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L I B R A R Y OF CONGRESSCOPYRIGHT OFFICE

ReportRegister of Copyrights

FOR PER

Fiscal Year 1915-1916

[Reprinted from the Report of the Librarian of Congress]

WASHINGTONGOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

1916


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PUBLICATIONS OF THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE

The following 5 bulletins and circulars which have been issued bythe Copyright Office may be had free on request to the REGISTER FCOPYRIGHTS, IBRARYF CONGRESS,WASHINGTON,. C.:BULLETINNO. 14.The Copyright Law of the United States of America, being theAct of March 4, 1909 (in force July 1, rgog), as amended by theActs of August 24, IgI2, March 2 , 1913, and March 28, 1914,together with Rules for Practice and Procedure under Section as ,by th e Supreme Court of the United States. 66 pp. 8'. 1916.BULLETINNo. 15.Rules and Regulations for the re istration of c!aimsto copyright.Prepared under the authoritx conferred in seem ij of the copy-right act of rgog. 29 pp. 8 . 1914.BULLETIN O. 16.

Cop ight in En land. Pkd I and 2 Geo. 5. ch. 46. An Acttoamenrand conwfidatr the law relating to copyright, passedDecember 16, I ~ I I . [In force, July I, 1912. Wlth Addenda ofprevious copyright acts not repealed.] 54 pp. 8'. 1914.I N P O R M A ~ O N~ R C ~ L A Ro. 4.International Copyright Convention. Berne, 1886, and Amend-ments agreed t o a t Paris, 1896. Also, additional protocol toBerl inConvention, signed at Berne, March 20, 19x4. 1 7 pp. 4".f NPORMATION CIRCULAR O. 4 A.

International Copyright Convention. Revised text, Berlin,1908. 12 pp. 40.


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PUBLICATIONS OF THE COPYRIGHT OFFICEThe following-publications of th e Co yright Office were issued inlimited editions, but may be had (so Par as any are still available)from the SUPERINTENDENTF DOCUMENTS.ASHINGTON,. C., uponpayment of the nominal prices given, which includesm.ostal money orders or drafts should be made payab e an addresedto the SUPERINTENDENTF DOCUMENTS. tamps and uncertifiedchecks are not accepted.

BULLETINNo. 3. Paper, ISC.; cloth, 35c.Copyright Enactments of th e Uni ted States, 1783-1906. 2d ed.,rev. 174 pp. 8. 1906.BULL- No. 8. Cloth, 65c.Copyright in Congress, 1789-1904. A bibliography, and chrono-

logical record of a ll proceedings in Congress in relation to copyrightfrom April 15, 1789, to April 28, 1904. 468 pp. 8'. 1905.BULLETIN O. 9. Paper , 5c.The Provisions of the United States Copyright Laws with asummary of some paral lel provisions of t he copyright laws of foreigncountries. 51 pp. 4. 1905.BULLSTIN O. 11. Paper. ~oc.Copyright in Japan. Law of March 3, 18 9, and copyright am-ve nt ~o n etween the United States and gapan, May 10. 1%together with the text of earlier enactments. v+50 pp.1906.BULLETIN O. 13. Paper, 15c.International Copyright Union. Berne convention, 1886; Parisconvention, 1896; Berlln convention, I$. Report of [ThomaldSolberg] the delegate of the United S tates to the International

conference for the revision of the Berne Copyright Canvention,- held a t Berlin, Germany, October 14to November 14, I$. . 69 pp.4 I$.BULLETINNO. 17. Paper, ~o c . ; loth, 3oc.Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright.1913-1914. I05 pp.. 8. 1915.INPREPARATION:

Bulle tin No. 18. Decisions of th e United Sta tes courts involv-ing copyright. Ju ly , 1914-1916. About 4ca pp. 8'.


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Receipts....................................................Expenditures ...............................................Copyright entries and fees....................................Copyright deposits ..........................................Copyright index and catalogue, bulletins. and circulars:

Index cards.............................................Catalogue of Copyright Entries ...............................................................ulletins and circularsCatalogue of Copyright Dramas. 1870-1915...............................................ummary of copyright business.'.

Condition of 6pyrigh t Office work:(a) Current work........................................(b) Deposits received prior to July I. 1897 ................(c) Branch Copyright Office at San Francisco..............

Appointment of Mr.Crisfield asAssistant Register of Copyrights.Copyright legislation and international copyright relations: .

Legislation-Copyright bills and reports............................Cenmrship of motion pictures.........................Public 'printing bills.................................Designs copyright bills ...............................International copyright relations-Pan American Copyright Convention of 1910..........

Statistical summaries, Exhib itsA to G .......................Addendum: Copyright bills and reports. 64th Cong., 1st sess .H.R. ac t no. 8356. referred to Senate Committee on Pat-.......................................nts, Apr 4. 1916H. R. report no. a65. to accompany bill H . R. 8356. Feb................................................6. 1916H.R . eport no.640. o accompany bill H.R 13981.May 5.

1916...................................................H. R . bill no. 14116. ntrodued by Hon. William D..tephens. Apr 5. 1916 ...............................


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REPORT O F THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS FOR THE FISCALYEAR 1915-16

WASHINGTON,. C., ] d y 10, 1916SIR:The copyright business and the work of the Copy-right Office for the fiscal year July I , 1915, to June 30, 1916,inclusive, are summarized as follows:

The gross receipts during the year were $115,663.42. A F-8e.k.balance of $9,257.35, representing trust funds and unfinishedbusiness, was on hand July I, 1915, making a total of$124,920.77 to be accounted for. Of this amount, the sumof $2,711.39 received by the Copyright Office, was refundedas excess fees or as fees for articles not registrable, leaving anet balance of $122,209.38. The balance carried over toJuly I , 1916, was $9,222.53 (representing trust funds,$7,839.26, and total unfinished business since Juiy I , 1897-I g yearsl$1,383.27), leaving fees applied during the fiscalyear I 91 5-16 and paid into the Treasury $I I 2,986.85.

