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L I B R A RY OF CONGRESSCOPYRIGHT OFFKE

ReportRegister of Copyrights

Fiscal Year 1913-1914

{Reprinted from the Report of the Librarian of Congress]

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PUBLlCATlONS OF THE COPYRIG HT OFFICE

The followil~g bulletins and circulus which have been issued bythe Copyright Office may be had free on request to the Rso rsr sa owCOPYRIGH'CS,ABRARYF CONGRBSS,WASHINOTON,. C.:RULLBTINO. 14.The Copyright Law of the United States of America, being theAct of March 4, 1909 (in force July I , I~OQ),s amended by the

Acts of August 24, 1912, March 2 , 1913, and March 18, 1914,together with Rules for Practice and Procedure under Section as ,by the Supreme Court of the United States. 5a pp. 8'. 1914.B ~ ~ U T I No. IS.Rules and Regulationsfor the registration of claims to copyright.29 pp. 8'. 1914.BULLETINNO . 16.Cop right in England. Act I and a Geo. 5. ch. 46. An Act toam en d and consolidate the law relating to oopyright, p-dDecember 16, 1911. 54 pp. 8'. 1914.I m r o ~ ~ a n o nIRCULARO. 4.Iriternational Copyright Convention. Berne, 1886, nd Amend-ments agreed to at Paris, 1896. Also, additional protocol to BerlinConvention, signed at Berne,March ao , 1914. 17 pp. 4'.INFORMATION IRCULARO. 4 A.International Copyright Convention. Revised tex t, Berlin,

1908. 11 pp. 4'.[Continuedon hird caged awCr.l!


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PREFATORY NOTEThe usual reprint from the Report of the Librarian of

Congress of the Report of the Register of Copyrights forthe fiscal year 1913-14 is submitted herewith.The judicial decisions construing the copyright Act ofMarch 4, 1909, have heretofore been printed in the annualreport of the Register of Copyrights, beginning with thereport for 1910-1 91I . I t seems desirable hereafter not toinclude these decisions in the annual report, bu t to printthem separately. The decisions for I 913-14 have beenprinted as Copyright Office Bulletin No. 17.

'I'HORVALDOLBERGRegister of CopyrigAts

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Receipts...................................................................................................xpenditures ....................................opyright entries and feesCopyright deposits..........................................Copyright index and catalogue. bulletins. and circulars:..............................................ndex cardsCatalogue of copyright entries.................................................................ulletins aad circulars

Foreign books deposited and listed in copyrightcatalogue..................................ummary of copyright businessCondition of Copyright O5ce work:........................................a) Current work .................b) Deposits received prior to July I. 1897Copyright legislation and international copyright relations:Legislation-Amendatory act of March 28. 1914...............................................opyright bills introduced ...............anama-Pacific International Exposition.........................ensorship of motion picturrs...........................opyright in artistic designs

International copyright relations- ........................rotocol to Berlin ConventionStatistical summaries. Exhibits A to G........................Addenda:

I.Copyright legislation. fiscal year 1913-1g14-Act approved September 18. 19x3:Panama-Pacik In-ternational Exposition ............................

Act approved March 28. 1914: eposit of one copy onlyof works by foreign authors. published abroad.......Bills introduced-H.R. 15321. ntroduced April a. 1914. y Ban

Frank B.Willii ..............................H R 16238. ntroduced May a. 1914. y Ron.Jd-f e r n M Levy ...............................

I1. Protocol to the InternationalCopyrightConvention.Ber-lin. Novemher 13.1.908.ated March ao. 1914........Index ......................................................


