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. 60.) That of any articles undisposed of as above provided, together
with all titles and correspondence relating thereto, the Librarian of
Congress and the register of copyrights jointly shall, at suitable
intervals, determine what of these received during any period of years it
is desirable or useful to preserve in the permanent files of the copyright
office, and, after due notice as hereinafter provided, may within their
discretion cause the remaining articles and other things to be destroyed:
_Provided_, That there shall be printed in the Catalogue of Copyright
Entries from February to November, inclusive, a statement of the years of
receipt of such articles and a notice to permit any author, copyright
proprietor, or other lawful claimant to claim and remove before the
expiration of the month of December of that year anything found which
relates to any of his productions deposited or registered for copyright
within the period of years stated, not reserved or disposed of as provided
for in this Act: _And provided further_, That no manuscript of an
unpublished work shall be destroyed during its term of copyright without
specific notice to the copyright proprietor of record, permitting him to
claim and remove it.
{Sidenote: Fees}
{Sidenote: Only one registration required}
"(Sec. 61.) That the register of copyrights shall receive, and the persons
to whom the services designated are rendered shall pay, the following
fees: For the registration of any work subject to copyright, deposited
under the provisions of this Act, one dollar, which sum is to include a
certificate of registration under seal: _Provided_, That in the case of
photographs the fee shall be fifty cents where a certificate is not
demanded. For every additional certificate of registration made, fifty
cents. For recording and certifying any instrument of writing for the
assignment of copyright, or any such license specified in section one,
subsection (e), or for any copy of such assignment or license, duly
certified, if not over three hundred words in length, one dollar; if more
than three hundred and less than one thousand words in length, two
dollars; if more than one thousand words in length, one dollar additional
for each one thousand words or fraction thereof over three hundred words.
For recording the notice of user or acquiescence specified in section one,
subsection (e), twenty-five cents for each notice if not over fifty words,
and an additional twenty-five cents for each additional one hundred words.
For comparing any copy of an assignment with the record of such document
in the copyright office and certifying the same under seal, one dollar.
For recording the extension or renewal of copyright provided for in
sections twenty-three and twenty-four of this Act, fifty cents. For
recording the transfer of the proprietorship of copyrighted articles, ten
cents for each title of a book or other article, in addition to the fee
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