The yearly copyright fees have more than doubled sincethe reorganization of t he office in 1897, reaching above the$roo,ooo mark during the first year of operation under thenew copyright law which went into effect on Juiy I , 1909.The annual applied fees since July I , 1897, are:

1913-S4. . . . . . . . . . . rno, 19.25. . . . . . . . . .914-15. 111,922. 51915-16. . . . . . . . . . . 11a,986.85

Total. ....... 1,649) 76. t5


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178 Report of the Librarian of CongressEXPENDITURES

~ d o r i s r The appropriation made by Congress for salaries in theCopyright Office for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916,was $102,580. The total expenditures for salaries was$102,552.47, or $10,434.38 less than the net amount of feesearned and paid into the Treasury during the correspondingyear. The expenditure for supplies, including stationeryand other articles and postage on foreign mail matter, etc.was $I ,064.63.

C o p r r i r h ; r s - During the 19 fiscal years since the reorganization of the"ipbmdfeu Copyright Office (from July I , 1897, to June 30, 1916) thecopyright fees applied and paid into the Treasury haveamounted to more than a million and a half dollars($1,649,776.15), the articles deposited number over threeand a half millions (3,642,856), and the total copyrightregistrations exceed two millions (2,05 ,541).

Ezcrrr of fees The fees ($1,649,776.15) were larger than the appropria-m"Mr tion for salaries used during the same period ($1,409,087.75)by $240,688.40.

VCJWof WPP In addition to this direct profit, a large number of theright depori r 3,642,856 books, maps, musical works, periodicals, prints,and other articles deposited during the 19 years were ofsubstantial pecuniary value and of such a character thattheir accession to the Library of Congress through theCopyright Office effected a saving to the purchase fund ofthe Library equal in amount to their price.

M ~ v * o f The exact money value of the copyright deposits is notd#bOJw obtainable. The books deposited by the leading publishersusually are accompanied by a statement of selling price,but a large number still come to us without any indicationof value. Of the books received during the first five monthsof 1916 costing $10 or more each there were 126 items, mak-ing a total actual value of more than $6,000. The greaternumber of the books deposited, however, are sold at lessthan $10 each. I t is believed tha t a conservative estimateof t he value of the books alone received during the fiscalyear would amount to $50,000. In addition, among th e30,000 musical works deposited there are many of consider-able money value, and many prints and engravings of highprice a re included in t he fine art s deposit.


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COPYRIGHT ENTRIES AND FEESThe registrations for the fiscal year numbered 115,967. R~~~

Of these, 105,454 were registrations at $I each, including acertificate, and 8,885 were registrations of photographs with-out certificates, a t 50 cents each. There were also 1,628registrations of renewals, a t 50 cents each. The fees forthese registrations amounted to a total of $I 10,710.50.. The number of registrations in each class from July I ,1910, to June 30, 1916, as compared with the number ofentries made in th e previous year, is shown in Exhibit F.

COPYRIGHT DEPOSITS

The various articles deposited in compliance wi th . the Arti&i&dcopyright law which have been registered, stamped, indexed,and catalogued during the fiscal year amount to 201,802.The number of these articles in each class for the rg fiscalyears is shown in Exhibit G.

The copyright act which went into force on July I, ~ go g, -- ~LmxAmr:provides for the gradual elimination of the accumulated copy- ~dright deposits (secs. 59 and 60 . ) During the year booksdesiredfor th e Library t o th e number of 6,563 volumes (including1,487 foreign books and pamphlets) have been forwardedthrough the Order Division. These selected books were inaddition to the "first" copies of copyright books sent for-ward a s received from day to day, numbering I I ,794 for thefiscal year. I n addition, there has been transferred uponthe Librarian's order a collection of. books and pamphletsrelating to American poetry and printed dramas by Ameri-can authors, numbering I ,144 pieces, thus making a total OF- 19,501 books and pamphlets delivered to the Library from- -the Copyright Office during the year.

Of musical compositions, 20,644 were deposited and regi~-~?;,tered during th e year, and of these, 18,633 were transferredpri,,gi,to the Music Division. There were 'also transferred r 9,735 va*bs *odiodimusical compositions that were registered prior to rgogunder the old law. All of the I ,612 maps registered duringthe yqar were placed in the Map Division. Out of the totalof 23,348 photographs, engravings, and other "pictorialillustrations" entered, 4,438 were selected and forwardedto the Print Division for permanent deposit. Of the 24daily newspapers registered, both copies of 18 (6 being


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I 80 Report of the Librarian ,ofCongressrejected) were promptly sent to the Periodical Division,and I ,I 93 magazines and periodicals, including weekly news-papers, out of the 1,589 different journals received, werealso transferred to that division; while the copies receivedin the case of 396 of the least important publications regis-tered under the designation "periodical," have been re-turned during the year to the copyright claimants. ,

Bookr iron'- The act of March 4, 1909 (sec. 59), provides for the t rans-ferred lo othrrh'brork fer to other "governmental libraries" in the District ofColumbia "for use therein" of such copyright deposits as

are not required by the Library of Congress, and duringthe present fiscal year 5,452 books were selected by thelibrarians and thus transferred to the libraries of the follow-ing: Departments (Agriculture, Commerce, Navy, andTreasury) ; Bureaus (Education, Fisheries, Mines, Stand-ards); Engineer School, Federal Trade Commission, Hy-gienic Laboratory, Internal Revenue Office, Pension Office,Soldiers' Home, Surgeon General's Office, and the PublicLibrary of the District of Columbia.

A special collection consisting of 635 works by Scandina-bwkr vian authors (Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish) were trans-ferred for use in the Public Library of the District. Theywere all duplicate copies.

Return of d c Under the provisions of the act of March 4, I gog, authori tyfiosirs to mjyrioht is granted also for the re turn to the claimants of copyrightof such copyright deposits as are not required by the Libraryor Copyright Office. The notice required by section 60 hasbeen printed for all classes of works deposited and registeredduring the years January I, 1900, to June 30, ~gog . Inresponse to special requests, 13 dramatic o r musical com-positions and 9,917 motion-picture films have been returnedto the copyright claimants, and of the current deposits notneeded by the Library of Congress the following have alsobeen so returned : 12,177 "books" (pamphlets, leaflets, etc.),19 photographs, 13,753 prints, 8,642 periodicals, music (old)14,735; a tota l of 59,256 pieces. The total number of art i-cles thus transferred during the year or returned to the

' . copyright claimants amounts to more than one hundred andseventy thousand pieces (177,089).