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REPORT OF THE REGlSTER OF COPYRIGHTS FOR THBFISCAL YEAR I ~ I S - I ~

WASHINGTON,. C., July 6,1914SIR: The copyright business and the work d he Copy-

right Office for the fiscal year July I , 1913, to June 30, 1914,inclusive, are summarized as follows:RECEIPTS

The gross receipts during the year were $122,636.92. A F e abalance of $8,309.55, representing trust funds and unfinishedbusiness, was on hand July I , 1913, making a total of$I 30,946.47 to be accounted for. Of this amount the sum of$2,395.10 received by the Copyright Office was refunded asexcess fees or as fees for articles not registrable, leaving a netbalance of $128,551.37. The balance carried over to July I ,1914, was $8,332.12 (representing trust funds, $7,038.91, andtotal unfinished business since July I , 1897-17 years-$1,293.21)~ leaving fees applied during the fiscal year1913-14, $120,21g.2~.

This is a considerable increase over the earned fees for theprevious fiscal year ($I 14,980.60)~ nd is the largest amountpaid into the Treasury for applied annuai fees since the Copy-right Office was established. The yearly fees have more thandoubled since the reorganization of the office in 1897, reach-ing above the one hundred thousand dollar mark during thefirst year of operation under the new copyright law whichwent into effect on July I , 1909. The annual net receiptssince July I , 1897, are:1897-8................ $55,9a(i.501898-9. ............... 58,267.wrSw19oo. ............ 65,206. oo1900-1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63,687. so19". ............... 64,697. ooIF-3. ............... 68,874.50193-4. .............. 72,629.001904-5. ............... 78,058.0019056. ............... 80, rg8. oo

19061. .............. $84,685.w1907-8............. 92,387. SO............... 83,816.751-10 .............. 104,64e1910-11. ............ 19113.951911-12. .............. 1161685.05IPS-13. ............. 114,980.601913-14. ............ x*o,axg. a5

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148 Report of tk.e Librarian of Conqress

i h k r k r The appropriation made by Congress for salaries in theCopyright Office for the fiscal year ending June 30, I914,was$102,580. The total expenditures for salaries was $102,-457.81, or 317,76r .44 less than the net anlount of fees earnedand paid into the Trvasury during the corresponding year.The expenditure for supplies, inclading stationery and otherarticles and postage on foreign niail matter, etc,, was$13299.59.cOfiwm ' - During the 17 fiscal years since the reorganization -of thecribt~d/#& Copyright Office (from July I , 1897, to June 30, 1914) the- - -total receipts have nearly-reached one and a half milliondollars ($I i492,767); the copyright fees applied and paid in tothe Treasury have amounted to considerably more than amillion and a quarter dollars ($1,424,866.55); the articlesdeposited number nearly three and a quarter millions(3,237,287), and the total copyright registrations approachtwo millions (1,820,381).

01 IQU The fees ($1,424,866.55) were larger than the appropriationonrrohr*. for salaries ($I ,201,1 I5.92) used during the same period by$220,750.63.

V* of In addition to this direct profit, a large number of theripar deborit8 3,237,287 books, maps, prints, and other articles deposited .during the 17 ycars were of substantial pecuniary value andof such a character t ha t their accession to the Library ofCongress through the Copyright Office effected a saving to thepurchase fund of the Library equal in amount to their price.

COPYRIGHT ENTRIES AND PEESR . 4 i r ~ ' ~ The registrations for the fiscal year numbered I 23,154. Ofthese I 13,278were regstrations a t $I each, including a certifi-

cate, and 8,645 were registrations of photographs without3 certificates, a t 50 cents each. There were also I 231 registra-tions of renewals at 50 cents each. The fees for these regis-trations amounted to a total of $118,216.

The number of registrations in each class from July I,1913, to June 30, I 914, as compared with the number ofentries made in the previous year, is shown in Exhibit F.


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Register of Copyriijhts I4 9COPYRIGHT DFIPOSlTS

The various articles deposited in con~p l i am ith the new Artid.# d * ~copyright law which have been registered, stamped; in-adexed, and catalogued during the fiscal year amount to220,001. The number of these articles in each class for the17 fiscal years is shown in Exhibit G.

