PART III

DRAMATIC, MUSICAL AND ARTISTIC COPYRIGHT

XI. DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL COPYRIGHT, INCLUDING PLAYRIGHT 162-201

Dramatists' and composers' rights, 162--American provisions, 162--Rights assured, 163--Dramatic rights, 163--Musical rights, 164--Excepted performance, 164--Performance "for profit," 165--Works not reproduced, 166--Copyright notice, 166--Dramatico-musical works protected from mechanical reproduction, 166--Dramatic and musical works excepted from manufacturing provisions, 167--British colonial practice, 168--Entry under proper class, 168--Application 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merit not requisite, 177--What is a dramatico-musical composition, 177--Protection of playright, 178--Protection of unpublished work, 179--Indeterminate protection, 180--Printing and performance, 180--Specific English provisions, 182--Publication prior to performance, 183--British international protection, 184--What is public performance, 185--Manuscript rights, 186--Unpublished orchestral score, 187--Dramatic work by employee, 188--Copyright term, 188--Registration, 189--Assignment, 189--Parody, 190--Infringement by single situation, 191--Protection of title, 191--Names of characters, 192--Persons liable for infringement, 193--Protection against "fly by night" companies, 194--State legislation, 194--Remedies under present law, 195--Musical protection in England, 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.

XII. MECHANICAL MUSIC PROVISIONS 202-221

"Canned music" contest, 202--Mechanical music provisos, 202--Compulsory license, 203--Damages, 203--Public performance, 204--The compromise result, 204--Judicial construction, 205--Punishment of infringement, 206--Notice of intention to use, 206--Constitutional question, 207--English law, 208--Berne situation, 1886, 209--Paris, 1896, 209--Berlin provision, 1908, 209--German precedents, 210--Law of 1910, 211--Germany and the United States, 212--French precedents, 212--Belgian precedents, 213--Italian precedents, 213--Other countries, 214--Argument for inclusion, 214--Inscribed writings, 215--Direct sound-writings, 216--Music transmissal, 216--Music notation, 217--The law prior to 1909, 218--Manuscript and copies, 218--Protection of the inventor, 219--The counter argument, 220--Complete protection, 221.

XIII. ARTISTIC COPYRIGHT 222-250

Threefold value in art works, 222--American provisions, 223--Copyright Office classification definitions, 223--The question of exhibition, 224--Protection of unpublished work, 225--Copyright notice, 225--Deposit, 226--Summary of requirements, 227--Material and immaterial properties distinct, 228--Manufacturing clause, 228--German post cards, 229--Artistic merit, unimportant, 229--Application forms, 229--Certificates, 230--Term in unpublished work, 230--Date not required, 230--Re-copyright objectionable, 231--Exhibition right transfer, 231--Early English decision, 232--The Werckmeister leading case, 233--Unrestricted exhibition hazardous, 234--Reservation on sale, 234--Publication construed, 234--Danger of forfeiture, 235--Limited use and license, 236--Character, not method of use, 237--Illustration, 237--Description of artistic work, 238--Portraits, 238--Right of employer, 239--Photographs, 240--_Tableaux vivants_ and moving pictures, 241--Architectural works, 242--Copy of a copy, 243--Alterations, 243, 244--Remedies, 245--Artistic copyright term, 245--British practice, 246--Sculpture provisions, 247--Engraving provisions, 247--New British code, 247--Foreign countries, 248--Berne convention, 1886, 248--Paris declaration, 1896, 249--Berlin convention, 1908, 250--Exhibition not publication, 250--Pan American Union, 250.