R s ~ u r s l * In response to inquiries during the year from the Cardmp*r Section, the Order Division, and the Reading Room in re-


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Register of Copyrights r 81gard to 639 books supposed to have been copyrighted but notfound in the Library, it was discovered that 94 of theseworks were actually in the Library, go of the books hadbeen deposited and were still in the Copyright Office,94works were either not published, did not claim copyright, orfor other reasons could not be deposited, and in the case of191 works no answers to our lette rs of inquiry had been re-ceived up to June 30, 1916. Copies were received of 170works in all in response to requests made by the CopyrightOffice during the period of 12 months for works publishedduring recent years.THE COPYRIGHT INDEX AND CATALOGUE, BULLETINS, AND

CIRCULARS 'The copyright registrations are indexed upon cards. The r d w d r

cards made are first used as copy for the printed catalogueand after printing are added to the permanent card indexesof the copyright entries. The temporary cards made forthe indexes to the printed catalogue {numbering 83,351during the fiscal year) have been eliminated, and the re-maining cards (105,591 for the fiscal year) were added tothe permanent card indexes, now numbering over 2,930,000cards. By revision and condensation 520 cards were can-celed and withdrawn from the indexes during the year.The printing of t he catalogue of dramas copyrighted from1870 to 1915 will permit the elimination of more than130,000 cards and to that extent relieve the pressure forspace in the index.

The Catalogue of Copyright Entries has been continued, cataloou. ofas required by law, by the publication of five volumes forcO*"''M "hth e calendar year 1915, containing a total of 7,320 pages oftext and indexes.Each par t of the catalogue is sold separately a t a nominal Subrcrigtioo& r i a o f c u wannual subscription rate within the maximum price estab-lished by law, as follows:Part I , Groups I and 2, Books and Pamphlets, etc. ............ $I . ooPart 2, Periodicals. ........................................... . soPart 3, Musical Compositions. ............................... I. ooPart 4, Works of Art, Photographs, etc ....................... 50

The price of the entire catalogue is $3 for the year. Thesubscriptions, by express provisions of t he copyright act ,are required to be paid to the Superintendent of Docu-


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182 Report of the Librarian of Congressments (Office of the Public Printer, Washington, D. C.), andall subscriptions must be for the complete year for each partdesired.

~wl l . r& A new edition of Bulletin No. 14, containing the copy-right law in force, was called for during the year, and wasprinted (60 pp. 8O) with the following explanatory matteradded : (I ) The Pan-American Copyright Convention, signeda t Buenos Aires in 1910, and proclaiined by the President onJuly 13, 1914; (2) the British Order in Council dated Feb-ruary 3, 1915, providing tha t the provisions of the BritishCopyright Act of 1911 shall apply to works by authors whoar e citizens of the United Sta tes "in like manner as if theauthors had been British subjects," and that residence ofsuch authors in the United Sta tes shall be held equivalent toresidence in Great Britain; (3) the Proclamation by thePresident of January I , 1915, extending to British subjectsthe benefits of section I (e) of the Copyright Act of ~ gog.

cOPyrkkr -- he text of the Fourth International American Conventionosnl im, rpm on Literal y and Artistic Copyright, proclaimed July I 3, 1914, 'was printed as Information Circular No. 55. (6 pp. go.)cara l O g M * Of The printing of the Catalogue of Copyright Dramas wasDramas. 1870-

1013 begun on September 22, 1915, and proceeded very slowlyuntil February 7, 1916, when 672 pages had been printed,including I 3,887 titles, out of a total of about 60,000 dramasregistered between July 8, 1870, and December 31, 1915.

S u m m a r y o f Balance on hand July I, 1915. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69, 57 35w P ~ r i a u ukrincssGross receipts July I, 1915,to June 30,1916. . 115,663.42........ .otal to be accounted for. .; 1 2 4 92a 77.................................efunded. 2,711.39......................alance to be accounted for. SIZZ, 09.38Applied as earned fees. ..................... 112,986.85

Balance carried over to July I,1916:

Trust funds. .................$7,839.26Unfinished business July I,

1897, to June 30, 1916, 19years. ..................... 1,383.27 9,aaa. 53 122,209.38Total fees earned and paid into the Treasury during the 19

years from July I, 1897, to June 30, 1916.. ............ 1,649,776.15..................otal unfinished business for 19 years. I, 383. a 7


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Repster of CopyrightsFEES FOR FISCAL YEAR

'Fees for registrations, including certificates,..............................t $I each. $105,45400Fees for registrations of photographs without

certificates, at 50 cents each. ............. 4,442.50Fees for registrations of renewals, at 50 centseach ................................... 814 00

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .otal fees for registrations recorded. $II O , ~0. jOFees for certified copies of record, at 50 centseach .................................. 3 7r 50

Fees for recording assignments. ............. 1,556.00Searches made and charged for at the rate of50 cents for each hour of time consumed. . 146.50Notices of user recorded (Music). ............ -138.25

Indexing transfers of proprietorship. ........ 64 10 21 276.35-Total few for fiscal year 1915-16................... 112,985.85ENTRIES..............................umber of registrations.. 114,339 En*

Number of renewals recorded. .......................... 1,6281'51 967

Number of certified copies of record. ................... 743Number of assignments recorded or copied. .............. 1,083The greater part of the business of the Copyright Office is cmrupadm-

done by correspondence. The total letters and p a r d s re-ceived during the fiscal year numbered 146,853, while theletters, parcels, etc., dispatched numbered 150,353. Lettersreceived transmitting remittances numbered + + , I ~ I ,nclud-ing money orders to the number of 30,118. During the last19 fiscal years the money orders received numbered morethan half a million (505,900).

CONDITION OF COPYRIGHT OFFICE WORK

(a) Current workAt this da te (July 10, 1916) the remittances received -up consitiorr (J

to the third mail of the day have been recorded. The ac-""""-''count books of the bookkeeping division are written up andposted to June 30, and t he accounts rendered to the TreasuryDepartment are settled up to and including the month ofJune, while earned fees to June 30, inclusive, have been paidinto the Treasury.


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184 Rep& of the Libr ar ian of CbnyressAll copyright applications received up to and including

June 30 have been passed upon and refunds made. Theunfinished business amounted on June 30, 1916, to $1,383.27.Of this, however, a large stmi represented business for thefiscal year, held awaiting answers to letters from the Copy-right Office in regard to informalities, etc.

At the close of business on July 10, 1916, of the worksdeposited for copyright registration up to and including June30 all had been recorded. There remained to be indexed:Class A, Books, 836; Class E, Music, 342; Class I, TechnicalDrawings, 46.