The copyright act which went into force on July I, ~g o g , Iimiwim ofn~byrioud8$&provides f o r the gradual elimination of the accumulatedcopyright deposits (see secs. 59 and Go).' During the yearbooks desired for the Library to the number of 4,988 vol-umes have been transferred to the Library through th eOrder Division. These volumes were in addition to the"first" copies of copyright books sent a s received f k m dayto day, numbering 13,755 for the fiscal year, thus making atotal of 18,743 books and pamphlets delivered to the Li-brary from the Copyright Office.

The act of March 4, ~ g o gsec. 59), provides for the t ran ~-, ~:, 2~3 'Zfer to other governmental libraries in the District of Colum-uaariubia "for use therein" of such copyrigbt deposits as are notrequired by the Library of Congress, and during the presentfiscal year 5,238 books were selected by tlie librarians andthus transferred to the libraries of the Bureau of Education,Bureau of Mines, Bureau of Standards, Department of Agri-culture, Surgeon General's Office, Navy Department, En-

1 SBC.59. That of the artides deposited in the Copyright Office under the pr ov bh aof the copyright laws of the Unite d States or d this act, the Librarian of Conmess shalldetermine what books and other articles shall be transferred to th e permanent coll&iomof the L ibrary of Congress, including the law library, a nd what oth er books or articlesshall be placed in the reserve collections of the Library of Congress or sale or exch mgtor be translerd to other governmental libraries in the District of Columbia for umethmin.Sec.60 . Tha t of any articles undisposcd of as above provided. together with all t i t hand correspondence relating thereto, the Librarian dtongresa and the registsrd copy-rights jointly shall. at suitabl e intervals, determine what of these received during myperiodd years it is desirable or useful to preserve in the permanent hksd the Copy-right Office. and, after due not ie as hereinafter provided. may within their discretiioncause the remaining articles and other th ings to b e destroyed: P r d d . That there rh.Ube printed in the CatalogueofCopyright Entries from February to November. inclusive.a statem ent of th e years of receipt of such articles and a notice to permit any nut ha.copyright proprietor, or other lawful claimnut to claim and remove Wo re th e adre-tion of the month of December of that year anythiag found which relates t o m y of bkproductions depmited or registered for copyright withi n th e period of years stated, notreserved or disposed of as provided for in this act: And idroviddfurlher. That no manu-script of an unpublished work shall be destroyad during its term of copyright withoutspecific notice to the copyright proprietor of record, permitting him to daim mdremove it.


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15 0 Report of the Librariun of Congressgineer School Library, and the. Public Library of the Dis-trict of Columbia.R"f"m0fd6@oP. Under the provisions of the act of March 4, 1909, aathor-ilr & w p ~ i g h ld,,i,& ity is granted for the return to the claimant of copyrightof such copyright deposits as are not required by the Li-brary. The notice required by section 60 has been printedduring the year for all classes of works deposited and regis-tered during the years January I , 1900, to June 30, 1909,but no requests have so far been received to enable the re-turn of articles. On the other hand, in response to specialrequests, 63 dramatic or musical compositions and I ,426motion picture filins have been returned to the copyrightclaimants, and of the current deposits not needed by theLibrary of Congress the following have also been so returned,:18,217 "books" (pamphlets, leaflets, etc.), 1,366 photo-graphs, 18,942 prints, 6,399 contributions to periodicals,7,875 periodicals; a total of 54,288 articles.

