As to the destruction of articles provided for in section 59, I suggest that the section be amended by inserting in line 10 of page 36, after the word "provided," the words "and with the authorization of the Committees on Patents of the Senate and of the House of Representatives." Section 63 should be amended by striking out the words "sold or placed on" in line 7, and by inserting "made public, or sold publicly or privately, or placed on public." As to section 64, I have to suggest that the present bill is supposed to be what may be termed a codification of the copyright law; if so, section 4966 of the Revised Statutes has no proper place outside of this bill. If there is anything desirable in the section it should be embodied in the bill at the proper place, and in doing so it should be made plain that the word "musical" where it first occurs in section 4966 means "musical-dramatic," meaning thereby a composition which is dependent upon representation or performance in the dramatic sense. I do not believe that the people of this country are aware of what the musical composers and publishers are attempting to do in the way of securing monopolies. If the public were aware that these persons, after having secured copyrights giving them the exclusive right of copying and publishing music for sale, and after having sold the copies of such music are attempting to secure laws by which they may impose further taxes upon the public for the use of such music by singing or playing, and are seeking to provide fines and terms of imprisonment for those members of the public who do not pay the additional tax, there will be such a storm of protests before your committees as could not be disregarded. Section 4966 of the Revised Statutes should be repealed altogether, and so far as its provisions appear in this bill they should be limited to musical-dramatic compositions, and the provisions for damages other than actual damages and for imprisonment should be absolutely eliminated. Very respectfully, H. N. LOW. The ACTING CHAIRMAN. Now we will hear the gentleman who represents the talking machines. STATEMENT OF S. T. CAMERON, ESQ., REPRESENTING THE AMERICAN GRAPHOPHONE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK CITY. Mr. CAMERON. Gentlemen, the first objection we have to the bill is, in our mind, the most serious one, and one which has been several times touched upon heretofore, so that I shall not attempt to go into any very great detail in discussing it here, but shall simply call attention to the fact that we object to it, and point out to you why, in connection with our particular business, it is especially important. If you will turn to section 4 you will find that it reads: That the works for which copyright may be secured under this act shall include all the works of an author.