( b ) Deposits received prior to Ju ly I , 1897J k e* During the fiscal year 1915-16 about 2,150 articles re-

roJ* r. I&? ceived prior to July I , 1897, mere handled in the work ofcrediting such matter to the proper entries. Of these arti-cles, 1,037 pieces (comprising 414 pamphlets and leaflets,599 periodical contributions, and 24 miscellaneous articles)were credited to their respective entries and properly fifed.Entries were found for goo more pamphlets, etc., arid theyhave been arranged for crediting. Careful search was madein the case of about 200 other pamphlets, etc., but no cor-responding entries were found. In addition, about 18,657printed titles filed prior to July 8, 1870, have been arrangedby classes (Bookg Music, Prints, Labels, etc.) to facilitateexamination. The examination of this old material be-comes proportionately slow and its identification moredifficult as the renlaining materid presents fewer eluesunder which search can be made for possible entries. Mean-time the pressure of the current copyright business has beenso great as to oblige the transfer, from time to time, of the.clerks from work upon the old unfinished material to thecu rr dt work.

( c ) Branch Copyright Oficc at San ~ranciscoat The appropriation of $30,ooo, niade in the sundry civilSan F r a n h appropriation act for the fiscal year- 1915, for the Copyright

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Register of Copyri@s 185expenditure during the first half of the fiscal year 1916, byan item to that effect in the sundry civil appropriation actfor the fiscal year 1916. This branch office went out ofexistence on December 4, 1915, with the closing of thePanama-Pacific International Exposition. I t had beenestablished when the exposition was opened under authoritygiven by the act approved September 18, 1913, with a viewto register copyright proprietorship in behalf of foreign ex-hibitors at the exposition. Owing to the European war,the expected demand for copyright registration was notmade, and only four certificate. of copyright proprietorshipwere issued under the provisions of the act cited. The actualexpenditures finally incurred upon the part of the Copy-right Office only amounted to a total of $7.25. The costinvolved in maintaining the branch office, however, wasborne by the Patent O&P, whose representative a t SanFrancisco, under arrangewents made with the Commis-sioner of Patents, courteously received and forwarded suchapplications and correspondence which it was found re-lated to copyright protection rather than to patent rights.The unexpended balance of the Library's share of theappropriation of March 4, 1914, namely $14,992.75, re-verted to the Treasury of the United States on December31, 1915, in accordance with the provision of the sundrycivil appropriation act for 1915-16, referred to above.

On May 18, 1916, Mr. Arthur Crisfield was appointed A 8 - WAssistant Register of Copyrights. IrCOPYRIGHT LEGISLATiON AND INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT

RELATIOSJS

No new copyright legislation was finally enacted duringthe fiscal year just closed, but two amendatory acts werepassed by the House of Representatives and now awai t.action by the Senate.The first of these bills (H. . 8356) was originally intro- Hou Ad n.diced by Hon. Martin A. Morrison, chairman of the Hou se~ .e ,~


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I86 Report of the Librarian of Congress*. R- re*mtConimitteeon Patents, on January 8, 1916,' and was favor-no. J6s ably reported to the House on February 26: The purpose

of the bill is explained a t length in the report submitted bythe House Committee on. Patents. In section 25 of t heCopyright Act of 1909, providing remedies in the case ofinfringement, the language used is "th at if any person shallinfringe the copyright in any work protected u d r he copy-right laws of the United States such person shall be liable" toan injunction and the payment of damages. I n section 28,however, the language used is "tha t any person who willfullyand for profit shall infringe any copyright secured by thds act* * * shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and uponconviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for notexceeding one year or by a fine of not less than $100 normore than $~ ,o oo , r both, in the discretion of the court."The result of this change from the words "shall infringe thecopyright in any work protected u& the copyright laws ofthe United States" in section 25, to "shall infringe any copy-right secured by this Act," in section 28, has resulted in deci-sions by the courts holding that the words "secured by thisact," as used in section 28 , apply only to rights originallyprocured under the act of March 4, 1909, and do not includerights subsisting in any work at the time when that act wentin to effect. . .

The House committee report says:As a result the penalty provided in section, 28, as so construed,

applies only to infringements of copyrights originally procured underthe present act. The co uN have held that the penalty for infringements-of rights subsisting at the time when the present statute went intoeffect, and continued under and protected by the present law, is thepenalty provided in the statute that was in force at the time of theenactment of the present law, and which has been for the most partsuperseded by the present law. This construction of section a8 addsgreatly to the difficulty of preparing indictments based upon infringe-1 1916(Jan. ). A bill to amend sections a8 and 30 of an act entitled "An act t o amend

and consolidate the acts respecting copyright." approved Mar. 4, !pop. Presented byMr. 3lorrisoo. H. R. bill No. 8356, 64th Cong.. 1st scss. Printed. a pp. 4.. [Referredto the Committee on Patents.] ,1916 (Feh. 26). Amendment of laws relating to copyrights. Mr. Morrison, from theCommittee on Patents. submitted the following report (to eccomparrg H. R. 8356).64th Cong.. 1stsess.. H. R. Report No. 965. Printed. 3 pp. 8'.1916 Feb. 26). A bill to amend sections 28 and30 of an ad entitled "An act to amendand consolidate the acts respecting copyright." approved Mar. 4. 1909. Reportedwithen amendment; referred to the HouseCalendar. ,H. R. bill 8356. (H. . R w t No.265.) Printed. a m. 4


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ments of copyrights. The proposed amendment is intended to a m -plish what the Committee on Patents manifestly intended to accom- 'plish by t he language in section 28. It will simplify the work of theDepartment of Justice in its enforcement of the copyright laws.

The House act fur ther amends section 30 of the CopyrightAct of March 4, rgog, prohibiting the importation of "anypiratical copies of any work copyrighted in the UnitedStates," to prohibit the importation of "any in.fri?agingcopies, qnatter or nzalerial of any work copyrighted in theUnited States."

The House report says:The practical importance of section 30 is to authorize t he officersof

the customhouse to retain possession of works alleged to be infringinguntil the rights of t he parties can be determined. It has been held,however, that the language of the section, "piratical copies," ncludesonly textual reproductions and does not include infringing matter ormaterial or the original in any form other than that of a textual r e pduction. This construction,of which the committee make no criticism,makes section 30 ineffectual to protect the rights of the parties in a largeproportion of the cases that arise. It is the opinion of the committeethat the protection afforded by section j o should be as large as therights granted and the protection afforded by the remaining sectionsof the bill.

