright Actby increasing the present period of 30 days after publica-

tion to 60 days, during which a copy of an English book- may be deposited and registered for the ad interim pro-tection granted while sach book is reset, printed and bound

- in the United States. I t also increases the present ad in-terim term of protection from 30 days to 4 months afterregistration. This is proposed as an alleviation of thepresent rigid requirement which has operated to preventthe securing of copyright in this country for the larger par tof the books produced in Great Britain. I t is estimated infact, that out of more than ~oo, ooo ooks published inEngland since July I, 1 9 9 (when the Copyright Act wentinto effect), less than I per cent of them (less than 1,000books) have been reprinted and copyrighted in the UnitedStates. The result is not only loss of protection for the _British authors of these books, but it is a failure to protectproperly the American publishers who later reprint such ofthese books which are by authors who have become well-known. I t is customary to print and publish sets of uni-form volumes by any author who has become popular,and where copyright has not been secured for the indi-vidual books the American publisher must risk the costinvolved in producing the whole series without copyrightprotection.

In my last two annual reports'I have presented a sum-mary of our international copyright relations (1916--17, pp.164-175; 1917-18, pp. 135-I~I) ,with a view to indicatingin how great a degree these relations are inadequate andunsatisfactory, more especially as concerns the protectionof British authors,in the United States and protection forour authors in the English speaking countries. The loss ofadequate international copyright protection has assumed a- greatly increased importance by reason of the developmentof the motion-picture industry, leading to large payments tothe authors of copyrighted works for the exclusive right touse such works as the basis for motion-picture photoplays,and correspondingly large l o s e where copyright has notbeen secured. Something should be done to eliminate orminimize such losses. What is required is assured pro teetion for literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works in


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Register of Copyrights I33the United States, Great Britain, and the British Domin-ions-that is, in all the English-speaking &untries-for allworks first produced in any one of these countries from thedate of such first production or publication. This protectionshould be absolute and should be independent of any tech-nical or merely formal requirements.

In my report two years ago it was suggested that a remedyfor this insufficient international protection might be foundin a literary-property convention for the formation of a copy-~ i g h tnion of all English-speakingcountries with the expresspurpose of guaranteeing full protection in all of these coun-tries for the works of authors, artists, and composers whoare citizens or subjects of any one of them. The two yearsthat have passed have accentuated the need of some practicalaction. The lack of protection in Canada for American playsis cause for much complaint, and the copyright relations be-tween the United States and the other British self-governingdominions are equally unsatisfactory. The remedy proposedshould therefore extend to include protection in all thesecountries. There is a community of interest between all theEnglish speaking and reading nations which urges the estab-lishment of assured protection for all intellectual worksthroughout all of them. The advantage of such an arrange-me nt would have double weight for our citizens-it wouldsecure to American authors protection for their works inall these countries, and it would protect the American pub-lishers who reproduce in the United States works by authorsof the other English-speaking countries. ,

Respectfully submitted, THORVALDasamRegis&r of Cofiyr;9&HERBGRT UTNAM

Librarian of Congress


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Register of Copyrigh#sEXHIBIT-Sfafement of gross rece ipb, refunds, m t reaipfr, andfosrappl i ed j o r j i s ca l year d i n g June 30, I9I9- - - -

Month F m

1918July.. ...............................Auglrst. .............................September.. ........................O d o k .............................Novemba...........................December...........................

1919...........................anuary..Febnuuy.. ..........................March.. ............................April. ...............................May................................................................une.

Tatnl..........................Balance brought forward rom Jun e 30.1918 .. .............................. $10 ro+ 8sNetreceipts July I. 1918. o June30.19~9:Grossreceipts.. ............................................ 117, 5x8.p6....................................essamount refunded.. 3.560.06

113.9#. 00Total to be accounted for.. ..........................................~24,063.).

Copyrightfeesapplied Ju ly I , ~ 9 1 8 .o June 30.~919 ............ 113, 118.ooBdane e carried forwardto July I. 1910:Trustfunds.. .............................................. 8.778.60

Unfinished bus lnar .. ...................................... 1, xd6.p~114.obi.?5.


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Register of CopyrigklsEXHIBIT-Statement of fees paid in& Treasury..

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136 Register of CopyrightsExmn C-Record of appli ed frcr

1918July ..........

......ugust..-tern ber.....October. ......November.....December.. ...

I919January....,..February .....March. ........~pr i l .........Yay...........June...........

Total. ...

8,2598,6137,7248,4518,1578,764

10,6gr8,0809,611

IO,IIS9,2739,814

107,560

Month

1918July............August.. .......Sevtaaber......Octoba........November. .....December... ...

x9x9January........February.......March.. ........

