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
"Fourth. When such books form parts of libraries or collections
purchased en bloc for the use of societies, institutions, or libraries
designated in the foregoing paragraph, or form parts of the libraries or
personal baggage belonging to persons or families arriving from foreign
countries and are not intended for sale: _Provided_, That copies
imported as above may not lawfully be used in any way to violate the
rights of the proprietor of the American copyright or annul or limit the
copyright protection secured by this Act, and such unlawful use shall be
deemed an infringement of copyright.
{Sidenote: Seizure}
{Sidenote: Return of importations}
"(Sec. 32.) That any and all articles prohibited importation by this Act
which are brought into the United States from any foreign country
(except in the mails) shall be seized and forfeited by like proceedings
as those provided by law for the seizure and condemnation of property
imported into the United States in violation of the customs revenue
laws. Such articles when forfeited shall be destroyed in such manner as
the Secretary of the Treasury or the court, as the case may be, shall
direct: _Provided, however_, That all copies of authorized editions of
copyright books imported in the mails or otherwise in violation of the
provisions of this Act may be exported and returned to the country of
export whenever it is shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the
Treasury, in a written application, that such importation does not
involve willful negligence or fraud.
{Sidenote: Rules against unlawful importation}
"(Sec. 33.) That the Secretary of the Treasury and the
Postmaster-General are hereby empowered and required to make and enforce
such joint rules and regulations as shall prevent the importation into
the United States in the mails of articles prohibited importation by
this Act, and may require notice to be given to the Treasury Department
or Post Office Department, as the case may be, by copyright proprietors
or injured parties, of the actual or contemplated importation of
articles prohibited importation by this Act, and which infringe the
rights of such copyright proprietors or injured parties."
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