The bill (H. R. 8356) was passed by the House of Repre- -sentatives on April 3, and on April 4 (legislative day, Mar.30 l) it was read twice in the Senate and referred to the Cornmittee on -Patents. The full text of the House act isprinted on. pages 203-204, and House report No. 265, onpages 204--206-of this report.The second copyright bill passed by the House (H. R. H o w AdR.13981) was introduced b y Hon. Woodson R.Oglesby onMarch 30 , ~nd was referred to the Committee on Patents.It proposes to amend section 1 2 of the Copyright Act ofMarch 4, 1909, by adding a proviso permitting in the caseof bulky, fragile, or dangerous articles, tha t in lieu of copies,identifying photographs or prints of such articles with writ-

1 1916 (Mar. 50, calendar day. Apr. 4). An oct to amend seaions a8 and 30 d an actmtitled"An a d o amend and msolidate the acta respecting copyright." aopmvedMar. 4. I-. In the Senate of the United Stab . Read twice rind rderred to the Can-mittee on Patents. H. R. Act No. 8356. Printed. a pp. 4..

21g16 (Mar.o). A bill to amend the copyright law. Presented by Mr. Oglesby.H. R. bill No. 13981. 4 t h k g . . rot ~ess. Printed. a pp. 4'. [Refend to the Com-mittee on Pataots.]


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I88 Report of the Librcaria* of Congressten or printed descriptions may be deposited. The bill alsoprovides that deposit and registration made for motion pic-tures under the provisions of the act of August 24, 1912,shall be held to be sufficient. A public hearing on this billwas held before the Committee on Patents of the House onApril 5, the stenographic report of which has been printed.I

R* 'eortThe bill was reported with verbal amendments on May 5,6C, and was passed by the House on July I . On July 3 (leg-islative day of June 30) it was read twice in the Senate byits title and referred to the Committee on Patents.' HouseReport No. 640, which contains the text of the bill as re-ported, is printed in full on pages 207-208 of this report.c oM ( bu b* In addition to the two bills favorably acted upon by theP d k House, repolted above, the following bills have been intro-duced during the fiscal year, and are still pending.

n- -bia On December 6, I 91 5, Hon. William S. Bennet introduceda bill (H. R. 588) ' o amend section 15 of the CopyrightAct of March 4, ~gog,o except foreign Periodicals from the ,requirement of American typesetting by inclusion in theclause in section 15 of the act, which excepts foreign booksin foreign languages from typesetting within the limits oftllc United States. On January 7, 1916, the bill was re-fcrrcd to the House Committee on Patents: and a publicl~raringwas l~cldbefore that committee on April 26, the

1Addit~onalmpyriaht identification-motion-pidue photoplays. Hearing bdmthe Cumlniltee on Pntents. House of Rep ren tati ves . 64th Cong.. 1st sar., on a billIH. R. 13981) reinling to motion-picture photoplays. also providing for addit ional idea-tificalion 01 works 01 copyright. Aplil s. 1916. 8 pp. 8 Woshingtm. GovanmetPrinting Ofice, 1916.

1916 (May 5). Copyright law. Mr. Oglesby, from the Committee on Patents. mb-milted the following Report (to accompany H.R. 13981). 64th Cong., 1st wr. H.RRepo rt No. 640. Printed. a pp. 8

1916 (May 5). A bill to m e n d t he copyright law. Reported wiLh amendrneatr.referred to th e House Calendar. H. R. bill No. 13981. (Report No. 640). Printed.2 OD 41916 (June 30, calendar d ay July 3). An act to m en d th e copyright law. In LheSenate of the United States. H. R. act No. 13pe1. 64th Cong.. 1st sar. Printed. a pp.4. [Resd twice and referred to the Committee on Patcnb.]

4 191s (Dee. 6). A bill to amend section rs of th e act of Mar. 4,1909,asamended by theacts of AUK.14, 191a, and Mar. 28. 19x4. in relation to periodicals. Presented by Mr.Bemet. H. R. bill No. 588. 64th Cag.. 1st ses. Printed, a pp. 4 [Refmed toth e Committee on Patents.]

6 19x6Om . 7). A bill to amend section xs'of the a d of Mar. 4, xpog, as amended bythe acts of AUK.14. 191~. nd Mar. 18. 19x4. in relation to periodicah. The Committeeon Printing discharged, and referred LO the Committee on Patents. H. R. bill N a 588.64th Cone.. 1st sess. Printed. 2 pp. 4


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stenographic report of which was printed.' The bill has notbeen reported from the committee.On December 10, I 915, a bill {H. R. 3630) was intro- H . R.b'UJbpduced in the House of Representatives by Hon. Charles'H.Randall for the deposit of manuscript copies of scenurios.'I t was ordered to be printed and was referred to the Com-mittee on Patents. The same bill was presented in the S.msmSenate by Hsn. Boies Penrose on December 17, 1915 (S.2740), and referred t o the Committee on the Library? On- March 24, 1916, on motion of Hon. Francis G. Newlandsthe bill was transferred to the Senate Committee on Pat-ents. The bill proposes to add to the schedule of copy-right works in section 5 of the Copyright Act of March 4,I gog, class " n) scenarios," and adds, in agreement there-with, the words "or scenario," in the proper places in sec-tions 15 and 25, and a proviso in section g, to the effect"that any person entitled thereto under the provisions ofthis act may secure a copyright for a scenario by type-

' writing the same with notice of copyright required by thisact." I t also amends section 11, to require the deposit "ifthe work be a scenario, of two typewritten copies of thetitle and description, with cast of scenes, without prints orother identifying reproductions thereof." No action on thisbill has been reported.

