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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESSCOPYRIGHT OFFICE

FIFTIETH ANNUAL REPORTOF TH E

REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS

FOR THE FISCAL YEARENDING JUNE 301947

UNITED STATESGOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 948


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CONTENTSPam

Increase in Copyright Businas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1CatalogofCopyrightEnries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Legal Aspacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Legislation .......................................................................... 3InternatiodCopright .............................................................. 4................................................egistrationbySubjectMatta.194 -47 5CopyrightDeposits.194 3-47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6GrossReceipts. etc.. 1897-1947 ........................................................ 7Summary of Copyright Businas. 1947. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 8h b l i atiolvl........................................................................ 9


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THE COPYRIGHT OFFICEREPORT TO TEE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS BY TE E REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTSSR: The Copyright business and thework of the Copyright Office for thefiscal year July 1, 1946 to June 30, 1947,inclusive, are summarized as follows:Continuing Increase in Business

It was anticipated that the experience ofthe Copyright Office with respect to theamount of business transacted during andafter the second World War might dupli-cate the pattern of World War I. Thishas occurred. During both wars thenumber of registrations fell off markedly,only to rise rapidly to new high totals attheir conclusion. For fiscal year 1946 Ireported a total of 202,144 registrations-10 percent more numerous than in anysingle previous year. For fiscal year 1947I have a similar report to make: registra-tions totaled 230,215-representing a fur-ther increase of 14 percent over the yearimmediately preceding.

There were corresponding increases inreceipts and earnings. Gross receiptstotaled $471,119.41-an increase of 16percent; and of this amount $442,626.10was credited during the year as fees earnedfor registrations and other services.

The principal increases of registrationsoccurred in the categories of domesticbooks, pamphlets, musical compositions,periodicals and newspapers, and commer-cial prints and labels. Because of con-tinued paper shortages, and disturbedconditions abroad, it is believed that bothdomestic and foreign registrations of booksand pamphlets have not yet reached theirnormal peacetime volume.Materials deposited in accordance withprovisions of the Copyright Act numbered

354,856 pieces, an increase of 49,807, or16 percent over the total of 305,049 re-ceived in fiscal year 1946. Of these,205,827 were transferred to the collectionsof the Library. Copies of motion picturesreceived during the year, totaling 3,884,were returned to the claimants after ex-amination under the arrangement entitlingthe Library at a subsequent date to claimone copy for its collections. Deposits inadvance of publication, effected under anarrangement with American book pub-lishers to expedite the issuance of catalogcards, increased from 1,091 to 1,345 duringthe year.Adjustments to Increase in Business

At the beginning of the past fiscal yearthere were arrears of work in some phasesof the operations of the Office nearly ashigh as 50,000 titles. These arrearageswere reduced mo e than a third during.the year, in spite of the 16 percent increasein deposits. The reduction has been ac-complished in several way-through im-provements in the organizational structureof the Office, through revision of proce-dures and forms, and through the con-tinued training and recruitment of thestaff to handle these changed procedures.In my last Annual Report Idescribed theorganizational changes being effected to.render the operations of the CopyrightOffice more efficient, and to take ad-vantage of certain opportunities for theelimiination of duplicative work as betweenthe Office and other units of the Library.These changes' have now been completedand the present grouping of the variousunits of the Office into four divisions of.

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REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS, 1947Service, Examining, Reference and Cata-loging permits more efficient supervisionof the varied activities, simplification ofroutines and procedures, and improvedservice to the public.

Particularly in the Cataloging Divisiona strenuous effort has been made to fill thepositions needed to handle the variouslanguage and form problems presentedby the copyright deposits, to fill out theplan of organization, and to devise pro-cedures for accelerating the work. ThisDivision has four sections; two are assigned

15,005 were for music, 3,039 for maps andthe remainder for pamphlets.

