US Copyright Office: ar-1943

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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESSI COPYRIGHT OFFICE

FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORTOF THE

REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTSFOR THE FISCAL YEAR

ENDING 'JUNE 01943

UNITED STATESGOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGMN : 944


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CONTENTSRegistrations and Receipts-, - -.---------,--,-----,---,----------Copyright Depoeitg . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .Expenditures------------------------------------------------------Accounts---------------------------------------------------------Correspondence----------------,-----,---,------------------------Personnel---------------------------------------------------------Cooperation with Alien Property Custodian ..................... ----,Copyright Office Index---------------------------,-----------------Copyright Bills in Congreaa . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . .International Copyright-- - - - - - - - - - - - ----- - - - - - - L- ---- --- - - - - -

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THE COPYRIGHT OFFICEREPORT TO THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS BY T B ~REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS

WASHINWON,. C., ddy f?6,[email protected]: Th e copy rigl~t usiness and the work of the C opyright O hfor the f iscal year Ju ly 1, 1942, to June 30, 1943, inclusive, are surn-marized a s follows:

Registrations and ReceiptsInstead of the normal annual increase in business which has goneon with few interruptions since the establishment of the Co py rig htOffice, th e figures of the pa st yea r shorn-a decline similar to th&which took place during the first World War, but sharper. Thegross receipts dro ppe d fr om $376,9b6.63 t o $324,300.99, or 13.9 percent,an d reg istratio ns f rom 182,232 to 160,789, o r 11.7 percent. Re gistra -t ions for books printed abroad in foreign languages have continuedtheir steady progress toward the vanishing point: 4,086 in the fiscalye ar 1939, 2,504 in 1940, 1,553 in 1941 ,651 in 1942, and 158 in 1948,T he number of English books registered fo r ad interim copyright,af ter following the same declining curve (1,122 fo r 1939, 958 f o r

1940, 565 for 1941, and 509 for 1942), rose sl ightly to 517 for 1943,The general decrease is noticeable for registrations in a 1 classes ofworks. T h e class least affected is musical compositions where theloss is a li ttle ove r 3 perc ent (50,023 in 1942, 48,348 in 1943). Regis-t rat ions fo r the past five years are shown in the table which follows:1


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REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF COPYRIOHTB, 1948- Registration by subject matter classes for the iscal yeara1939 to 1943, inclusive

'The fees for registrations of copyright amounted to $288,784.00.Total earnings were $306,836.70. The table which follows gives asummary account.

lOLO--11,97884,68718.82860,W2 60(

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12,M31,1876,84449.7671.668

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11,611S,OEl%Sda

64,6864,080

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8,tW'27,6663,---8,784166

Interim copyright-.........-----Total....-.-.------------------

Periodicals (numbers)--.-..--.---.----------Lectures, sermons. ddre trse a..-.....--------Dramatic or dramatloo-musicel compodtlons.Musical compositlona.-.-..-----------------Mapa.-.-....-...-..------------------------Works of art, models, or d d m u--.-----.----Reproductlous of works ot art..-........-... 411 W W 180Drawings or plastic w or b ot a sclentltla or

technical chsrecbr-.-.---------------------Photograph..---.-------------------------Commercial prints and label6-....-.---.-----Pdnt s and pictorial illustrations. .....-------Motion picture photoplays.-.--....----------Motlon plctures not photoplaya.-..-.-.------Renewals ot commercial priotd and lab&.-.-Renewals of all othe rcla ssa----...-.-,.----

Total.....--..-.--.--------------------

Bubjeet matter of cops?&h

Books:(a) Printed In the United B t a k

Books proper.-.-.--...-.----------Pamphlets, leaflets, etc--.-....---.Contributions b newspapers and

perlodieplrTo al-..-..---.-.-..----...-----

( b ) Prlnted ahmeci in a foreign langlrage..(c) English hooks registered for ad

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10,377U.6B.l411949,116

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REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTB 3SUMMARY O F COPYRIGHT BUSINESS

FISCAL TEAR 1943Balanee on hand July 1, 1942 --------------------------------.50.795.97Gross receipts July 1, 1942, o June 30, 1943,--,-----------------24,300.QS

Total to be accounted for ............................... 376,096.Q6Refunded $13,865.26Deposited a s earned fee s-------------,-----------05,662.20Balance carried over to July 1,1943:

Fees earned in June 1943 but not de-posited until July 1943 ---------- $5,749.10

Unflnished business babnce-------- 12,773.47Deposit accounts balance----------- 37,046.93 55,569.50 375,OfM. 96

