US Copyright Office: ar-1942

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THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESSCOPYRIGHT OFFICE

FORTY-FIFTH -ANNUAL REPORTOF THE

REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS:FOR THE FISCAL YEAR

EN D I N G J U N E 30- 1942 ,

UNITED STATESGOVERNMENT PRINTING o m c E

WASHINGTON t 15W


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CONTENTSRegiatrationa and Receipts ---- - - - - - - - - - - - -- --- - - - - - -- -- - ------ --Copyright Dewita- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Expenditura-, -- - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - -- -- - - - - - - -- --- - - - - - -- - ---.-- -- -Acoounts,--- . .----------------------------------------------------Correspondenoe---------------------------------------------------Personnel------ . .- .----------- .- . .-----------------------------------Copyright Office Index----,----------------------------------------Large Works of Sculpture 8s Copyright Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Copyright Bills and ~ o l u t i o n en Co- ,,--,---------------------Trading with the Enemy Act-- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -International Copyright-..- -- - - - - - - - - -- ----- - - -. - --- - - - - - -- - - - ---A. Reoeipte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .B. Fees--.-------------------------------------------------------C. Yeariy comparison---,----------------------------------- - -D. Registrations----- -- - - - - - -- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - - - - - - -E. M i a h de~porited-,-,,- - --,- - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~nr


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2 REPORT OF 'I*Hg: REOW- OF 00PYMGETSFEDB FOB FISCAL YEAR

Registrationn for prints and labela--,,,,,-,,---7,162 at $6 $42,972 00Registrations for published worka,-,,-,-,--- 116,880 at $2 231,760.00Regiatratiom for published photographs with-out certificates,,-,,,-,-------------,-----:17 at $1 917.00Registrations for unpublished workm,,,,,,,--,-6,786 at $1 46,786.00Registrationa for renewals of prints and labels--- 27 at $6 162 00Registrationn for renewals, all other chmes,-,-, 11,461 at $1 11,461.00Total number of registrations-----,-----------82,232. .Fees for regmtrahons,-,--_------r a - t r a t r a t r a , t r a t r a - t r a t r a t r a - - t r a - - - $334,057.00Fees for recording 3,474 essignments------,- - - - - $11,924 00Fees for indexing 13,991 transfers of proprietorship, 1,399. 10Fees for 1,327 certified docurnenta,-----,-~--.---,,327.00Fees for 414 notices of user recorded-,,---,-,-----14 00Fees for sesrches made at $1 per hour of time oon-aumed--,,-,---,,,--,-,-----~-,-----~-,-,,087.00 17,101.10

Total feea earned, fiscal year 1942--,-,------------------351,168 10The annual applied fees since July 1, 1897 are shown in Exhibit C,a t the end of this report. This table shows that the fees have increaeedover six-fold in the forty-five years. The total registrations of6,076,497, and the total fees applied of $7,595,237.70, are indeedimpressive figures. Copyright DepositsThe total numbqr of separate articles deposited in compliance withthe copyright law which were registered during the fiscal year is286,436. The number of these articles in each clsss for the last five

fiscal years is shown in Exhibit E.During the present fiscal year 2,980 works were received in responeeto requests addressed to delinquen't copyright owners, and in additionthereto forty-four additional works were received within the demandperiod where official demands were made, making a total of 3,024.However, as observed in the Registar's Annual Report for 1941,there is good reason to believe that this number, encouraging ss itmay appear, representa no more than a fraction of the cases occurringdl over the United States in which works are published with copy-right notice, of which neither the Library nor the Register of Copy-rights can possibly have a complete knowledge and in connectionwithwhich the copyright owner makes no attempt whatsoever to meet th erequirements of Section 12 of the Copyright Act.

During the fiscal year a total of 174,355 current articles depositedhave been transferred to the Libreqy of Congress. Thia number