Further economies were realized byreducing the number of forms in use andby extending the use of the combinedapplication-certificate form. This formeliminates a separate copying operation inthe issuance of a certificate, with a result-ing improvement in speed and accuracy.Ten of these forms have replaced twenty-six forms previously in use, and additionalimproved forms are in process of prepara-tion.

to the handling of books and music; athird treats eleven classes of miscellaneous T h Catalog of Co~#ght Entriesmaterials such as motion pictures, adver-tisements, maps, etc., in three units; andthe fourth is responsible for the prepara-tion of cumulative catalogs. The Divisionas a whole is responsible for cataloging thecopyright deposits and for the preparationand issuance of the published catalogs ofthe Office. Its procedures must be ad-justed, if duplication of work is to beavoided, to those of several divisions in theLibrary. Much progress has been made inthis direction. The Division participatedin the preparation of preliminary rules forthe cataloging of maps, motion pictures,prints and photographs. New rules fordescriptive cataloging of Library materialswere reviewed, and their use was initiated.The form of catalog entries for all classifica-tions was simplified. During the past yearthis Division cataloged 186,538 items,involving the preparation of 1,084,533cards. Techniques were developed witha view to producing, in one operation, du-plicate copies of catalog cards as well ascopy for production of the annual catalogby the photo-offset method. On October14, 1946, the Oflice began to supply copyfor the Library's printed catalog cards, andbi/ the end of the fiscal year it prepared7,280 such entries. As a part of thiswork it made 11,270 preliminary entries,corrected 3,340 other entries, and supplied19,884 entries in briefer style of which

The Copyright Office is required by lawto print at periodic intervals a catalog ofthe titles of articles deposited and regis-tered for copyright, together with suitableindexes. Hitherto it has been the practiceof the Office to issue catalogs for each classof entries in monthly issues with an annualindex. The increase in the number ofregistrations and the increased cost ofprinting have compelled revision of thispractice during the past year in favor ofthe issuance of a single annual volumewith an index for each class of entries.Before the close of the fiscal year, catalogsfor all classes of registrations for the calen-dar year 1946, with the exception ofperiodicals, had been sent to the Govern-ment Printing Office. Due to the risingcosts of printing it may be necessary towithhold iiom annual publication cata-logs of certain categories which are leastin demand. Mewwhile studies are beinggiven to methods by which the costs ofpublication can be reduced, and publi-cation itself rendered more effective. Alsoin view of the fact that the present printingfunds will not permit the continuance ofthe issue of monthly catalogs with annualindexes as in the past, the Office is arrang-ing to offer its cards for registrations inmusic, as well as cards in certain otherclasses, to those interested in their currentreceipt on a cooperative basis.


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REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS, 1947 3&gal Aspects

The rules and regulations of the Copy-right Office, last published on October 1,1941 under the title Code of FederalRegulations of the CoPyright Oflce havebeen under study during the year with aview to the early issuance of a much neededrevision. This review has necessitated thestudy of numerous legal questions, such asthe form and position of the copyrightnotice in the case of published motionpictures, the factors which determine abook to be of foreign origin, and the ques-tion whether unpublished maps and otherunpublished material may be registered.

One of these questions, whether the edit-ing of music creates copyrightable material,which has led to considerable correspond-ence over the years with applicants forregistration, was the subject of an exten-sive study by Mr. Louis C. Smith, seniorattorney, who has concluded that suchmaterial should be registered. Copies ofhis recommendation, in the form of abrief, have been submitted to interestedattorneys and publishers for comment be-fore a final decision is made concerningthe desirability of revoking the presentregulation preventing copyright registra-tion of edited music.

A new Bzrlletin of Decisions of United Stote~Courts Involving Copyright during the years1944-45 and part of 1946 was compiledduring the year and sent to the Govern-ment Printing Office.