...........May........................tme

Ul,aspw8,613. w7 , 7 2 4 . ~8 , 4 5 1 . ~8,157.-8 , 7 6 4 . ~

10,691 w8 , & w9,6a1.w

I O , I I ~ . W9,273-W9,814.00

107,sh w

Total.. ...

955916

10.3124to

1491416416793

1st

4201591x8337US151

90u 8118*U373345

3,537

k7.5019.5036.-54.006a.w35.-

74.5061.0081.0083.504 6 .966.-

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79.5059.00166.~0~17.5075.50

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649077

10366

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1317968

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167

8931771593

a10

37115115su a37

1341 r 768.50 1,9c6 953.00n

$146-w1aa.w9 7 . 0

131.w114.-130.-

178.-IIS.W107.-169.00114.00181.w

k4.501 5 . 5 ~38.501'-5046.50

105.W

186.0075.50

117.50116.-18-5067.-

113,W3

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11o~n81.w

8,7688 , 8 q7,9198,8138,6659,125

11,1548,679

140949,683

I0,aps

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I0,9a3.W8,379.509,857.9

10,549.509 1 4 7 6 . ~

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EXHIBIT-Comparative s t a t m n r of gross cash rece ip t , applied fc s ,number of regirtrationa, daily averages, a&.

EXH~BIT?-Statencent of gross carh rec eip i~, early fees, nu& ofregistrations, etc., for 22@ual p a r s

Month

1918...............uly ............August.September.......................

I919........ctoberNovember.. ........ecember..

January ...........Febnury...........March.. ............April.. .............Ma y ................June.........................otal

NOTE.-Detailed statement for 18 fiscalyears. 1897-98, etc.. to 1914-1s. by montbs.may be found in Annual ReportofRegister of Copyriehtsfor year 1914-IS (m. 177-78.Report ofthe LibrarianaJConpess or 1914-15). Forsubsequentyearsseetherespcctiveannual reporb.

Numberd registrations andmmwrhItwith laat yrprMonthlyeceipts A P P Wees

..........9,oa5.5 4 (B,715.35 8,#8 151 .......... 31 6.............................. .......... 365

.......... 4a 9.......... 377.......... 38 8.......... 4* 337 2


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E X H I B ~ ~-Tabb o re gi st mti on s mode during jiscal years 191314.191p15,1915-16,191617,917-18, nd 1918-19,amnged by c b s s s '

1For detniled statement of registrations mnde for dscal years from ago1 to 1 9 1 ~ seeAnnual R e p a t ofRegister ofCopyrights tor 1914-15.

sg1&1g

36,615855

14037,710as,*

146

1,-*&top1 , ~ 71,901

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I341,906

1-9041

1914-15

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319JI,+~4,938

s+1

3,797a1,4061,7721,965

o

51310,51311,931,757

1931,3~6

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C h . Books (indudhg~ a m ~ h l e t r ,p&ts.and contributionstoperiodienb):

(a) Printed in theUnited...............tater(b ) Printed n b d h a.....oreign language(c) English boob re&

tered for ad nterimfopyright.. .........

Total.. .................C h . Periodicals(numbas)CIPssC.Leeturrr. -...........ddrclsaClPss D. Drama ticor dramat-

icc-musicnlcompo-sitions.. ...........

CLnrr E.M u s i c a l m p o S i t i o ~ ~Clnss F.Mopr.. ..............Class G. Worksd art;modde...........r d bClassH.Reproductimr d

works d ut.......Class I. Drawings or plut i cworksd ascirnti6cor technical chamc-ta.................

Class J. Photographs.. .......ClassK. rints and pic takl

illustrations........Clsss I,. Motion-picture pho-

t opkw ............ClassM. Motion pietums no t

photopkyu........Renewals.....................

TOM..................

1g1rs8

32,744656

a31--3,617a5,8aa15s

1,711*I,&.I,*

1,858s

4 s6, lag9,1611,581

as11,857

10697d

1grp16

31,31a1,176

30931,897a6,553

157

3 . ~ 3m,6C(1,6111,r.o

o

w .10,6t61a,7211,934306

1,618115~@7

1913-14

~8,591.,&So

uo31,89124,134

ssp

3,9j7a44931 , p p.