FEES FOR FISCAL YEARRegistrations for prints and labels------------,---,385 a t $6Registrations for published works----------------- 100,970 a t 62Registrations for published photographs without ,

certificates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 at hRegistrations for unpublished works--------------- 44,286 a t $1Registrations for renewals of prints and labels----- 20 a t $8Registrations for renewals, all other classes-------, 9,630 at$l

Total number of registrations-------------- 160,769Fees for registmtions------------------------------------------Fees ,fo r recording 3,992 assignments-----,,,--------12,844.00Fees for indexing 16,157 ransfers of proprietorghlp--- 1,6M. CFees for 1,471 certified documents ................... 1,471.00- Fees for 254 notices of user recorded---,-------------54.00Fees or searches made a t $1 per hour of time consumed- 1,868.00

Total fees earned, flscal yea r 1963 -----------------,---------The annual applied fees since July 1, 1897, have increased over

- five-fold in the 46 years. The to'tal registrations of 6,237,286, andthe total fees applied of $7,902,074.40,are indeed impressive figure9

Copyright DepositsThe total number of separate articles deposited in compliance with.the copyright law which mere registered during the fiscal year is

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4 REPORT OF TH E REGISTER OF COPYRIGEITB, 1941\

252,123. The number of these articles in each class fo r the last 5fiscal years is shown in the table which follows:

Number of articles deposited during the fiscal yk r e1939 to 1943, inclusive

Total--.--.-..--.--.--.----..--(b) Printed ~broadn a forelgnIanguWe-.(c) English works registered far adInterim copyright..-------.----...-

tonsof workn ofart----......-..-.-

During the present fiscal year 1,858 works were received in responseto requests addressed to delinquent copyright owners, and in additionthereto 21 additional works were received within the demand periodwhere official demands were made, making a total of 1,879.

The number of works received in response to requests for copiessent to delinquent copyright owners shows a material decrease overthe preceding fiscal year. This s due to the fac t tha t fewer requestshave been sent out, since fewer cases of delinquency have been calledto the attention of the Copyright Office by the Card Division, andthrough other channels of information; it encourages the'hope thatt h e efforta of the Office to secure compliance with the law in thia


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REPORT OF THEl REOISTEX OF COPYRIGHTS 5respect are meeting with some success. However, as observed in myAnnual Report for 1941, there is good reason to believe tha t there arestill many cases in which works are published with copyright noti-,of which neither the Library nor the Register of Copyrights can pos-sibly have a complete knowledge and in connection with which thecopyright owner makes no attempt whatsoever to meet the requirementsof Section 12 of the Copyright Act.During the fiscal year a total of 161,281 current articles depositedhave been transferred to the Collections of the Library of Congress.This number included 43,360 books, 95,039 periodical numbers, 19,674pieces of music, 1,387 maps, and 1,821 photographs and engravineUnder authority of Section 59 of the Act of March 4, 1909, 1,653books were transferred during the fiscal year to other governmentallibraries in the Distr ict of Columbia. Under this transfer, up toJu ne 30,1943 the following libraries have since 1909 received the totalnumber of books indicated below:Department of Agriculture, 4,618; Department of Commerce,23,076; Navy Department, 1,879; Treasury Department, 1,496; Officeof Education, 22,855; Federal Trade Commission, 33,448; Bureau ofStandards, 2,094; Army Medical Library, 10,242; Walter Reed Hos-pital , 2,884; Engineer School, Corps of Engineers, 3,202; Soldiers'Home, 1,600; Public Library for the District of ~olunibia, 4,090.A number of other libraries have received a smaller number of b m k ~I n all, 194,536 volumes have been thus distributed during the last34 years.The Copyright Act authorizes the return to copyright claimants ofsuch deposits as are not needed by the Library of Congress or theCopyright Office. Under such authority 3,392 motion picture filmswere returned during the fiscal year. As stated in my report for lastyear, on May 26,1942, a new policy was adopted with respect to theretention of motion picture films. Under this arrangement bothcopies of the motion picture films submitted for copyright deposit wil lbe returned to the copyright claimant subject, however, to deliveryto the Library upon request of one copy of such copyright films asthe Library may select, aft er screening, for transfer t o ita permanentcollections. Practically all producers of motion pictures have accededto this arrangement. A press release issued from the Library ofCongress June 30, 1943, indicates that 104 motion pictures have sofar been selected for permanent retention.


