Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright: June 6, 7, 8, and 9, 1906.United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents
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Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright: June 6, 7, 8, and 9, 1906.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Patents
Copyright -- United States
The civil remedies open to him (sec. 23) are the injunction and an
action for damages and profits, or, in lieu of actual damages and
profits, "such damages as to the court shall appear just, to be
assessed" upon the basis of so much per copy or infringing act, but
to be not less than a total minimum of $250 and maximum of $5,000.
And the infringing copies are to include all copies made by the
defendant, and not merely those "found in his possession" or "sold
or exposed for sale." A provision for the impounding and
destruction of infringing copies and means for producing them.
Protection provided for [sec. 21] against publication or
reproduction of any unpublished copyrightable work.
A willful infringement for profit, now a misdemeanor in the case of
such a performance or representation of dramatic or musical
compositions, is made a misdemeanor in all cases, as is also the
insertion of a false notice of a copyright or the removal of a true
one. [Sec. 22.]
_Importations_ [_secs. 26-29_].--Detailed provision for the
treatment of copies supposed to be infringing or otherwise
prohibited. Exceptions to prohibition modified as below under
memorandum "B."
_Suits_ [_secs. 32, etc._]--Actions may be instituted "in the
district of which the defendant is an inhabitant, or in a district
where the violation of any provision of the act has occurred."
Limitation of actions to be three years instead of two and to apply
to all actions under the act. [Sec. 34.]
_Transfers_ [_secs. 37-45_].--Definitions of the copyright as
distinct from the property in the material object and of the
copyrights in derivative works as distinct among themselves.
_The copyright office._--Sections 46 to 60 provide specifically for
the administration of this.
_Catalogue of title entries._--Detailed provision is made for the
continuance of the printing of the catalogue on the allotment for
printing of the Library of Congress (see secs. 55 and 56 of the
draft); and the catalogue is to be made prima facie evidence of
deposit and registration.
Provision is made for the reprinting of the indexes and catalogues
in classes at stated intervals, with authority to destroy the
manuscript cards included in such printed volumes. The current
catalogues to be distributed from the copyright office, and sold at
a price fixed by the register; the subscriptions to be received by
the superintendent of public documents.
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