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RESORT OF R E G I ~ ~F COPYREUHTS 3included 55,740 books, 94,646 periodical numbers, 20,302 pieces ofmusic, 2,485 maps, and 1,173 photographs and engra*. %Under authority of Section 59 of the Act of March 4, 1909, 1,863books were transferred during the fiscal year to o&& govmentaIlibraries in the District' of Columbia. Under this transfer, up foJune 30,1942 the following libraries have since 1909 received the totalnumber of books indicated below:Department of Agriculture, 4,618; Department of Commerce, 23r076; Navy Department, 1,879; Treasury Department, 1,496; Bureauof Education, 22,837; Federal Trade Commission, 31,979; Bureauof Standards, 2,094; Army Medical Library, 10,078; Walter ReedHospital, 2,884; Engineer School, Corps of Engineers, 3,202; Soldiere'Home, 1,600; Public Library for the District of Columbia, 64,090. Anumber of other libraries have received a smaller number of books.In all, 192,883 volumes have been thus distributed during the lastthirty-three years.The Copyright Act authorizes the return to copyright claimants dsuch deposits as are not needed by the Library of Cong~eza r theCopyright Office.-Under such authority, 4,094 motion picture filmswere returned during the fiscal year. Howeyer, on M ay 26, 2942 anew policy was adopted with respect to the retention of motion pic-ture films. Under thia arrangement both copies of the- mot*picture rolls submitted for copyright deposit will be returned to thecopyright claimant subject, however, to delivery to the Lib~a ry ponrequest of one copy of such copyright films a s the Library may select,after screening, for transfez to its permanent collections,

The total obligation for salaries in the Copyright Oflice during tAey e p was $279,783.04. Expenditures for stationery, postage, and \transportation amounted to $2,282.68. The d o ment for printingthe Catalog of Copyright Entries waa placed a t $45,000 although i t ienot known how much of this appropriation will ac tu dy be required inview of the substitution during the course of the year of photo4s efreproduction for printing. An additional allocation for "Printingand Binding, General" of $10,834.40 bringe total expenditures orallotments to $337,000.12. It is to be noted, therefore, that theearnings of the Copyright Office oxceeded its expenditures by a t 1-4$13,258.08. The final ~ender ingof bills from the P u b h Printerwill probably increase the amount somewhat.


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AccountsOn July 6, 1942, the books of the Copyright Office were balanced fo rJune, the accounts for the fiscal year were closed, and the financial

statements completed for the Treasury Department, showing that allearned fees to June 30 had been paid into the Treasury.

The business of the Copyright Office, as measured by the volumeof correspondence, registered a slight increase during the yesr innumber of i t em received and an approximately equal decrease innumber of items dispatched. The total of incoming letters and parcelsmas 253,424 as ampared with 249,564 the preceding year, and thenumber di s p a t W 274,891as compared to 282,507 the preceding year.

PersonnelOn September 30, 1941, Mr. Herbert A. Howell retired fromthe position of Assistant Register of Copyrights, having earvedin the Copyright Office since April 1, 1909 and as Assistant Registerrsince December 16, 1937. Mr. Howell was a graduate of the Univer-sity of Toronto and of Cornell Univerity Law School and had alsoconsiderable experience in- the practice of law before entering theservices of the Copyright Office. These qualifications,-added to hislong service in the Office, made him especially valuable in dealingwith complex legal problems. His work was always thorough andconscientious. The first result of his leisure has been a book oncopyright law which has already met with the approval of thatsection of the Bar which specializes' in copyright practice.Mr. Howell was succeeded in the position of Assistant Registerof Copyrights on October 1, 1941, by Mr. W. Harvey Wise, Jr., whohad served in a series of positions of steadily increasing responsibilityin the Copyright Office since August 1925. Mr. Wise's appointment

as Assistant Register thus continued the tradition of promotion fromwithin the ranks which has prevailed in the Copyright Office. Hisperiod of service as Assistant Register, though outstanding, wasshort, as he left on July 1, 1942 to enter the Navy as a Lieutenant,Junior Grade. The vacancy thus created was filled by the recall tothe service of Mr. Richard C. DeWolf, who had resigned a yearearlier.The employee turnover in the Copyright Office during the &calyear h a been exceptionally large. Sixty-eight employees, nearly


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REPORT 0.F THE REGISTER OF COPYREGHTS 545 percent of the total st& of the ~ffitioe,have resigned during thepast year. Of these, nineteen have entered the armed services of theUnited States. Many of the other separations were, of course, dueto the national emergency which has resulted in a demand for theservices of our employees in other agencies of the Federal Government.

Copyright O@ IndexThe Copyright Office made and fled approximately 559,950index cards covering all registered material, all mail received, and

all assignments recorded during the year. In addition to its regularroutine work, the Mails, Files, and Index Section has accomplishedconsiderable work on the consolidation of the indexes prior to 1937.Two complete indexes have been consolidated and the index ofclaimants for "Books" covering the y e w 1897 to 1937 is approxi-mately one-half finished. The effect of the progress of this under-taking in facilitating the movement of correspondence and searchesthrough the Copyright Office is gratifying.