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6 REPORT OF THE REGIBTER OF COPYRIGHTB, 1948

ExpendituresThe total obligation for salaries in the Copyright Office during t heyear was $282,462.71. Expenditures for stationery, postage, andtransportation amounted to $2,549.04. The allotment for printingthe Catalog of Co pyrig ht Entr ies was placed at $45,000. It was ex-pected th at the use of the photo-offset process in printing the Q'atalogwould effect a considerable saving, but the amount saved has been anagreeable surprise. The printing cost, based on bills received up tothe end of the fiscal year and estimates for work not yet billed, isapproximately $19,000, including the cost of the latest bulletin ofcopyright decisions. I f to thi s is added the additional cost of in-creased clerical service and supplies in the preparation of copy,roughly estimated a t $11,000, we have a figure of $30,000 as againstapproximately $50,000 for the fiscal year 1941, the last year in whicbthe printing was done entirely from type set. The purchase of theelectric typewriters f or preparation of the catalog copy and- th eestablishment of the Composing Section have thus been amplyjustified.To the expenditures above itemized the addition of the allocatedamount of $9,006.84 fo r "Printing and Binding, General" brings theyear's spendings to $313,018.59. I f from this be subtracted the earn-ings fo r the year, $306,836.70, the operations of the Copyright Officeshow a net loss amounting to $6,181.89. But it is t o be rememberedtha t the value of the copyright deposits to the Library of Congressoutweighs this loss many times. The Copyright Office exists as aninstrumentality fo r "the promotion of science and useful arts" underthe Constitution and not as a money-making agency. But its opera-tions on the whole have resulted in very large additions to govern-ment property.

AccountsOn July 6, 1942, the books of the Copyright Office were balancedfor June, the accounts for the fiscal year were closed, and the neces-

sary financial statements completed fo r the Treasury Dtpartment.

The volume of correspondence registerect a decrease during th eyear in number of items received and an approximately equal decreamin number of items dispatched. The total of incoming letters and


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. parcels was 206,375 as compared with 153,424 the'preceding year, andthe number dispatched 228,672 as compared with 274,891 the precedingyear.Personnel

The full impact of the war upon the pers.>nncl situation of theCopyright Office is now apparent. The total turn-over during thefiscal year 1943 was 72, or 46 percent, of whom 22 wera cnlled t o themilitary service. The legal staff of the Office was particalarly hardhit and during a period of a little more than a year it wil l have beennecessary to replace every member from the Assiskant Register down.Fortunately, the Office has been able to secure the services of expe-rienced lawyers for several of these positions. Herbert A. Howell' was recalled from his retirement on October 2, 1942, to take theposition of the associate attorney, Richard S.MacCarteney, who wentinto the Navy; and Simon Lasica replaced Lawrence Reed as assist-ant attorney February 16,1948.The important position of Administrative Assistant tc the Registar,involving general supervision of production and liaison duties be-tween different sections of the Office, vacated by Clarke J. BfcLane'sinduction into the service on November 25, 1942, has been effectivelyfilled by the promotion of William P. Siegfried.Of the remaining separations from the service thirteen were clerks inthe higher grades (CAF 4 or S p 5) and these positions have beenfilled by promotions from within the staff. A large majority of thevacancies, however, have occurred in the lower grades, and this hssnecessitated a considerable loss of time in the training of new peopleappointed from outside the Office. I f , as is believed: the standardof quality in the Copyi-ight Office work has been uphdd and' noms te ~i al oss of time has taken place in the performance of theservices to the public and to the Library of Cotgress required bythe copyright laws, it is due to @e fact that expericnceci clerks havereadily accepted the obligation to take over tasks cutside the s o pof their normal positions. I n some cases these have been oi a highergrade than the position calls for, but often they h ~ v eeen of a lowergrade. I n all cases ,they have been cheerfully performed. It hasbeen necessary to meet the abnormal war conditions by every legiti-mate and efficient method which can be devised so that neither theinterest of the Government, on the one hand, nos thr~t f the clerks,on the other hand, should suffer.