On January 5, 1916, Hon. Andrew J. Barchfeld intro-duced a bill (H. R. 7624)' to amend section 62 of the copy- H - R - b a t d yright act of ~ g q ,y adding a t the end the words:

And the term "p ubl ic performance for proj t" shall include any pub-lic performance in any place of business operated for gain, though no

1Amendment of copyright laws. Hearing before the Committee on Patents. Hcuscof Representatives. 64th Cong., 1st sess. A billIH.R. s88] o amend the copyrightLmrelatmg to printing of period~cnls. Am. 16, 1916. lo pp. 8 Wnshinpton. Govern.ment Printing Office. 1916. -

9 191s(Ds. A hill to amend sect~ons.9, 11. Ia. and as d an act entitkd "Anact to amend and consolidate the ac ts respecting copyright." approved Mar. 4. Iand as amended Aug. a 91a. Presented by Mr. Randall. H. R. bill No. 3630. 64thCong.. 1st sas. Printed. 8 pp. 4'. [Referred to the Committee on Patents.]8 191s(Ds.7). A bill t o amend sectionr 5. 9. 11. 12,and 9s of an act entitkd "Anact to amend and consolidate the arts respecting copyrighk" approved Mar. & 1909.and as amended Aug. a, 912. Presented by Mr. Penrose. S. bill No. 9740. 4thCong.. 1st sess. Rrinted. 8 pp. 4*. [Refmed to the Committeeon Library.]4 1916 (Jan.). A bill to amend x~tion1 of the art entitled "An act to amend and

consolidate the acts respecting copyright." approved Mar. 4. 1909. Presented by Yr.Barchfeld. H. R. bii No. 7614. 64th Cong.. 1st rcs. Printed. a pp. 4 IRefentdto the Committee on Patents.]


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direct pecuniary charge or admission fee to such performance is made --unless such performance is given exclusively for a religious, charitable,or educational purpose.

The House bill was referred to the Committee on Patentsand ordered to be printed. The same bill was presented tothe Senate on January 10, 1916, by Hon. Thomas W. Hard-

s . b a u e wick (S. 3342),' and was read twice and referred to theCommittee on Patents. Neither committee has reportedthe bill.

On March 9, 1916, Hon. Blair Lee introduced in the Senates. & e bill (S. 4890)' to amend section 25 of the copyright act ofIQ 1909 to provide th at the maximum damages for infringenlentby a newspaper reproduction of a copyrighted photographshall be $250 in lieu of $200 and extends this limit of dam-ages in th e case of such infringement of a "pr in t or pictorialillustration." The bill also proposes to add a proviso at theend of section 40, providing for the costs of a suit , to theeffect "t ha t if only the minimum amount specified in thisAct for damages shall be awarded, each party shall pay hishis own costs." A new print of the bill with textual amend-ments (S. 5183) was presented to the Senate on March 22:and referred to th e Committee on Patents ;while the originalbill had meantime been introduced in the House of Repre- ,sentntives on March 17, by FIon. Charles R . Smith , of New

H.R. bin 33348York (H. R. I 3348),'and referred to the House Committeeon Patents . No action by either committee has beenreported.

1 1916 (Jan. lo). A bill to amend sectim 6r d the ac t entitled "An act to amend andmnsolidate the acts respecting mpyrigh f" approved Mar. 4. 1909. Presented by Mr.Hardwick. S. bill No. 334~. 4th Cang., I$ aerr. Pri nte d. r pp. 4.. [Referred to th eCommittee on Patents.]

'1916 (Mar. g). A bill to amend the provision regarding newspapers in clause (b) dsection a5d an act entitled "An act to amend and mnsolidate the acts mpecting copy-right." approved Mar. 4. I- as amended by an act approved Aug. 24. 1912, and a hto amend ~c t io n0 of said act. Presented by Mr. Lee of Maryland. S. bill No. @go.64th Cong.. 1s t sesr. Printed, t pp. 4 [Rderred to the Committee on Pateato.]1916 (Mar. at). A bill to amend t he pmvki on regarding newspapers in &use (b) dsection a5 of an a ct entitled "An act to amend a nd consolidate the acts respecting copy-rinht." approved Mar. 4.1909. asamended by an ac t approved Aug. 24, 1912, and a h oamend section 40 of said act. Presented by Mr. Hardwick. S. bill No. 5183. 64thCmg., 1st oess. Printed. a pp. 4*. [Rderred to the Committee on Patents.]1916 (Mar. 17). A bill to amen d the provision regarding newspapers in clause (b)dM i o n a5d n act entitled "An act to amend a nd consolidate the acts respecting copy.right." approved Mar. 4.1909, as amended b y an ac t approved Aug. 24. 1912, and a h oamend section 40 of said act. Presented by Mr. Smi th d New York. H. R. bill No.rss@. 64th Cong.. 1stress. Printed. a pp.. [Referred to he Committee on Patents.]


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Register of Copyrights 191On April 5, 1916, Hon. William D. Stephens, of California,

introduced (by request) a bill (H. R. 14226)' to amend see- R.biu*@*tion I , paragraph (b), of the copyright act of I W , to secureto the copyright proprietor the exclusive right to make "anyabridgment, amplification, augmentation, adafifatiogt, or ar-rangement" of a copyrighted work. The bill was referredto the House Committee on Patents. I t has not beenreported. ?he text of this bill is printed in this report,page 209.

The following bills which deal directly with copyright orcontain certain provisions in relation to copyright have beenreferred to in my previous reports, but have been reintro-duced in the present Congress, and referred, in each case,to the committee noted. H. R. 24925 (ad sms., 62d Con-gress; printed in full in mjl Annual Report for 1911-12, 1 ~ .179-I~o),was again presented by Hon. Luther \IT.Mott onDecember 6, 1915, and referred t o the House Committee onPatents. The bill (now H. R. 420)' deals with the copyright ~ i u. .eof labels and other comll~ercial dvertisements, and proposesto extend l h e misdemeanor clause in section 2 8 ui the copy-right act of March 4, 1909.

H. R. 2 I 137 (gd sess., 63d Cong.; summarized in my~ n h u a l eport for 1913-1 5, p p 166167) was reintroducedby Hon. William A. Oldfield on December 7, 1915, in anamended form (H. R. 3053); reading as follows: BiUH.R.~ 5 3

Upon the expiration of the copyright of abook,or the renewal thereofshould the same be renewed, there shall exist no superior rights of anynature whatsoever in the publisher or former proprietor thereof to thematter which has been the subject of copyright or to the name or titlethereof, but both the matter which has been the subject of copyrightand its name or title shall fall into the public domain and thereafterbe forever free to the unrestricted use of the public.

The bill was referred to the House Committee on Patents,and public hearings were held before that committee on

1 1916 (Apr. 5). A bill to amend section r, subdivisiou (6). of he act entitled "An actto amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright." approved Mar. 4. r-. Prc-sented by Mr. Stephens ol Califomin (by mues t). H. R. bid No. r4ar6. 4 t h Cotlg..1s t ses. Printed a pp. 4.. [R de md to theCommittee on Patmts.)