Large W orks of Sculp ture as Copyright Depo sitsI t has recently become clear th at an amendment to Section I1of the Copyright Act is desirable to permit the registration of large

and expensive works of sculpture where such works are later mpro-duced in copies for sale without the deposit of the two copies nowrequired. A bill for the general revision of the Copyright Act, whichpassed the House of Representatives in 1981 would have authorizedthe elimination of the deposit provision in the case of any work un-suitable for permanent retention in the Copyright Office or theLibrary of Congress "by reason of its character, bulk or fragility orbecause of its dangerous ingrediente."An amendment to accomplish this purpose is deemed desirable inview of the fact Wt the unreasonable requirement for the deposit oftwo 'copies of an expensive work 5f sculpture has ih fact deprivedsculptors in many cases of copyright protection in their works.

Copyright BU S and Resolutions in Congress ~In my last year's report (p. 396), attention was called to the bill

H. R. 4826, "A Bill to amend section 8 of the Copyright Act of Masch4, 1909, as amended, so as to preserve the rights of authors duringthe emergency, and for other purposes," which had been passed by-


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the House of Representatives on June 2, 1941. On June 3 it wasreferred to the Senate Committee on Patents; reported out from theCom&ttee, without amendments, July 22, 1941 (Report No. 571);and passed by the Senate on September 17,1941 (Public No. 258,77thCong., 1st Sess., approved September 25, 1941). The purpose of theAct is to prevent authors or copyright.proprietons, whether citizenaof the United States or nationals of other couptries, from losing theopportunity to acquire or preserve protection in their literary worksas the result of the disruption of communications due to the presentcrisis. This relief,'under the act, is to be extended only on a baais ofreciprocity. The arrangement for reciprocal protection has not yetbeen effected by the necessary proclamation or Esocutive Order.

The following bills, among others, were introduced during the fiscalyear:H. R. 646.4. "A Bill authorizing the Commissioner of Patents toextend the time for the payment of any fee or for the taking of anyaction with respect to an application for patent, and for other pur-poses." Int~oduced by Mr. Coffee of Washington (by request)Janualy 23, 1942, and referred to the Committee on Patents. 77thCongress, 2d Session.. Section 13 of this Bill provides for the extension of time for payingany fee or taking any action with respect to a copyright on showingthat failure to pay'such fee or take such action occurred, or the d da yin so doing was unavoidably aggravated on account of conditionsarising in the present war. However, the purpose of this provisionis met by Public No. 258, approved Septerpber 25, 1941, above.H. R. 7 1 . "A Bill to codify and enact into absolute law title 17 .of the United States Code, entitled 'Copyright.' " Introduced byMr. Keogh, May 25, 1942, and referred to the Committee on Revisionof the Laws. 77th Congress, 2d Session,H.R. 7 1 7 . "A Bill to amend the Act entitled 'An Act to amendand consolidate the Acts respecting copyright,' approved March 4,1909, as amended." Introduced by Mr. Sacks (by request) ~ u i e,

1942, and referred to the Committee on Patents. 77th Congress, 2dSession.TRADING WITH THE ENEMY ACT

Following the declaration of war on Japan on December 8, 1941,Germany and Italy on December 11, 1941, Rumania on December 12,1941, and Bulgaria and Hungary on December 13, 1941, Congressenacted the "First War Powers Act, 1941" (Public No. 354, approved


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December 18, 1941, 77th Congress, 1st Session), confirming, ratifying,and amending The Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917(40 Stat. 411) as amended. Section 10 of The Trading with theEnemy Act of 1917, pertaining to copyrights, is still in force and effect.INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT

No new copyright proclamatibns establishing mutud protectionwith foreign countries have been issued within the year covered bythis report.Respectfully submitted. C. L. Bouv$,&si&ttd COPY*.