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8 . - REPORT OF THE REQISTJER OF COPYRIGHTB, 1948

Copyright Ofice Index ,The Copyright Office made and filed approximat-ly 449,497 indexcards, covering all registered material, all mail received, all noticesof use and all nssig ~m en ts ecorded d urin g the year. I11 addition,151,936 application cards were n e d i n th eir app rop riate classifiedindexes.Because of the heavy loss of personn el i n t he Office a n d th e ad di-tional work in cooperation with the Office of the Alien Property Cus-todian, m entioned below, work on th e consolidation of th e old indexesprogressed much more slowly than d uri ng the previous year. How-ever, th e consolidation of the indexes f or 'LBooW ' was completed andthose for "Periodicals" begun.Th e receipt of vesting ord ers fro m the Office of th e Alien Pr ope rtyCustodian has added considerable work to that of the routine workof the Mails, Files, an d In de x Section. Com plete iiiilexes of theseorders are kept under ti t les and namev of claimants, authors, ar-rangers, etc. Th e searching involved in han dling these vesting ordersand requests has approximately amounted to a li t t le more than thefull time of one additional clerk.Cooperation Wi th Alien Property Custodian

Th e Office of the Alien P rop erty Custodian, created du rin g the firstW orld Wa r, was abolished in 1934but was reestablished by ExecutiveOrder 9095 on March 11,1942, under the F irs t W ar P owers Act, ap-proved December 18, 1941. Pu rsu an t to the aut ho et y granted inlhe Act and th e executive order the A lien P rop erty Custodian enteredupo? various activities requiring th e cooperation of the C opyrigh tOffice. T he most im por tant of these activities consisted in the is-suance of vesting orders by which copyrights of nationals of enemycountries and in some cases of alien occupied countries were taken overby the Government. Du ring th e fiscal year 1943 such vesting order scovering some 10,000 titles of copyrighted works (mostly scientificworks and music) have been recorded in the Copyright Office andindex cards or index n otations on card s already i n existence have beenmade for the copyrights vested. I n a number of cases licenses hav ebeen issued for the republication or other use of such vested works.These licenses have not generally been recorded in the CopyrightOffice, there being no statutory obligation to so record them. W herethe Office ha s knowledge of the ir existence, however, it h as m ade perti-


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REPORT OF THE REGISTEX OF COPYRIGHT8

nent reference notations in its indexes accordingly. Th is work, itis believed, will greatly facilitate tracing the ownership of copy-righ ts in foreign works when questions come up rega rding them a fte rthe war.The second impo rtant activity of th e Alien Pro perty Custodian withreference to foreign-owned copyrights has been to establish certainrestrictions upon their registration and assignment by requiring theapplicant for registration or for the recording of assignments to fiein th e C opyrigh t Office sup por ting documents showing the derivationof the ownership and th e interest claimed. These documents, aft ernecessary scrutiny in the Copyright OEce, are forwarded'to the O 5 a

- of the Alien Pro pe rty Custodian.A great many searches, including the preparation of some exten-sive lists of foreign-owned copyrigh ts, have been made in connectionwith the above-described activities of the Alien Property Custodianand a good deal of correspondence with his office, as well as withmem bers of th e public, ha s been involved.

Copy r igh t Bi l l s in Congre ssThe following bills relating to copyright were introduced duringthe fiscal year, but none of them was reported out of committee :E. R. 7458, 77th Congress, Secon d Seseion. "A B ill to amend Sec-tions 16, 17, 29, and 62 of the Copyright Act of March 4, 1909, asamended, to penalize the placing of a c opyrigh t notice on subversiveor obscene mate rial, th e submission to the C opy righ t Office of such ma-terial o r of m aterial containing false statements, to clarify the Act, and

fo r other purposes." Introduc ed by Mr. Kram er on August 3, 1942,and referred to the Committee on Patents.8. . 80, 78th Congress, Fird Session. "A Bill to amend Section25 of the, Act entitled 'An Act to amend and consolidate the Adarespectin g copyright,' app rov ed M arch 4,1909, as amended." Intxo- -duced by Mr. Keogh on Jan uar y 6; 1943, and referred to the Committeeon Patents. This has to do with the remedies for infringement andproposes various changes. It is identical with H. R. 3640, introducedby Mr. Keogh on Feb ruar y 27,1941, and re ferred to the C ommitteg onPatents. See Report of the Register of C opyrights for th e fiscalyea r end ing Ju n e 30,1941, page 87.E. R. 84, 78th Congress, Fi rs t XesgiOlL. "A Bill to provide a, uni-form fee for the registration of copyrights." Introduce d Jan ua ry 6,1948, by Mr. Lanham and referred to the Committee on Patent..


