Copyright: Its History and Its LawBowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers)
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Copyright: Its History and Its Law
Bowker, R. R. (Richard Rogers)
Copyright -- History; Copyright -- United States -- History
The act provides (sec. 53): "That, subject to the approval of the
Librarian of Congress, the Register of Copyrights shall be authorized to
make rules and regulations for the registration of claims to copyright
as provided by this Act," and (sec. 54) "whenever deposit has been made
in the Copyright Office of a copy of any work under the provisions of
this Act, he shall make entry thereof."
{Sidenote: Application}
It is provided (sec. 5): "That the application for registration shall
specify to which of the [stated] classes the work in which copyright is
claimed belongs," but it is also provided "nor shall any error in
classification invalidate or impair the copyright protection." In Green
_v._ Luby, in 1909, the U. S. Circuit Court protected a vaudeville
sketch, though classified as a dramatic instead of a dramatico-musical
copyright, against infringement by a mimic performance.
{Sidenote: Certificate}
It is further provided (sec. 55): "That in the case of each entry the
person recorded as the claimant of the copyright shall be entitled to a
certificate of registration under seal of the Copyright Office, to
contain his name and address, the title of the work upon which copyright
is claimed, the date of the deposit of the copies of such work, and such
marks as to class designation and entry number as shall fully identify
the entry. In the case of a book the certificate shall also state the
receipt of the affidavit as provided by section sixteen of this Act, the
date of the completion of the printing, or the date of the publication
of the book, as stated in the said affidavit. The Register of Copyrights
shall prepare a printed form for the said certificate, to be filled out
in each case as above provided for, which certificate, sealed with the
seal of the Copyright Office, shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee,
be given to any person making application for the same, and the said
certificate shall be admitted in any court as _prima facie_ evidence of
the facts stated therein. In addition to such certificate the Register
of Copyrights shall furnish, upon request, without additional fee, a
receipt for the copies of the work deposited to complete the
registration."
{Sidenote: Application requirements}
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