Mr. O'CONNELL. Then I assumed, from the remarks made by some members of the committee, that they considered the act to apply only to compositions originally composed after the passage of this act, and originally copyrighted after the passage of this act. I do not believe, therefore, that the members of the committee are aware of the very many peculiar features of the bill in that regard. Mr. CHANEY. The bill is only submitted as a tentative proposition, to get at the right thing. It is not the result of our genius at all. It belongs to some of the rest of you fellows. Mr. O'CONNELL. It does not belong, Mr. Chaney, to me or the rest of my fellows; and we are here trying to oppose the genius of the other men, the specially interested ones who did submit it to your committee. [Laughter.] Mr. CHANEY. Well, we fellows are not trying to shut out you fellows. Mr. O'CONNELL. I know that you are not, and all we want is a fair, full, and complete hearing. Taking first, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committees, subdivision F of the first paragraph. There is still a subdivision B in that subdivision F: To make any arrangement or setting of such work, or of the melody thereof, In any system of notation. Mr. CHANEY. On page 2? Mr. O'CONNELL. I am reading from the House bill. Mr. CHANEY. We have the Senate bill here. What is the section? Mr. O'CONNELL. Section 1, subdivision F. Senator SMOOT. It is on page 2. Mr. O'CONNELL. It gives the right-- to make any arrangement or setting of such work, or of the melody thereof, in any system of notation. Then it goes on (subdivision G): To make, sell, distribute or let for hire any device, contrivance, or appliance especially adapted in any manner whatsoever to reproduce to the ear the whole or any material part of the work published and copyrighted after this act shall have gone into effect, or by means of any such device or appliance publicly to reproduce to the ear the whole or any material part of such work. Mr. WEBB. Before you leave that, do you not think that section G prohibits the sale of the instrument itself, rather than the reproduction of the music or the work? You are a lawyer. Mr. O'CONNELL. It would seem that it prohibits both, sir. Mr. BURKAN. We will submit an amendment to cover that. Mr. WEBB. It seems that that is a prohibition of the sale of any instrument. Mr. CURRIER. Clearly so. Mr. O'CONNELL. I have not seen the proposed amendment, because it was only handed in this morning after we got here. Turning to section 6, it says--and this is very important: That additions to copyrighted works and alterations, revisions, abridgments, dramatizations, translations, compilations, arrangements, or other versions of works, whether copyrighted or in the public domain, shall be regarded as new works, subject to copyright under the provisions of this act.