3

SSI)10,3po

aro3g. l a g1,131

133,IWI

1916-17----32,364

9x4

11433,ssr16,467

159

3.067lo, 1x51,5191 , ~ 47

o

5x27,564

11,514a,410

3x01,992

111~4.38I


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Register of Copyrights 139Exmsi~ Table of articles depo sited dur ing 1 9 1 s - I ~ , I ~ I& I ~ , I ~ I ~ - 1 8 ,an d ~918-19,ith totals of articles defiosited for years 18g-8 o 1918-19

11 . Motion-picturephotoplaya.. .......... 1 o , 7 Q m , r r o 8 , 11 313 . Motion pictures not photnplaya.. ..... i 1 4 438..........................4. Miscellaneous (unclassi6ed articles).IS . Foreign books received u n k cC d

Mar. . I-. ...............................................-...............................o d . 101,802 19 562 7 186,050

r . BooLs:(a) PM ted in the United States: .

Volumes.. ...................Pamphlets. leaflets. etc. .....Contributions o newspapen

and periodicals.. ...........Total. ..........................

( b ) Printed abroad in a foreign lan-.............................English wo rb registered for ad in-

terim copyright.. ................Total.. ..........................

a. P e r i d i l s . . .......................................... Lectures, setmom. etc..4. Dramatic or dramati-musical cam-

positions .........................j. Musical compositi~~~l.................6. Maps.. ................................7. Worksd art: models or designs. ........8. Reproductionsd works d art. ............................Chromesand lithographs.9. Drawings or plastic works d a den-..........i6c or technics1charscter.........................0. Photographs.. .....1. Prints and pictorial illustrations..

I

No=.-For detai led statement d articles deposited during fiscal yeam 1%- to1914-15 see Annual Reportd Registerd Copyrightr4or 191-5.The dassification "Chromw and lithographs" is not given in law aft- July I. r-

so, 67 51 5 , 6 8 1

8 , 1 5 1-4,6081 , 1 9 7a9 9-6,104

sa,paa15 7

3 , 6 1 033, 451

3, a d1, 117

o

64 618,78519,165


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~ ~ m f t ~ n a rCOPYRIGHT BILL1

(&?KConp.,r t sess. H.R. 754. In the Senated the United Steta. July m& 1919)Read twice and referred to the Committee o n Patents

AN ACT to amend sections 8 and 2 1 of the Copyright Act,approved March q, 1909

Be i t enacted.@ the Senate a d House of R@resentatiwsof the United States of Amr i c a in Congress assembled, Thatsections 8 and 2 I of the Act entitled "An Act to amend andconsolidate the Acts resoecting copyright," approved Mar&4, 1909, be amended to read as follows:

"SEC.8. That the author or proprietor of any work madethe subject of copyright by this Act, or his executors, admin-istrators, or assigns; shall have copyright for such workunder the conditions and for the terms specified in this Act:Provided, however, That the copyright secured by this Actshall extend to the work of an author or proprietor who isa citizen or subject of a foreign Sta te or nation only:

"(a) When an alien author or proprietor shall be domi-ciled within the United States at the time of the first publi-cation of his work; or

"(b) When the foreign State or nation of which suchauthor or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either bytreaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of theUnited Sta tes the benefit of copyright on substantially thesame basis as to its own citizens, or copyright protectionsubstantially equal to the protection secured to such foreignauthor under this Act or by treaty; or when such foreignState or nation is a party to an international agreementwhich provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright,by the terms of ahich agreement the United States may, atits pleasure, become a party thereto.

Pucd the S au t e without fh.ncc Ikf.&19rr.141


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"The existence of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid shallbe determined by the President of the United States, byproclamation made from time to time, as the purposes ofthis Act may require: Provided, however, That all worksmade the subject of copyright by the laws of the UnitedStates first produced or published abroad after August I,1914, and before the date of the president's proclamation ofpeace, of wbich the authors or proprietors are citizens orsubjects of any foreign Sta te or nation granting similar pro-tection for works by citizens of the United States, the exist-ence of wbich shall be determined by a copyright proclama-tion issued by the President of the United States, shall beentitled to the protection conferred by the copyright lawsof the United States from and after the accomplishment,before the expiration of fifteen months after the da te of thePresident's proclamation of peace, of the conditions andformalities prescribed- with respect to such works by thecopyright laws of the United States: Provided further, Thatnothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive anyperson of any right which he may .have acquired by therepublication of such foreign work in the United Statesprior to the approval of this Act.

"SEC. 2 I . That in the case of a book first published abroadin the English language on or after the date of the Presi-dent's proclamation of peace, the deposit in the copyrightoffice, not later than sixty days after its publication abroad,of one complete copy of the foreign edition, with a requestfor the reservation of the copyright and a statement of thename an d nationality of the author and of the copyrightproprietor and of the date of publication of the said book,shall secure to the author or proprietor an ad interim copy-right, which shall have all the force and effect given tocopyright by this Act, and shall endure until the expirationof four months after such deposit in the copyright office."

Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 1919.Attest: WM.TYLER PAGE,

Clerk

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