R e m f m at- In response to inquiries during the year froin the Cardi.r Section, the Order Division, and the Reading Room, n

regard to 622 books supposed to be copyrighted hut notfound in the Library, it was discovered tha t 80 of theseworks were already in the Library, 55 of the books had beendeposited and were still in the Copyright Office, 97 workswere either not published, did not claim copyright, or forother reasons could not be deposited, and in the case of 190works no answers to our letters of inquiry had been received11p to June 30, 1914. Copies were received of 2 0 0 works inall in response to request made by the Copyright Officeduring the period of 12 months for works published duringrecent years.THB COPYRIGHT I NDEX AND CATALOGUE, BULLETINS, AND

CIRCULARS

ldegt-ds The copyright registrations are indexed upon cards. Thecards made are first used as copy for the printed catalogueand after printing are added t.o the permanent card indexesof the copyright entries. The temporary cards made for theprinted indexes, etc., to the catalogue (numbering 159,421during the fiscal year) are eliminated; the remaining cards(130,226 for the fiscal year) are added to the permanent card


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Register of Copyrights 151indexes, now numbering considerably over 2,720,000 cards.By revision and condensation 9,500 cards were canceled an dwithdrawn from the indexes during the year.

The publication of the Catalogue of Copyright Entries c.lqbou r/Copyrdl E ehas been continued, as required by law. For convenienceof search, the volumes are made to cover the works pub-lished and deposited during the calendar year rather thanthe fiscal year. Five volumes of the Catalogue of Copy-right Entries were printed for the calendar year 1913, con-taining a total of 7,679 pages, divided as follows: Part . I,Group I , Books, volume 10, contains 1,590 pages of tex tand 468 pages of index, a total of 2,058 pages; Part I,Group 2, Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to periodicals,lectures, dramas, maps, etc., volume 10, contains 1,283pages of text and 599 pages of index, a total of 1,882 pages;Part 11, Periodicals, volume 8, contains 368 pages of tex tan d 88 pages of index, a total of 456 pages; Par t 111, Music,volume 8, contains 1,757 pages of text and 851 pages ofindex, a total of 2,608 pages; Part IV, Fine Arts, etc., vol-ume 8, contains 614 pages of text and 61 pages of index, atotal of 675 pages.

Each part of the catalogue is sold separately at a nom- ~uhcrifilio*inal annual subscription rate within the maximum pr i c e J " i c e o f ~ westablished by law, as follows:

Part I, Books, pamphlets, dramatic compositions, andmaps (two volumes), $I; Part 11, Periodicals, 50 cents;Part 111, Musical compositions {a very bulky volume), $I ; bPart IV, Prints, including chromos and lithographs, photo-graphs, motion pictures, and the descriptions of original worksof art-paintings, drawihgs, and sculpture-50 cents. Theprice for the entire catalogue for the year is $3. The sub-scriptions, by express provisions of the copyright act , arerequired to be paid to the Superintendent of Documents . .(Office of the Public Printer, Washington, D. C.), and allsubscriptions must be for the complete year for each partdesired.

During the fiscal year a new edition of the copyright law copvripu I .was printed in order to include the provisions of the a m e n d - 2 ad*Tatory acts approved August 24, 1912, March 2, 1913, andMarch 28, 1914, respectively, providing (I) for the copy-


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1 2 Report of the Librarian of Cong*msright registration of motion pictures; (a) for a more com-plete certificate of copyright registration; (3) for the de-posit of one copy in lieu of two copies in the case of for-eign works published abroad. (Bulletin No. 14. March,1914. 52pp. go.)

h f o t . d i o . cir- Information circulars were printed and distributed dur-&a ing the year as follows: The amendatory copyright act of

March 28, 1914, relating to the requirement of the depositof one copy only of works by foreign authors publishedabroad (No. 52), with explanatory circulars in the Frenchand German languages (Nos. 40 and 41); the act of Sep-tember 18, 1913, relating to the establishment of a branchcopyright office at the Panama-Pacific exposition (No. 51).

Fm&= b o o k 8 The considerable deposit of foreign books made underdew the operation of the present copyright law adds a new ele-

ment of value to the catalogue of copyrighted books.More than four thousand volumes (4,320) were depositedin 1913-14 of books printed in languages other than Eng-lish, and nearly two hundred volumes (194) of booksprinted abroad in the English language were registeredfor ad interim protection.