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STATISTICAL SUMMARY . : PamA. Receipts------------------,--------------------..-------- 0B. Fees- - - , - - - - , - - , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -0C. Yearly com~r ison- - , , - -- - - - - - , - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - 12D. Registrat ions--- -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - 18E. Articles d e p o s i t e d - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14

8


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Sta t i s t i d SummaryE X E I ~ T . Statement of Gross Receipts, Rejunds, Na Receipts, andFees Applied for Fiscal Year Ending June 30,1942

Balanca brought forward June 80, lWl-. .-.......-.-------------- - - ----- ------- ----------- $4& 19O m ecelpb, Escalyear 1941.-...------..-.----- - - - - - -- ------ -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 876,lW. 68

Total to be accounted far..-.........-.-.--------------------------------------10,7B&132Amount refunded..-.-.....--- - - --- --- --- - - - - ---- -- -- - ---- - - 818,OZ& 06Copyright essdeposltedasmiseslheoua racslptddurlngfbd ear, 1912. 000,07& 0 . .Balanca carried to July 1,194ZBalanca of feesearned in June 1941not deposlted in TreuuryuntilJuly 1942.. .--...........------------------- '---- - - - 4,574 60Unhlshed budaess.....--.....------------------- ------. - 1,8688Deporlt ammmta.--..........--...-.-------------------.....84,am. r

aq=n 4LO7wn9

Month

1WJuly..---....--....-----------------------------A W t---...-.-...-------------------- - - -Septemk...........-----------------------0ct.o- ........-----.-------------------------Novemk......--....------------Dmb e r . .- . . . . . . .berberberberberberberberberberberberberberberberberberberberberberberberberberber.

1wJtunmry..--.-.---....------------------------Pebruary---...--.-.----------------------Meroh- -- --. .. - -- -- - - -- -- - - - - - - -- - --- -Apm-..-..--.-...--.---------------------------MSY.-.-..-----.-..--------------------------JW ...-.--.-.--...-----------------------Totel-...-.....-...---------------------

Ne t redpts .-

$29,904.1126,001.00784 ,MQI2gsetm88,78488,

86,568.bn.as.0~28,2987629,aasezqntsog m . m .

357,W.B

F m pplled

a m 6 0'&001.4027,W6.7086,rn.Wze,szsa!40,9MdO81.mUJ27,75%m80,00820ze.eer.al2 g s m i oq a 7 c a o

11,lBLlO

$31,41328453,045.8481.026.0684QBl.Iso,o,ara.ao1079.78

a8.868.804961.664 l o l l 6a 1 , m . a!~,SSPIze ,a .8a376,W(L68

Refunds

12,046.841 1.Ml.001,sas.m1,845.Td.

1,78471i , m 7 i '1,P00.891,sciacn1 , m. m1,210.18l8.02206


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10 REPORT OF TEE REQIBTm OF mPYRaOHP6EXHIBIT B. R w ~ df Applisd F a

Month

1941................WA u m ............Beptembee..........OC~OLXS...........Novemk..........December..........

. leu.............an- ...........ebmary

M - -A m ..............May ---------------JMS................

T o

Registrationsof ream- Total nurn- TOW emMonth ber of regis- forNumber Fees at $tlN u m k Fe a at U t"tbM---uly.. .............................. 1 61200 1,014 61,01400 13.950 ba/l)U.ObBeptember.. ........................ I 6.00 706 766.00 la,WI) 24-00ocbbar............................. 1 6.00 LO W i,ooaa, i a , ~ s , ammD-ber .......................... 8 lB.00 On 0n.m 1 5 , W P S a r 0 0

~a n u u ) ............................ 1 6.00 1,477 1, tn .m - ie,sm ao.7ea.mFebruary........................... 1 6.00 WD 920.00 14.W 28,41400MU& -. . . . - - . - --- - - - - - - --. a l am eel ' ma, 146% 28,6$s.mA@. .............................. 1 6.00 1 , w 1,s64.00 16, Qll 28,411bwMay-............................... 6 86.00 1,101 1,lOl.F 14,766 Ze,olamJ o w................................ 4 w00 WB -00 ls,oel n,~6100--OW.. ....................... n 1m.m n , a i i i , r a i. m iazzsa wm.m

Number

462603781amdl1677

483624672WZ800639

Fees at $7

s x n o o8,0l&004,366.00420a008,672OO8,- 00

2,8OR008,144.003,482008,561008,600.003,88100

Number-----am8.m8,882waar10,076

10,182

10,MO9,1489,8319 . m19,018-

,102

-Fees at 2

s17,3noo16.620.0012 a , o a w10,lMOO10,rW.W

11,100.00Ig28a001D,d610019,218.001 8 , ~ O O18,lLUW

Number

3,Wa,oio

917.00

Number---98876n

Feesat 61

3 m 7 0 m . 0 0qSS.008,=00qoiaa,

46,786

Feas st$I

-00@8ob7&00ma,

291,7(Yti 002,972 00

m0017aOD

7b008IXW79.C9l.00&a)8100

8,46036!224m446474,2663 ,W4.848

114880 48-76h 00 917

3,48&00& 6 P 0

4,4119.004 , m W4,647.004,%008,W.Q)

31170

78807991W

4,WILWl 84


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REPOEIT OF THE REOISTDR OF COPYRPaBfBEXHIBIT B. Rtxord of Applied Ftws-Continued

July................Allgust... ..........September.........October.. ..........November.. .......D m m k..........Jaauuy............February-.........Mereb.............A p u -- ------May-..............June.. .............


