Now, come down to subsection G, "works of art." There is another item. Now, that word is much broader than "writings." I have made a good many works of art myself. Everybody that invents a complicated machine produces a work of art and a work of high art. There are a great many works of art here in this room which could not by any possible strain of language be denominated "writings." There is a perfectly plain case of attempting to copyright, under this statute, a work which is not also a writing. Mr. CURRIER. What change would you suggest in subsection G? Mr. WALKER. I have formulated such a change as that, but it would take a little time to explain it. Mr. CURRIER. Very well. Take your own course. Mr. WALKER. I am very glad to be at the disposal of the committee, but it would take me five minutes to explain. It is a very important point. Subsection H covers "Reproductions of a work of art." There is a perfectly flagrant case of attempting to copyright not only a thing that is not necessarily a writing, but also a thing that is not even original; whereas the Supreme Court has told us over and over again that nothing can be copyrighted that is not original. Now, go over to the next page, page 4, Class L: Labels and prints relating to articles of manufacture, as heretofore registered in the Patent Office under the act of June 18, 1874. That was the very act that the Supreme Court held fifteen years ago was unconstitutional as not authorizing copyright on things which are not writings. So that there is a recommendation to this committee to reenact a law that the Supreme Court has expressly held to be unconstitutional. Now, come, if you please, to the second page of this bill. The first section of this bill enumerates exclusive rights to be covered by copyright. Subsection C is: To deliver, or authorize the delivery of, in public for profit, any copyrighted lecture, sermon, address, or similar production prepared for oral delivery. Mr. CAMPBELL. What page is that? Mr. WALKER. The top of page 2. Senator SMOOT. Subdivision C. Mr. WALKER. (Reading): To deliver, or authorize the delivery of, in public for profit, any copyrighted lecture, sermon, address, or similar production prepared for oral delivery. A lecture could be copyrighted under this statute without any copy ever being put even into typewriting, as I stated a little while ago, and that copyright could be maintained for a year, when the discourse has no existence whatever except in the mind of the man who delivers it, and in the ears of those who heard it, and in the air that transmitted it from the vocal organs of the lecturer. D--To publicly perform or represent a copyrighted dramatic work.