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10 REPORT OF THE REGIS'TER O F COPY RIGHT B, 1948 ,Identical with H. R. 2598, 77th Congress, First Session, introducedJanuary 22,1941, by Mr. Lanham and referred to the Committee onPatents.E.R. 1570,78th Congress, F h t Session. "A Bill to amend the Actentitled 'AnAct to amend and consolidate the Acts respecting copy-right,' approved March 4, 1909, as amended." Introduced by Mr.Scott (by request), January 28, 1943, and referred to the Committee

on Patents. The purpose of the bill is to afford copyright protectionto acoustical recordings.8. . 1571,78th Congrqss, First Session. "A Bill to amend the Actentitled 'An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respecting copy-right,' approved March 4, 1909, as amended." Introduced by Mr.Scott (by request), January 28, 1943, and referred to the Corn-itteeon Patents. The purpose of the bill is to amend Section 1of the saidact by striking out the last paragraph thereof relating to the repro-duction or rendition of music by or upon coin-operated machines.

INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHTNo new copyright proclamations establishing mutual protectionwith foreign countries have been issued within the year covered bythis report. It had been expected that before this one or more proc-lamations would have been issued by the President, under the author-ity of the Act of Congress approved September 25, 1941, extendingthe time for obtaining ad interim copyright for English books, andfor filing applications for renewals, where war conditions h a ~ e adeexisting time limits too short. Such action, however, had not takenplace up to June 30,1943.Respectfully submitted.

C.L. O ~ ,Register of Copyrighte.


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REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTB 11Stmment of Gross Cash . ~ e c e i ~ t s ,early Fees,Number of Registrations,Etc.,for 46 Fiscal Yaars- Deereaae

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2,441.....................................-.----------........................4,m.............

11,067........................1,486............7, Wl.............4,5204 710........................

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Number ofregistrations

75,Ms-80,966e4.moa,&l

,828180l.8191 , 1 3 0113,374117,704128,829114742lm, 181106,074. 114 188.i m , w i119,495.123.1641141WllhU37111,439

106,728I l 3 , WI%&?iw,zao.-138,683I M , WleZ,Sr166,ME177,635184,OoD193,914161,@5Q 172,792164,642161,736137,-1 4 0 4 7 ,i r g m ilE8.9321#.4!2i141U I178,135lm081tso.647.182aJ1160,?8S

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4(26i3,sao.-..-..--.-..62l4 0 0 1 -. 4 16110,244

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Grossre-ceiph-1,088.5364,185.657 1 , o n . a ~69.6X2ti68 , rOaoB.71.63X9176,30283E0,M.m82,010.0287,384.3185,CW.m87.085.63113,6628113,Wil.52120, 149.51118.888%l122.638.QZ116,.5M56116,66&42.113,808.51100,105.87117,518.m132811.87141, 1 m. B145,3888153,923.62167.705.98173,971.W185,038.19'191,875.16291,064.49

322,136.82 .336,880.76.312,f%6.41-2% 719.20 4244,764.60258.828.68289, 348.81293,149.82.295,31b%328,328.67330.406.87341,001.35!847.125.85 .374806.63.324,300.89

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Yearlyleeaapplled

~ ~ 5 0bS,Z67.00,sa,zoaa)63,667.6064,687.00'68,87460T2.62D.a)7 s , m n ,RO,188.0064,=00Qm.60.8a,81&7ii.10C044QS10R.913.11 1 6 , ~ ~ . 0 8 .114,880..8110.90.26111,82275112,888.86110,On.Y). 100,86%40-ll&ll8.001 2 8 , m l .i w a l a is1 6 1 6 6149,!297.00162,644.8814809.65178,fW.P184,727.8184167.65

308,889.80327.629.90:300,414.U).280.964.PO .260,PB5.30261,6U1.60 .25e.es1. m2sq206.88280.S41.402Q?,779.8306,78410.32O,OBZ90847,430.qO361,158.10808.8aB'lO

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PUBLICATIONS OF THE COPYRIGHT OFFICENOTE.-Orders for th e following publications (except those listed as free, whichmay be obtained from the Copyright Office) should be addressed to the Superin-tendent of Documents, Washington, D. C., accompanied by remittance (postagestamps not accepted-coin a t sender's risk).