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12 FtEPORT OF THE REG18TE4l OF mPYRK(BFT0EXHIBIT C . Statement of Gross Cash Receipts, Yearly Fees, Number

of Registrations, etc., for 45 Fiscal Years


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REPORT OF TEE REGISTER OF C O P ~ G ~ 13EXHIBIT D. Number of Registrations Made During the Last FiveFisd Yews

Clsrs-BCDEFOHIJKKKLMRRR -

1811-42

10,SnSa,6a)4 1049,116

651509

l!AI,!27&46,146GW4,808l!AI, 0281,Pl.Olio1 :

2,0881,6027,1622,011 .67l

1,846n

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SubJect matter of copyright

Book(0 ) Printed in the United States:Bo ob proper.-.---...------------

Pamphlets, ledeta, etc......--..Contributions to newspapers andperiodla&-.-..---.-------------Total.-...-.-..---------------

(b ) Printed abroad In a foreign language.,(e) Ewllah boob rqistered lor adinterim c o p ~ t--..-...-.------

T d a ..------------.-----------.Periodicals (numbers)----......-----------Leeturea,sermons,addraaws------.....-----Dramaticor dnunatlco-musicalcompo6itiom.M ~ d ~ a l ~ ~ ~ p ~ s i t i o l M-.-------------..-----Maps..-..--.-.-.-..------------------.--Work8 ofar t, models, or desillns..-...-.....Reproductions of works dart...........-..-Drawings or plastic wo rb d a scientlfk mtechnical charectsr......--.--------------'P$o$ww@ -.....,----..--.- - - - - - - - - . - -Commerdal printa and labah.---..-..-----.Prints and pictorial i l l u s t r a ~ . .-.-------Motion-picture photoplaya-..---.----------M o t i o n - p l ~ t ~ot photop4'8------..-....Renewals of commerdal pdn ts and labeb-..Renewals of all other clssa-.-..........--.

T0td--...-....-.-.----------.----

1 W 1

1273581,1875,W'7-0,7871

6665l,8811422071 . m6,01049,111,twS2187.84S ,2 692,4117,1528,06697619

lo, 21180,647

I

1R3040-----11,07884,08718,91660,6882 M

OaB64,06140,118l,aB6,MO51.97518,OU 'W

2 112,840.--.--.--;689WO .811

----em-. ,.10,mlt4061

I

lCm-80

11,61288,0619,W646884,0881,12369.1441,185'6, 80040,9811 , m8,4191 P

2@d8,1(10...-.-....8, 1982....-.-..,

10,in1fBWI

10n-36

11,62582,7088,105525B8,13481.17787,8518 a n 9LOB41,889Lalo&8WJ60il,m8,174...-......8,01081)

L O U.........-9,MO-a mI


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RE,PORT OF TEE REGI8TEB OF mYWG%EXHIBIT E. Number of Artides Deposited During the Last FiveFisd Yazn

Clur-BDEFi3HIJKKa nLM

103748.

22,sda65,4164 196044573,6401.177--01,aeDa1981 , w4P 7&!,eat$424$679@24,w.l5 7315 1lS1 , n lLOU

Bubject matter of mpyrbhtBooh:

(a ) Printed In the Unlted 0Books proper...----.---...-......Pamphlets, leatlete, eta.......--..Contributionsb newspepemandperiodlcalm..--.---......-.......