A number of legal cases affecting thework of the Office were decided duringthe year. In one of these (Brown InstrumentCo. v. Warner, 161 F. (2d) 910, App. D. C.?1947) the court upheld the action of theRegister of Copyrights in refusing registra-tion to temperature and pressure recordingcharts on the ground that these weremerely blank forms. In another (UniversalPictures v. Harold Lloyd, 73 U. S. P. Q. 31 7,C. C. A. 9, 1947) the court held that therule of the Copyright Office regarding

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motion pictures as dramatic compositionsdoes not govern Section 1 (d) of theCopyright Act, but Section 5 which setsup a classification system for convenienceof registration. In still another (Shapiro,Bernstein C9 Co., lnc. v. Jerry Vogel Music Co.,161 F. (2d) 406, C. C. A. 2, 1946) thecourt held that the words and music of amusical composition are not separable forcopyright purposes; that the composerand lyricist are joint authors, either ofwhich "had the statutory privilege ofrenewal, and, if he did renew, he did sofor both." The court also held that adeposit of the work in the twenty-seventhyear of the copyright term was valid.Legislation

The only completed legislation of theyear was the enactment of the codificationof present copyright law as Title 17 of theUnited States Code, when the bill H. R.2083 was approved by the President onJuly 30, 1947 and became Public Law 281.This act codifies the existing law withoutsubstantive change other than a newarrangement and renumbering of thesections. The Copyright Office was giventhe opportunity to review and approveits adoption.

A number of bills received attentionduring the year. H. R. 2860 (a bid1 toprovide protection for textile fabrics anddesigns) was reported favorably on July19, 1947 by the Subcommittee on Patents,Trademarks and Copyrights of the HouseCommittee on the Judiciary. H. R. 1270,a bill to provide copyright protection foracoustic recordings, was adversely reportedon July 18, 1947. Th e same Subcommit-tee also gave extensive consideration toH. R. 1269, a bill declaring all musicplayed on coin operated machines subjectto public performance for profit underSection 1 (e) of the Copyright Act. H. R.4186, passed by the House on July 25,1947, prohibiting the unauthorized use ofthe official seal and name of the United


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4 REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS, 1947Nations, permits any valid and subsistingtrademark or copyright in that name or itsabbreviation or emblem to continue forthe remaining period, but not to berenewed.

In the closing days of the first session ofthe Eightieth Congress, in accordance withthe recommendations of the House Appro-priations Committee, H. R. 4052 wasintroduced-a bill to authorize increasesin the fees for copyright registration,charges for searches, and the price of theCatalog o Copyright Entries. No action hasas yet been taken on this bill.

International CopyrightProblems of international copyright areclosely related to the broader subject ofinternational exchange of intellectual andartistic works, and it is obvious, therefore,that sound solutions of international copy-right problems may be an importantfactor in better international understand-ing and the maintenance of peace; whilefailure to establish good internationalcopyright relations may be an importantfactor in the opposite direction. Thesettlements marking the end of WorldWar I1 have reopened many earlier copy-right arrangements. The present worldsituation makes desirable the reconsidera-tion of the international copyright policyof the United States and its relationship tothe copyright policies of other countries.Such consideration must take into accountnot only the importance of promoting in-ternational understanding and principlesunderlying the domestic copyright legis-lation of other countries and the conven-tions and treaties to which they are parties,but also the basic principles underlyingthe copyright policy and constitutional andstatutory provisions of the United States.The basic principle of the United Statescopyright policy, namely promotion of thepublic interest, together with definitenessin determination of individual propertyrights compatible with maximum freedom

in the interchange of intellectual andartistic works, should not be abandonedor modified without careful consideration.In many details, the United States copy-right law and administrative procedurecan undoubtedly be improved to the ad-vantage of all interests concerned withcopyright, but judged by results in theirbroadest aspect, basic United States copy-right law and policy may well bear favor-able comparison with any other copyrightsystems.

On July 17, 1947, the Inter-AmericanConvention on the Rights of the Authorin Literary, Scientific and Artistic Works,which was signed by the delegates to theInter-American Conference of Experts onCopyright a t the Pan American Union onJune 1-22, 1946, was presented by Presi-dent Truman to the Senate of the UnitedStates with a favorable recommendationfor ratification.

On November 4, 1946, also, the Presi-dent submitted to the Senate a proposedTreaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navi-gation with China, providing that na-tionals of the United States shall be .afforded the same copyright treatment asafforded by Chiia to its nationals. Thisprotection does not extend to translations.A similar copyright clause has been pro-posed in a treaty between the UnitedStates and Italy. The President, byproclamation, has extended indefinitelythe time for securing ad interim copyrightand renewal of copyright by nationals andcitizens of France and New Zealand. Th eproclamation for France was dated March27, 1947, and for New Zealand, April 24,1947.