............ummary of Balance on hand. July I, 1913. $81309.55afiflioh' kdnessCross receipts, July I , 1913. to June30,1914. 122,636.91

Total to be accounted for. .......... 1301946.47..............................efunded. 2,395.10Balance to be accounted for. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1281551.37....................pplied as earned fees. IZO,19.2

Balance carried over to July I , 19x4:................rust funds. $7,038.91Unfinished brrJnessl July I,

1897. to June 30, 1914, 17....................ears. I, 193.11 8,332. 1 2, ' ,:. ---- '28, 551.37. . Total fees eumed and paid into the Treasury during the. . . . . . . . . .7 yearsfrom July I, 1897, to June 30, 1914. 1,424,866.55

................otal unfinished business for 17 ye-.. I, 293.11


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, Register of CopyrightsR W S F OR FECAL Y8AR

Fees for registrations, including certificates.............................t $I each. $11~~~78.00Fees for registrationsof photographs without............ertificates, at 50 cents each. 4322.50Fees for registration of renewals, a t 50 centseach. ................................... 615.50.............otal fees for registrations recorded. $I18,2 16. oo

Fees for certified copies of record, at 50cents each. ............................ 507- SO............ees for recording assignments. I,060. 00Searches made and charged for at the rate of50 cents for each hour of time consumed. . zoo.oo. . . . . . . . . .otices of user recorded (Music) 128.75.......ndexing t ransfers of proprietorship. 107.00

2,oos. 2s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .otal fees for fiscal yew 1913-14.. r20,2:9. 25--NTRISSNumber of registrations. ............................. 121,923 En&kNumber of renewals recorded. ......................... 1,a31Total number of enGies recorded. ............... 123,154..................umber of certified copies of record. 1,015Number of assignments recorded or wpied. ........, ... 738

The greater par t of t he business of the Copyright Office is cm r- ~r -done by correspondence. The to ta l letters and p a dreceived during the fiscal year numbered 143,853, while theletters, certificates, parcels, etc., dispatched numbered15I ,731. Letters received transmitting remittances num-bered 45,701, including money orders to the number of29,485. During the last 17 fiscal years the money ordersreceived numbered 439,065.

(a)CurreatworkAt this dat e (July 6, 1914) t he remittances received u p r ~ ~ ~ ~ f -

to the third mail of the day have been recorded. Theaccount books of th e bookkeeping division a* written upand posted to June 30, and the accounts rendered to theTreasury Department are settled up to and including themonth of June, while earned fees to June 30, inclusive,have been paid into the Treasury.


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154 Report of the Librariczs of Cong*essAll copyright applications teceived up to and including

June 30 have been passed upon and refunds made. Theunfinished business amounted on June 30, 1914, to $1,293.21.Of this sum, however, more than.$~,ooo represented busi-ness for the fiscal year, held awaiting answers to lettersfrom the Copyright Office in regard to informalities, etc.,and less $300 represented the total unfinished business forthe previous 17 years from July I, I 897.

At the close of business on July 6, 1914, of the worksdeposited for copyright registration up to and includingJune 30 all had been recorded. There remained to beindexed: Class A, Books, 778; Class E, Music, 1,6qq;Class GI Fine Arts, 124; Class K, Prints, I I 2.

(6) Deposits received Hior to J d y I, 1897Dcpon'Irpiorto During the fiscal year 1913-14 about 4,200 articles received

J prior to July I , 1897, were handled in the work of creditingsuch matter to the proper entries. Of these articles 1,985pieces (including 1,287 pamphlets and leaflets, 624 periodi-cal contributions, and 74 miscellaneous articles) were cred-ited to their respective entries and properly filed. Depositsto the number of 2,284 pieces (pa'mphlets, leaflets, andperiodical contributions), previously 1Gd aside, have beenarranged in order to facilitate the process of locatingentries. In addition, about 19,600 printed titles filed priorto July 8, 1870, have been arranged by classes (Books,Music, Prints, Labels, etc.), to facilitate examination.The examination of this old material becomes proportion-ately slow and i ts identification more difficult as the remain-ing material presents fewer clues under which search canbe made for possible entries. Meantime the pressure ofthe current copyright business has been so great as tooblige the transfer, from time to time, of the clerks fromthe old unfinished material to the current work.COPYRIGHT LBGISLATION AND INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT

RELATIONSCob i g u ~cp*. My last year's report contained a full and detailed state-

hlia, ment of proposed amendments of the copyright act ofMarch 4, 1909, including all bills proposed during the fiscalyear. An important amendment of the copyright law was


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Register of Copyrights IS5enacted during this fiscal year, becoming law on March 28, A" of M ~ ~ '

d . 19x41914. By this amendment only one copy in lieu of two isrequired to be deposited in the case of any work which hasbeen published in a foreign country by an author who is acitizen or subject of a foreign state or nation. This amend-ment was suggested by the Copyright Office,and a bill wasintroduced in the House of Representatives by Mr. Oldfieldon December 5, 1 9 1 ~H. R. 9897,63d Cong., 2d sess.) I andreferred to the House Committee on Patents. The com-mittee favorably reported the bill on January 15, 1914,' andori February 2 it passed the House. On February 3 i t wasreceived by the Senate; on February 4 it was read and re-ferred to the Senate Committee on Patents. On March 24,1914, the Senate passed the House ac t without amendment,and on March 28, 1914, i t received the President's approval.'The text of this amenda tory act is printed on page 179 ofthis report.

On March 20, 1914, the Hon. Philip P. Campbell, of Bd lH.R .x*Kansas, reintroduced his bill4 providing for the suspensionof protection when any patent or copyright was owned, used,or leased by any trus t or monopoly. This is the same bill,with minor changes, which was introduced by Mr. Campbellon July 23, 1909 (H. R. I 1796 of 61st Cong., 1 st sess.), th etext of which was printed in th e Report of the Register ofCopyrights for ~gog-1910.

o n April 2, 1914, Mr. Willis introduced a bill6 t o amend sc~~F15Pnsection 5 (d) of the act of March 4, 1 9 9 , which specifies

1913 (December 3). A bill to amend d o n a of t he a d entitled "An act to am e dand consolidate the act s xespecting copyright." approved M a d 4. I- Presented byMr. Oldfield. H. . bill No. 9897. Printed. a pp. 4*. { R d d o the C d t t eon Patents.]

* 1914 (January IS). Acts respecting copyrights. Mr. Oldfield. from the Committcron Patents . ~b m it te dhe following repo rt (to aecompmy H. R. 9897). 63d ongfen.ad lessia. H. R. Report No. 166. Printed. 3 pp. 8..' 9x4 (March 18). An act to amend& a of t he act cntitkd "An act to pmQd

and consolidate the a cts respecting copyright." approved March 4. I-. (Public. No.78.) (H. . 9897.) Printed. t p. 8

4 1914 (March lo ) . A bill suspending the patent and copyright laws d he UnittdStates when a patent or copyright or any article or pro dud protected by patent orcopy-right is wholly owned, used, or leased by any trust or monopoly in violation of the'-of July a. rho, ntitled "An act to protect tradean d cumme&against unlawful ~s tr pl nt *and monopolies. and all acts amendatory thereto." Presented by Mr.Campbell. H. .bill No. 14865. Printed. 3 pp. 4.. [Referred to the Committee on Patents.]

6 19x4 (April a). A bill to amend section s of an act entitled "An act to amsld mdconsolidate the acts respecting copyright." approved March 4. I-. os amended by anact appmved August a4.191a. P r ~ e n t e dyMr. Willi. H. R. bill No. t s a r . Printed.

b p . 4'. [Referred t o the Committee on Patmts.1


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156 Report of the Librarian of Cong*ess"dramatic or dramatico-musical compositions" as subjectmatter of copyright, by adding the words "including thebrief synopsis, sketch, or scenario, or the descriptions of thecharacters and actions to be depicted by motion-picturephotoplays." The text is printed on'pages 179-180 of thisreport.