TOW-.--.--.,.-..,.,..-...---(b ) PrintedabmadInaforeipnlmguua.(c) Engllah worh registered for adInterlm copy.rl&t--..-.,-.-------

T O ~-------.-..--.....-----..-PerlodIesL. ..-.-..-------.--...-esL.esL.esL..esL.esL.esL.esL.esL.esL.esL.CLectnres,~rermons.etc .---.-..---..-..-.,,,.Dramatlcordrsm8fl~0-musiealwmpasltionrMusical mmpositlonn.---.-,----------------Mapr---.---------.---------.--------------Works of art, models. or d m - ....-..--.Reproductions of works of art-..-.-----...--Drawingsm plestlc works of a SlentIUa ortechnlealeharaoter----...---------.------~ h o t wa p h s..-.-.-.----------------.---..PrInts,labels, a nd ~i ct or ia li ll os tr a~- - - -Motion.plcture photoplaya......-..--.------Motion pictnres not photoplays--..--...,,,

I TOM....-........-------.-----.-...--I-

104142

10,76487, #06,11083,111061

800--04,%7880,200w6,16860,0982,4032,683SXl2,re12,~a,1,7482,678

193BU)

4 0 6 280,3744928107.2522.m9M

l l Q 716was6l,m746,1628,3424,014647heal4,4087,1 , ~l, 623

104041---26,47061 186,al84l, =aSa

06,7629 0 n 4l ,WP6,8486& 8642,824%Oar662h r n4, I n24-1,6!461,884

183g89

22,84266,162S84808,8474-l,lP

104,OSSmu4l ,740,OU)3,1144.W1118,8135 6 ~6,8771,6881,751

m,m m4 0 1 1I mm m,za1-


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PUBLICATIONS OF THE COPYRIGHT OEFICENOTE.-Orders for the following publications (ex%@ thoee l&d asfree,w h imay be obtained from the Copyright Office) should be addressed to the S u m -ten dent of Documents, Washington, D. ., accompanied by remittance (postegestamps not accepted-coin a t sender's risk).

BU LLE TIN NO. 3. Cloth, 350.Copyright Enactments of th e United St-, 1783-1906. 2d ed., rev.,174 p 80. 1906.BULLET^ NO. 8. Cloth, 65c.Copyright in Congreas, 1789-1904. A bibliography and chronologiaslrecord of all ~roceedinae n Congress in relation to copyright. 468 pp.- -. -80. 1905.LLETIN NO. 14. Pape r, 15c.Copyright Law of the United States of America, being the act of March 4,1909 (in force July 1, 1909), as amended by t he 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, 1.940, April 11, 1940, andSeptember 25, 1941, together w ith Rules for Pr ac t~ ce nd Procedure undersection 25, by the Supreme Court of the United States. vi, 76 pp. 80.1942.BULLETIN NO. 17. Cloth , 65c.Decisions of the United S tat es courts involving copyright. 1909-1914.Second enlarged edition. vi,279 pp. 8O 1928.BUL LETI N NO. 18. Cloth, $1.Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1914-1917.ix, 605 p. 80. Reprinted 1938.BULLETIEQ NO. 19. clot h, $1.Decisions of the United S tate s courts involving copyright. 1918-1924.xi, 477 p. So. 1926.BULLETIF? NO. 20. cloth, ~1.50.Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1924-1935.xiii, 947 pp. 80. 1936.BULLETI N NO. 21. Cloth, 750.Decisions of the Un ~t edStRtes courts involving copyright. 1935-1937.vii, 355 p 80. 1938.BULLETIN go. 22. Cloth, 75c.. Decisions of th e United State s courts involving copyright. 1938-June1939. vii, 327 80. 1939.

CATALOG OF ~ ~ Y R I G H TNTRIES OF BOOKS .AN D OTHERARTICLES REGIST ERED UNDER TH E COPYR IGHT LAW. Sub-scription, $10 per year. Also obtainable in sections as follows:Part I, Group 1. Books. Monthly, with annual index (I 3 nos.), $3 peryear.Part I, Grqup 2. Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapere oreriodicals, etc., lectures, sermons, addressee for oral delivery, map.ho nt hl y, with annual index (13 nos.), $3 per year.Pa rt I, Group 3. Dramat ic compositions, motion pid_ures. Monthly,'with annual index (13 nos.), $2 per year.Part 11. Periodicals. Quarterly, with annual index (4 nos.) $2 r yew.Pa rt 111. Musical compositions. Monthly, with annual index&m),$3 r year.& V. Works of art, reproductions of sworh, of ar t, drawing6 or p M hworke of a scientific or technical character, photographs, prints and picto?hl ,illustrations. Monthly, with annual index ( I3 nos.), $2 per ear.CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONB OF THE COPYRIEHTOFFICE.Free.Title 37, Chapter I1 of the Code of Federsl Regulations as amended toOctober 1, 1941. 16 pp . 1942. 16


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