The Brussels meeting, called by the Inter-national Copyright Union a t Berne forconsideration of the modification of theRome Convention of June 2, 1928, wasoriginally scheduled before the war. I twas later set for the fall of 1947, but hasagain been postponed pending the signingof peace treaties and settlements. The--


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REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS, 1947 5United States has indicated its intentionto be represented at the Brussels con-ference, but has recommended for thepresent the postponement of the meeting.- Meanwhile also, the treaties of peacewith Hungary and Italy have raised ques-tions as to the possibility of continuance,under existing law and conditions in thosecountries, of previous copyright arrange-ments. A review is required to determinewhether current judicial decisions andadministration afford the protection toUnited States authors and copyrightowners contemplated by former ' Section8 of the Copyright Law of the United

States, now Section 9 of Title 17 of theUnited States Code. Similar questionshave been raised by copyright decisionsin the Netherlands. Any analysis of thecopyright law of the USSR must alsogive consideration to the practical effectof the administrative, financial, and in-dustrial controls exercised over the ma-terials and subject matter with whichcopyrights are concerned, with particularconsideration to the matter of transla-tions.I append the usual tables showing thestate of the copyright business and thework of the Office.

Qase-BCDEFGHI2KLMRR

YEARS 1048 TO 1847, INCLUSIVB

1946

7,67930,5545,504

43,7373,513610

47,86048,2891,1295,35663,3671,3043,094317

1,7771,7527,9755,3847741,250R

REGISTRATION BY SUBJECT MATTER CLASSES FOR THE FISCAL

Renewals of all other classed. ..............Total.. ..........................'...

Subject matter of co pr ig ht

Books:(a) Printed in the United States:Books proper.. .., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pamphlets, Id e t s , etc.. ...........Contributions to newspapers andperiodicals.. ...................Total.. ......................(b) Printed abroad in a forei n language. ..

(c) English books registered for ad interimcopright ........................Total. .......................

....................eriodicals (numbers). ..............ectures, sermons, addresser..Dramatic or dramatico-musical compositions.......................usical compositions.Maps.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............orks of art, models, or designs..Reproductions of works of art .. .............Drawings or plastic works of a scientific ortechnical character. .....................Photographs.. ............................ . . . . . . . . . . . . .ommercial prints and labels.Prints and pictorial illustrations. . . . . . . . . . . . .Motion picture photoplays.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Motion pictures not photoplays. ............Renewals of commercial prints and labels .. ...

' 1947

9,90334,9404,400

49,2433,970712

53,92558,3409726,45668,7091,7794,0445402,147l,b389,6746, 5066661,41821

1943

8,658. 27,558

3,16839,784156

51740,45742,9956293,68748,3487371,649221

1,9111,0425,385 ., 3176931,07420

1945-----6,962 19447,58527,936 27,6834,856-----9,754111

679-----0,54445,7631,1774,71457,8358571,821186

1,5541,2587,4032,6346151,120

4,73039,99882

60240,68244,3641,1264,87552,0874941,743173

1,9571,2705,9532,4266041,26844


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REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS, 1947OR- RECEIPTS, ETC., BINGE JUL.Y 1, lm

Since July 1, 1897, the date of organization of the Copyright Office, the total registrations havebeen7,017,762 and the total receipts for fees $9,382,737.70. The figures, year by year, appear in the followingtable:STATEMENT OF GROSS CASH RECEIPTS, YEARLY PEES, NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS, ETC., FOR W PfSCAL YEAR8

Dectease ioregistrations

................................................2,441............................................................. . . . . . . . . . . .4,087............11,057............. . . . . . . . . . . .1,436............7,961. . . . . . . . . . . .4,5294,710.........:............... . . . . . . . . . . ...................................... . . . . . . . . . . .....................................31,955............8, 15012,90714, 31 1....................................2,538................................................. . . . . . . . . . . .21,443............. . . . . . . . . . . .........................