BULLETIN NO. 3. Cloth, 35c.Copyright Enactments of t he United States, 1783-1906. 2d ed. rev.,174 8". 1906.BULLE#~N NO. 8. Cloth, 650Copyright in Congress, i784-1904. A bibliography and chro no logidrecord of all proceedings in Congress in relation to copyright. 468 pp.8". 1905.BULLET IN NO. 14. Paper, 15c.Cop right Law of the United States of America, being the ac tb f March 4,1909 {n force July 1, 1909), as amended by the acts of August 24, 1912,March 2, 1913, March 28, 1914, December 18, 1919, July 3, 1926, May 23,1928, January 27, 1938, July 31, 1939, March 15, 1940, April 11, 1940, andSeptember 25, 1941, together with Rules for Practice and Procedure undersection 25, by the Supreme Cour t of the United States. vi, 76 pp. 801942.'BULLETI N NO. 17. Cloth, 650.Decisions of the United Stat es courts involving copyright. 1908-1914.Second enlarged edition. vi, 279 pp. 80. 1928.BULLET IN NO. 18. Cloth, $1.Dec~sions f the United Sta tes courts involving copyright. 1914-1917.ix, 605 p. 8". Re rinted 1938.BULLETIP! NO. 19. do th , $1Decisions of the United st at es courts involving copyright. 1918-1924.xi 477 p. 80. 1926.B U L L ~ T I ~O. 20. cl ot h, $1.50Decisions of the United sti- courts involving copyright. 1924-1935.xiii, 447 p 80. 1936.BULLETIN 80. 21. Cloth, 75cDecisions of t he United st at es cour ts involving copyright. 1935-1927vii 355 p 80. 1938.BULLBTIN $0.22. c lo th, 7 5 ~Decisions of the United st at es courte involving copyright. 19 38 Ju ne1939. vii, 327 pp. an . 1939.BUL LETIN NO. 23. Cloth, $1.00.Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1939-1940.vii. 391 p 80. 1943.CATALOG SF COPYRIGHT ENT RIE S OF BOOKS AND OTHERARTICLES REGISTERED UNDER THE COPYRIGHT LAW. Sub-scriptions, $10 per year. Also obtainable in sections as followa:Pa rt -I , Group 1. Books. Monthly, with annual index (13 nos.), $3 per

Y?~rt I, Group 2. Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapen kperiodicals, etc., lectures, sermons, addressee for oral delivery, maps.Monthly with annual index (13 nos.), $3 per year.Part i, Group 3. Dramatic compositions, motion pictures. Monthly,with annual index (13 nos.) $2 per year.Part 11. Periodicals. &arte rly with annual index (4 nos.), $2Part 111. Musical compositions. Monthly, with annual index f;e3rzz;$3 r year.Ert IV. Works of ar t, reproductions of a work of art , drawings or plaathworks of a scientific or technical character, photographs, prints and pictorialillustrations. hlonthly, with annua l index (13 nos.) $2 per year.12


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CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS OF THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE,Free.Title 37. Cha~ter1 of the Code of Federal Regulations as amended toOctober 1,'1941.' 16 p 1942. -COPYRIGHT C O N V E N ~ O N ETWEEN THE UNITED STATEB ANDOTHER AMERICAN REPUBLICS. SIGNED AT BUENOB AIRm.xu ust 11, 1910. 7 pp. 1942. Free. 'D R A ~ A T I C COMPOSITIONS COPYRIGHTED IN THE UNITEDSTATES, 1870-1916. Clot.h, $4.Over 60,000 titles alphabetically arranged, with complete index to authors,ro rietors, translators, etc. 2 vds. v, 3,547 pp. 40. 1918INFBRRATIONIRCULAR 4. FW.Text of the Convention creating an Internat ional Union for the Protectionof Literary and Artistic Works, signed a t Berne, 1886, ratified 1887. Amend-ments agreed to a t Paris, 1896; 1 3pp. 4OINFORMATION CIRCULAR 4A. Free. .Text of the Convention creating an International Union for the Profkctionof Literary and Artistic Works, signed a t Berlin, 1908. (English and Frenchtexts.) 10INFORMATIO!?CI%ULAR 4B. Free.Additional protocol to the Internat ional Copyright Convention of Berlin,1908, si ned a t Berne, 1914. (En lish and French texts.) 2 pp. 4OINFORMA'~ION CIRCULAR 4C. #re.Convention creatinq a n Internat ,ional Union for the Protection of L i t e wand Artistic works, signed a t Berlin, 1908; revised, and signed at Rome,June 2, 1928. (English translat ion with official French text, and Appendix.)1 4 p 4O.PROCLI~ATIONF THE PRESIDENT EXTENDING THE TIME FOROBTAINING COPYRIGHT FOR WORKS BY BRITISH NATIONALSand BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL EXTENDING FOR AMERICANAUTHORS TIME FOR COMPLIANCE WITH BRITISH COPYRIGHT 'ACT. 4 pp. 1944. Free.

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