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
Mr. JOHNSON. All personal baggage is included also?
Mr. OLIN. Yes.
Mr. PUTNAM. For the information of Mr. Johnson, Mr. Chairman, I think
that Mr. Olin was referring, in answer to that question, substantially
to subsection 4, on page 25, which was supposed to take care of the
person bringing in copies in his personal baggage.
Mr. Ogilvie is here from Chicago, but before his statement is made I
wish to say that, as I understood, Colonel Olin spoke in two
capacities; in the first place, giving some general expression in
behalf of a certain group of organizations, and their substantial
acquiescence in the bill; in the second place, as counsel specially
for the book publishers, with reference to certain particular
provisions, particularly this importation clause.
Mr. OLIN. Yes; and, finally, I wished merely to modify the general
approval of the bill which I had given on behalf of all these
organizations, by expressing my understanding that they considered the
bill, as I supposed was intended, with "and" instead of "or" in the
second line of subdivision A, in section 8, on page 5.
Mr. PUTNAM. In that latter capacity, the provisions of the bill as to
which Colonel Olin spoke were those as to importations particularly
affecting the interests of the libraries; and, considering what will
be most helpful to the committee, it would seem to me appropriate, and
I submit it as a suggestion, that as soon as possible after the
statement that you have had from Colonel Olin in explanation of those
provisions you have the statement from representatives here of the
group of libraries--librarians--that would dissent from the provision.
Mr. Cutter is here, and, if I understand him rightly, his statement
will be brief. Mr. Ogilvie, however, had been promised an opportunity
to be heard early this morning. As I understood him, the oral
statement that he proposes to make is an objection to certain
provisions of the bill, and that he would be content with an
opportunity for a ten-minute statement, to be supplemented, if he
chose, in writing, to go into the record.
STATEMENT OF GEORGE W. OGILVIE, ESQ., OF CHICAGO.
Mr. OGILVIE. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, as I
understand that this bill is to take the place very largely of the
copyright act of 1891, it may be proper to refer to some of the
arguments that were advanced at that time as to why that particular
bill should pass. In furtherance of that idea, I read from The
Question of Copyright, by George Haven Putnam, on page 103, in which
it is said:
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