Incrcasc inregistrations

5,42313,830. . . . . . . . . . . .6275,0015,15110,2444,3306,125. . . . . . . . . . . .389. . . . . . . . . . . .6,1245,733............3,659............774. . . . . . . . . . . .............6,27513,5598,7183,353

1431313,7483,15411,7876,3659,914............10,833............. . . . . . . . . . . .............1,6232,98414,931. . . . . . . . . . . .11,8246,8873,8623,6501,585. . . . . . . . . . . .8,4809,57923,29628,071

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Year

...................897-98.1898-99. ...................1899-1900.. ................1900-1901.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .901-2..1902-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .903-4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .904-5......................905-6.1906-7.. ...................1907-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................908-9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .909-10.. ..................910-11.. ..................911-12.. ..................912-13.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .913- 14 ..1914-15.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1915-16.. ..................1916-17 ....................1917-18 ....................1918-19.. ..................1919-20. ...................1920-21.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1921-22.. ......................................922-231923-24.. .-.................1924-25. ...................1925-26.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...................926-27..1927-28. .................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .928-291929-30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .....................930-311931-32.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1932-33. ...................1933-34.. ..................1934-35.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1935-36. ...................1936-37. ...................1937-38. ...................1938-39.. ..................1939-40. ...................1940 4 1 . ...................194142. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1942-43. ...................1943-44. ...................1944-45. ...................1945-46. ...................1946-47 ....................

Total. ...............

Yearly feesapplied

$55,926.5058,267.0065,206.0063,687.5064,687.0068,874.5072,629.0078,058.0080,198.0084,685.0082,387.5083,816.75104,644.95109,913.95116,685.05114,980.60120,219.25111,922.75112,986.85110,077.40106,352.40113,118.00126,492.25134,516.15138,516.15

149,297.00162,544.90166,909.55178,307.20184,727.60195,167.65308,993.80327,629.90309,414.30280,964.90250,995.30251,591.50259,881.70285,206.90280,541.40298,799.60306,764.40320,082.90347,430.60351,158.10306,836.7031 9,466.30338,812.90379,738.00442,626.109,382,737.70

G mreceipts

$61,099.5664,185.6571,072.3369,525.2568,405.0871,533.9175,302.8380,440.5682,610.9287,384.3185,042.0387,085.53113,662.83113,661.52120,149.51118,968.26122,636.92115,594.55115,663.42113,808.51109,105.87117,518.96132,371.37141,199.33145,398.26

153,923.62167,705.98173,971.95185,038.29191,375.16201,054.49322,135.82336,980.75312,865.41284,719.20254,754.69258,829.53269,348.81293,149.82295,313.24326,326.67330,466.37341,061.35347,125.35376,906.63324,300.99333,270.24367,402.04405,740.58471,119.419,808,313.66

Number ofregistrations

75,54580,96894,79892,35192,97897,979103,130113,374117,704123,829119,742120,131109,074115,198120,931119,495123,154115,193115,967111,438106,728113,003126,562135,280138,633148,946162,694165,848177,635184,000193,914161,959172,792164,642151,735137,424139,047142,031156,962154,424166,248173,135176,997180,647182,232160,789169,269178,848202,144230,215

7,017.762


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8 REPORT OF THE REGISTEROF COPYRIGHTS. 1947

Balance on hand July 1. 1946....................................................$94.725.71Gross receipts July 1. 1946 to June 30. 1947........................................ 71.119.41

Total to be accounted for ................................................... 65.845.12...........................................................efunded $23.866.63Checks eturned unpaid .............................................. 201.29Deposited as earned fees .............................................. 34.816.20Balance camed over to July 1. 1947:

Few earned in June 1947 but not deposited until July 1947.. $37,123.10Unfinished business balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15.001.62Deposit accounts balance ............................... 54.836.28 106,961.00-- 565,845.12

