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
"(Sec. 57.) That the said printed current catalogues as they are issued
shall be promptly distributed by the copyright office to the collectors of
customs of the United States and to the postmasters of all exchange
offices of receipt of foreign mails, in accordance with revised lists of
such collectors of customs and postmasters prepared by the Secretary of
the Treasury and the Postmaster-General, and they shall also be furnished
to all parties desiring them at a price to be determined by the register
of copyrights, not exceeding five dollars per annum for the complete
catalogue of copyright entries and not exceeding one dollar per annum for
the catalogues issued during the year for any one class of subjects. The
consolidated catalogues and indexes shall also be supplied to all persons
ordering them at such prices as may be determined to be reasonable, and
all subscriptions for the catalogues shall be received by the
Superintendent of Public Documents, who shall forward the said
publications; and the moneys thus received shall be paid into the Treasury
of the United States and accounted for under such laws and Treasury
regulations as shall be in force at the time.
{Sidenote: Records open to inspection and copying}
"(Sec. 58.) That the record books of the copyright office, together with
the indexes to such record books, and all works deposited and retained in
the copyright office, shall be open to public inspection; and copies may
be taken of the copyright entries actually made in such record books,
subject to such safeguards and regulations as shall be prescribed by the
register of copyrights and approved by the Librarian of Congress.
{Sidenote: Preservation of deposits}
"(Sec. 59.) That of the articles deposited in the copyright office under
the provisions of the copyright laws of the United States or of this Act,
the Librarian of Congress shall determine what books and other articles
shall be transferred to the permanent collections of the Library of
Congress, including the law library, and what other books or articles
shall be placed in the reserve collections of the Library of Congress for
sale or exchange, or be transferred to other governmental libraries in the
District of Columbia for use therein.
{Sidenote: Disposal of deposits}
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