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
In respect to foreign works, it should be noted that "the original text
of a work of foreign origin in a language or languages other than
English," may be formally copyrighted and fully protected by
registration under the same formalities as domestic works except that
the deposit copies need not be manufactured within the United States,
thus giving the author the exclusive right of translation. Copies
published for use in America must of course bear the copyright notice. A
translation into English from such text cannot be copyrighted unless the
deposit copies of the English translation are manufactured within the
United States; and this holds true also in respect to translations into
a language other than English, as it is only "the original text" which
can be copyrighted without American manufacture.
{Sidenote: Ad interim deposit}
In respect to books published abroad in the English language, _ad
interim_ protection is assured by the provision (sec. 21): "That in the
case of a book published abroad in the English language before
publication in this country, the deposit in the Copyright Office, not
later than thirty days after its publication abroad, of one complete
copy of the foreign edition, with a request for the reservation of the
copyright and a statement of the name and nationality of the author and
of the copyright proprietor and of the date of publication of the said
book, shall secure to the author or proprietor an _ad interim_
copyright, which shall have all the force and effect given to copyright
by this Act, and shall endure until the expiration of thirty days after
such deposit in the Copyright Office."
{Sidenote: Completion of ad interim copyright}
On such works the provisional copyright is made permanent under the
provision (sec. 22): "That whenever within the period of such _ad
interim_ protection an authorized edition of such book shall be
published within the United States, in accordance with the manufacturing
provisions specified in section fifteen of this Act, and whenever the
provisions of this Act as to deposit of copies, registration, filing of
affidavit, and the printing of the copyright notice shall have been duly
complied with, the copyright shall be extended to endure in such book
for the full term elsewhere provided in this Act."
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