2 1915 (Dec. 6). A bill to amend the copyright law p a d Mar. 4. I-. P-ted- by Mr. Mott. H. R. bill No. 4.0. 4 t h Cow.. 1st sss. Printed, 3 pp. 4'. [Rdemdto the Committeeon Patents.]8 191s (Dec. 7). A bill to amend section 23 d the act entitled "An act to amend and

consolidate the acts respecting copyright." approved Mar. 4, r-. Presented by Mr.Oldfield. H. R. bill No. 3053. 4 t h Coag.. 1st sess. Printed. 2 pp. 4.. [Rd em d tothe Committee on Patmts.1


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192 Report of the Librarian of CongressMay 3. The stenographic report was duly printed.' Thisbill has not been reported by the committee.BUH.R.x=sx H. R. 20695 (3d sess. 63d Congress; printed in my lastyear's report, pp. 18g-190) was again presented to theHouse on January 27, 1916, by Hon. Daniel A. Driscoll(H. R. 10231) a and referred to the Committee on Patents.I t proposes to increase the term of ad interim copyright from30 days to go days, and to make the importation of author-ized copies of English books, now permitted under the lawin force, contingent upon the express "consent of the pro-prietor of the American copyright or his representative,"i. e., the American publisher or republisher of the English,author's book. No action has been taken by the com-mittee on this bill.

M o ~ ~ - ~ i c ~ r *H. R. 14895 (2d sess. 63d Contress; referred to in my lastesnsmshifi b i u cH, R.116 year's report, pp. 167-168) was reintroduced on December6, 1915, by Hon. Dudley M. Hughes in the House (H. R.456) and on December 16, 1915, by Hen. Hoke Smith inthe Senate (S. 2204) .' I t proposed a Commission of Cen-sorship for motion pictures, and provided in section g"tha t no copyright shall be issued for any film which hasnot previously received the certificate and seal of thiscommission." A substitute bill was reported from th eHouse Committee on Education by the Hon. Mr. Hughes .

B"H.R.xJd'on May 8, 1916, and in this bill (H. R. 15462) the copy-right clause has been oiiiitted.1 Amendment d copyright laws. Hearing bdom the Committee on Patents. H a wof Representatives. 6qth Cmg.. 1st sau. A bill [H. . 3053) to amenkl the copyrishthws rehting to rights existing alter expiration d copyright. May 3. 19x6. 41 PP.8'.

Washington. Government printing office. 1916.a 1916 (Jan. 17). A bill t o amend sectiona a1 and 31of he act entrtlad "An act toamadand consolidate he acts respecting c o m g h f " approved Mar. 4. r m . Presented by Mr.

Drircoll. H. R. bill No. roasr. 64th Cong.. rot arr. hi nt ed . 4 pp.4.. [Referred to thcCommittee on Patents.]819x5 (Dee. 6). A blll to create a new division of the ~ur eau' ofEducation. o beknown

as the Federal Motion Pid ur e Commission. and defining its powers and dutics. hxnted by Mr. Hughcs. H. R. bill No. 456. 4 t h Cmg.. 1st ess. Printed. 6 w. 4.[Referred to he Committee on Educatico. ]

4 1915 (Dee. 16). A bill to ae at e a new division of the Bureau of Education. t o beknown as the Federal Motion Picture Commission. and defining its powers and duties.Presented by Mr. Smith of Georgia. S. bill No. 9m4. 4 t h Cong.. 18t sea. P A -6 pp. 4. [Rderred to the Committee on Education and LPba.1

5 1916 (May 8). A bill to create a commission to be known as he Federal M o t h Pi eture Commission. and delining its powers and duties. Presented by Mr. Hughes. 8.R. btll No. 15461. 64th b g . . 1stseur. Printed, xo pp. 4 [Referred o the Committscm Educatica.]


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Register of CopyrightsH. R. I 5902 (2d sess., 63d Congress, the public prin tingbLubl* rw@

bill, referred to in my last year's report, p. 168) was rein-troduced on December 6 , 1915, 1)y Hon. Henry A. Barn-hart (H. R. 323).l It retains the provision that "no Gov- B a H . R . mernment publication nor any portion thereof shall be copy-righted." A substitute bill was introduced in the Senateby Hon. Duncan U. Fletcher (S. 1107) on December 7, BiuS.rror1915; and the same copyright clause is contained in section82. A bill was favorably reported in lieu of H. R. 323 fromthe House Con1rnitt~- on Printing by Hon. Henry A.Rarnhart on January I I , I 916 (33. R. 8664; House Report B a H. R.H. R. rrpa( ro.No. 32): which retains the copyright clause as quoted,,above. On February 25, 1916, Hon. Duncan U. Fletcherfavorably reported from the Senate Committee on Printing,with ahiendments, S. bill 1107 (Senate Report 183): whichcontains the following explanatory statement:SBC. 2. This paragraph defines the term "~ ov &n me nt ublica-

tion" to mean and include .all publications printed at Governmentexpense or published or distributed by authority of Congress. I t a hcontinues the present prohibition against the copyrighting ol Govern-ment publications. The definition here used is similar to that whichhas been adopted by the Super intendent of Documents for manyyears in his work of classifying and cataloguing Government publice-tions.

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I94 Report of the Librariqcn of CongressB h * In previous Annual Reports (more especially in illy re-rkht port for 1912-13, pp. 148-14g), I have pointed out the

urgent need for better protection for artistic designs forarticles of manufacture, with the recommendation thatsuch amendment of the copyright laws be suggested aswould secure protection of ornamental designs for articlesof manufacture; provide for suitable remedies in case of in-fringement, and for a sufficient and reasonably economicalregistration. There was considerable evidence that a wide-spread nced was felt for such legislation, and on January 12 ,1914, the then chairnian of the Committee on Patents of theHouse of Representatives introduced an elaborate and de-tailed "Bill providing for the registration of designs."' Bill H. R. 11381 (H. R. I 1321, 2d sess. 63d Cong.).' Public hearings onthis bill were held before the House committee on April 2 2 ,z4,28, 29 and May 5,6, 18, 1g,20,21, 22, and 27,1914, andthe stenographic report of the discussions was printed.'Following this hearing, revised bills were introduced bv thechairman of the House Conunittee on Patents, on August

B ~ u H . R . I ~ z ~ ~ ~ ,914 (H. R. 18223, 2d sew. 63d Cong.) and on Decem-B a H. R. 6458ber I7, I 915 (H. R. 6458, 1st sess. 64th Cong.).'