Fees ReceivedRegistrations for prints and labels.............................. 9 674 at $6.00 $58.044.00Registrations for published works .............................. 141. 065 at $2.00 282.130.00Registrations for published photographs without certificates........ 608 at $1.00 608.00Registrations for unpublished works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65. 667 at $1.00 65.667.00Registrations for renewals of prints and labels .................... 21 a t $6.00 126.00Registrations for renewals. all other classes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13. 180 at $1.00 13.180.00

Total number of registrations............................230. 215.................................................ees for registrations 419.755.00Fees for recording 5. 252 assignments.................................... 15.000.00Fees for indexing 19. 181 transfers of proprietorship ....................... 1.918.10Fees for certified documents ........................................... 1.843.00Fees for notices of user recorded ....................................... 633.00Fees for searches made a t $1 per hour of time consumed .................. 3.477.00 22,871.10

442,626.10Respectfully submitted. SAMBASSWARNER. ..Register of Copyrights.WASHINGTON.. C.,

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R E P O R T O F THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS, 1947 9

Publications o f t h Copyright [email protected] for the following publications (except those listed as free, which may be obtained fromthe Copyright Office) should be addressed to the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. GovernmentPrinting Office, Washington, 25, D. C., accompanied by remittance (postage stamps not accepted-coin at sender's risk).BULLETIN NO. 3. Cloth, 35c.Copyright Enacements of the United Sta ta, 1783-1906. 2d ed. rev., 174 pp. 80. 1906.BULLETIN NO. 8. Cloth, 65c.

Copyright in Congress, 1789-1904. A bibliography and chronological record of all proceedingsinCongress in relation to copyright. 468 pp. 80. 1905.BULLETIN NO. 14. Paper, 20c.Copyright Law of the United States of America. (Title 17 of the United States Code). 1948.BULLETIN NO. 17. Cloth, 65c.

Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1909-1914. Second enlarged edition.vi, 279 pp. 80. 1928.

BULLETIN NO. 18. Cloth, $1.Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1914-1917. ix, 605 pp. 80. Reprinted1938.BULLETIN NO. 19. Cloth, $1.Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1918-1924. xi, 477 pp. 80. 1926.

BULLETIN NO. 20. Cloth, $1.50.Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1924-1935. xiii, 947 pp. 80. 1936.BULLETIN NO. 21. Cloth, 7%.Decisions of the United St ata courts involving copyright. 1935-1937. vii, 355 pp. 80, 1938.BULLETIN NO. 22. Cloth, 75c.Decisions of the United Stat- courts involving copyright. 1938-June 1939. vii, 327 pp. 80.

1939.BULLETIN NO. 23. Cloth, $1.Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1939-1940. vii, 391 pp. 80. 1943.BULLETIN NO. 24. Cloth, $2.

Decisions of the United States courts involving copfight. 1941-1943. ix, 683 pp. 80. 1944..BULLETIN NO. 25. Cloth, S1.50.Decisions of the United St ata courts involving copyright. 1944-1946. vii, 459 pp. 80. 1947.CATALOG OF COPYRIGHT ENTRIES OF ARTICLES REGISTERED UNDER T HE COPY-RI GH T LAW. The Third Series of the Catalog is issued in semiannual volumes, except Part 2,Periodicals, and Part 14A, Renewals other than Music. These parts will be issued as annual volumes.The price of each semiannual number is one-half the price given below for the whole year. Sub-scription price for the complete set is $20. Individual pa r t~f the Catalog are obtainable as follows:

Par t 1A. Books and Selected Pamphlets, $3-Par t 1B. Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals, $3.Par t 2. Periodicals, $2.Parts 3 and 4. Dramas and Works Prepared for Oral Delivuy, $2.Part SA. Published Music, $3.Par t 5B. Unpublished Music, $3.Par t 6. Maps, S1.Parts 7 to 11A. Works of Art, Reproductions of Works of Art, Scientific and Technical Drawings,

Photographic Works, Prints and Pictorial Illustrations, $2.Part 11B. Commercial Prints and Labels, $2.Parts 12 and 13. Motion Pictures, $1.Par t 14A. Renewal Registrations, Literature, Art, Film, 1.Par t 14B. Renewal Registrations, Music, $2.