Copyright: Its History and Its Law

PART II

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LITERARY AND GENERAL COPYRIGHT

V. SCOPE OF COPYRIGHT: RIGHTS AND EXTENT 42-62

General scope, 42--American provisions, 42--Oral addresses, 42--Dramas, 42--Music, 43--Previous American law, 43--Unpublished works, 43--Common law scope, 44--Common law in U. S. practice, 44--Statutory limitations, 44--General rights, 45--Inferential rights, 46--Differentiated rights, 46--Court protection, 46--Division of rights, 46--Analysis of property rights, 47--Broad interpretation, 48--Limits of protection, 48--Differentiated contracts, 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 copyrightable, 61--New British code, 61--Foreign statutes, 62--International provisions, 62.

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 international relations, 79--Foreign translators, 79--Abridgments, 80--Compilations, 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.

VII. OWNERSHIP OF COPYRIGHT: 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 cyclopaedias, 99--Association of author's name, 100--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--Assignments, 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, 111--"Proclaimed" countries, 111--Buenos Aires convention, 113--New British code, 113--Foreign practice, 113.

VIII. DURATION OF COPYRIGHT: TERM AND RENEWAL 114-124

Historic precedent, 114--Previous American practice, 114--Term in code of 1909, 115--Renewal, 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, REGISTRATION AND DEPOSIT 125-152

General principles, 125--Previous American requirements, 125--Present American 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--Separate volumes, 132--Different dates, 133--Extraterritorial notice, 133--Successive editions, 134--False copyright notice, 134--_Ad interim_ protection, 135--Substitution of name, 135--Registration, 136--Rules and regulations, 136--Application, 136--Certificate, 136--Application requirements, 137--Illustrations, 138--Periodicals, 138--Application cards, 139--Certificate cards, 140--Fees, 141--Deposit, 142--Fragment not depositable, 143--Typewriting 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--Other countries, 151--International provisions, 152.

X. THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING PROVISIONS 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--Exception 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.