A second series of public hearings were held before theHouse committee on March 22, 23, 24, 29, April 5 and 19,1916, the stenographic reports of which were printed.' Thepresent chairman of that committee, Hon. Martin A. Morri-

'1914 (Jan. 11). A bill prwidin g fur the registration of designs. Presented by Mr.Oldfield. H. . bill No. I I ~ ~ I .3d Cong.. ad sess. Printed. 17 pp. 4 [Refacd tothe Committee on Patents.]

'Registration of designs. Hearing before the Committee on Patents. House d Representativa. 63d Cong., ad oas.. Apr. tr [Ma y 171, 19y. 150 pp. 8 Washinpton.Gwernment Printing Office. 1914. [Each day's hearing was printed seperatcly.]

8 15.q (Aug. 4). A bill providing f o i th e registration of designs. Presented by Mr.Oldfield (by request). H. R. bill No. 18113. 63d Cong.. ad sas. Printed. 11pp. 4[Referred to th e Committee on Patents.]

4 1915 (Dsc. 17). A bill prw idi ng fur th e registration of designs. Presented by Mr.Morrison (by request). H. R. bill No. 649. 64th Cong., 1st oas. Printed, 3s pp.4 [Referred to the Committee on Patents.]'Regis tration of designs. Hearings before th e Committee on Patents. House dReprarentatives, h t h Cong.. 1st~QU..n the bills H. R. 6458 and H. R. 13618, prwiding forth e registration of designs. Mar, 11, 13,Y. end Apr. 5,1916. (P er t I.] a67 PP. 8Washington. Governmen t Printing me.1916.

Registration of designs. Hearings before the Committee on Patents. House d R e grzsentatives. 64th Cong.. 1st sess.. on th e bill H. R. 649 , providing for the registrationof d es iw . Apr. 19. 1916. Pe rt a. title pep . pp. a69-173. 8 Washington. Govern-ment Printing O5ce. 1916.


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Register of Copyr;9&son, introduced a new bill (H . R. I 4666) on April I 5 , I gr6,' H.R. bur-to enact " hat the author of any design, new and original,as embodied in or applied to any manufactured product ofan art or trade, or his assignee, may have copyraght thereinby registering such design in tlw United States Patent O hand obtaining from the Commissioner of Patents a certificateof such registration."

The bill provides in considerable detail for the proposedregistration in the Patent Office and makes provision forremedies in case of infringement, for practice and pro-cedure, etc.*

I I. International Copyriqkt RelationsDuring the year covered by this report official notification Paa-A--c o p w i o s r c a n a rIlas been received that Brazil, Costa Rica, and Salvad~r;~,~,,,

have ratified the Fourth Pan-American Copyright Conven-tion, which was signed at Buenos Aires on August I I , 1910,and proclaimed by the United States on July 13 , 1914.

lrgr 6 (Apr. 15). A bill providing for the registration d daigm. Prernted by Mr.Marism. H. R. bill NO. r 4 W 64thCcag.., 1st rsa Printed. a1w. 4 [Rekrredto t he Committee on Patmts.1

*S in e he abw e was written a new draft of he bill was pmm ted by Hw . Martin A.Morrison. on Aug. 4. 1916 (H. R. I~P~O)'.t includes as subject matter of protstim"any new and original surlace design." and makes the n-ry ch mg a throughout thebill to correspond to thi s addition. This bill was favorably reported from the HounCommittee on Paten ts on Aug. 18. 1916 (H. R. r l w . H. R. Report No. ~rzs).' ThcHouse report explains the bill as ollom:

"The hill does not undertake to repeal or amend ai st in g patent law aa to potcutsor design patents. I t leaves all such laws in full fareand d i e . It propose that newand origina l designs. and designs new and original os anbodied in or applied t o m ymanufactured product of an art or trade. may be register& in tbe United States Paten tOffice by the auth or or inventor, or his assignee. and th at t he registrant ma y have c w -right in such design. The subiect m at ta of the pending bill is practically theas the subiect matter of design patents under existing law. The present bill d o 8 otmva any sub* matter anbrac ed within the present potent laws ot ha than thoecrelating t o design patents. but is expressly limited to designshaving no f u n a i d a

- mechanical purpose or producing no functional or mechanical d t . I t is u @ yprovided that de si m shall not be given copyright protection under the pending billif t h 9 mme within the purview of the statutes prwid iig patent protection upminvmtiam." -

'1916 (Auo. 4). A bill providing for the registratiw d designs. Presented by Mr.M o r r b . H. R. ill No. r 7 w . 64th Cong.. 1stems. Printed. yw. 4 l R d 4to the Committee m Patents.]

'1916 (Aug. 18). A bill providing for the registration of desi-s. Committed to theCommittee of the Whole House on +est ate of the Union. H R. bill No. 17w. (H.Report NO. rras.) 64th COOP.,s t a m . Printed, 13w. 4'.

rp16 (Aug. 18). Registration of designr. Mr. Morrison. rom the Committee on Pat-ents, submitted the following report (to am m p m y H. 8. r7w). 64th h e . . 1st.as. H. R. Report No. lras. Printed . 3 pp. 8.


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196 Report of the Librarian of CongressThis Convention is now in force between the United Statesand the following countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, theDominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras,Nicaragua, Panama, and Salvador.

This international agreement provides that "The signa-tory States acknowledge and protect the rights of Literaryand Artistic Property in conformity with the stipulations ofthe present Convention" (art. I); and that "The acknowl-edgment of a copyright obtained in one State, in conformitywith its laws, shall produce its effects of full right in all theother States , without the necessity of complying with anyother formality, provided always there shall appear in thework a statement that indicates the reservation of theproperty right" (art. 3). The full text of this Conventionwas printed in the Report of the Register of Copyrights forI914-15 , pages I 97-200.

Respectiully submitted - THORVALDOLBERGRegister of CopyrightsHERBERT UTNAMLibrartbn of Congress


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Register of Copyrights 197EXHIBIT-Statement of gross receipts, refu nis, nst rccerccer@ts, and fcsra@@liedor flscal yeor ending JU M p, 1916

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