BillH.R.l*t@- On May 2, 1914, Mr. Levy introduced a bill * to amendTnmk t im, .dcopyn'P~. section 23 of the act of March 4, 1909, to provide by expressstatement that a t the end of the term of copyright no rights

shall exist in the copyright work or its title, and that nosuit shall thereafter be maintained to establish such rights.The text is printed on page 180 of this report. No finalaction has been taken on these three bills.

P O W - P ~ ~ ~ ~ C Early in the third session of the Sixty-second Congress, onEzpo+m December 19, 1912, President Taft's message to Congresscontained a paragraph concerning the importation of.articles for the Panama-Pacific Exposition, reading as fol-lows: "I recommend also such legislation as will facilitatethe entry'of material intended for exhibition and protectforeign exhibitors against infringement of patents and theunauthorize'd copying of patterns and designs."

On June 2, 1613, 8 bill was introduced i n the Senate byMr. Perkins,' and in the House on June 3, 1913, by Mr.Kahn,' to provide for the free importation of articles in-tended for the Panama-Pacific exposition and for the pro- .tection of foreign exhibitors. On August I , the Senate billwas reported and on the following day it was passed by theSenate without amendment. This Senate act was referredto the House Committee on Ways and.Means on August 5,1913. On Auaust 2 2 an amended substitute bill was intro-

I 1914 May a). A bill to amend section 23d the act entitled "An act to amendm dconsolidate the acts respecting copyright" approved March 4, I-. Presented by Mr.Levy. H. R bid No. 16138. Printed. s pp. 4 [Refemd to the Committee onPatents and ordered to be printed.]' 91s June ). A bill providing for the free mportationd articles intended for fordgn

buildings and exhibits at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. and for theprotectionol foreign exhibitors. Presented by Mr. Perkina. S. bill No. -3. Printed.4 pp. 4'. [Referredto theCommittceon Finuncr]

1913 (June3). A bill providing for the free importation of artidea intended lor lo&buildin- and exhibits at the Panama-Pacibc International Exposition, and for theprotectionof bmpexhibitors. Presented by Mr. Knhn. H.R. bill No. *. Printed.4w. 4'. [Rd emd to the Committeeon Wa n andMc~ lu . 1


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Register of Copyriglets 157duced in the House of Represeatatives by Mr. Kahn,' sec-tion 2 of which provides for the establishment of a branchoffice under th e direction of the Register of Copyrights andthe Commissioner of Patents a t the Panama-Pacific Inter-national Exposition a t San Francisco not later than July I ,1914, and to be maintained until the dose of the exposition.The branch office was authorized t o issue certificates of copy-right, trade-mark, and patent proprietorship in the articlesimported and exhibited. This bill was reported on Septem-ber 2 , 1913 was passed by t he House on September 9, bythe Senate on September I I , and on September 18, 1913,it received the President's approval." The text of this actis printed on pages 177-178 of this report.

Several bills4 were introduced to amend this act of bp-tember I 8, 1913, and several hearings took place before theHouse Committee on Pa tents , beginning December 17, 1913;but no fur ther action has been taken on any of these amenda-tory bills. The sundry civil appropriation bill contains anappropriation of $30,om for the fiscal year 1914-1915, tocarry out the provisions of section 2 of the act, $15,ooo tobe expended under the direction of the Secretary of the- -

1 1913 (August as) . A bill providing for the free impbrtntionol artidea intmded forforeign buildings and exhibits at the Panama-Pacific Internati onal Exposition. nnd forthe protection of foreign exhibitors. Presented by Mr. Kahn. X.R. bill No. rm5.Printed. 5 pp. 4 [Referred o th e Committee on Ways and Mennr.1'1913 (Septemher 2 ) . Free importation of articles on exhibition at th e Panama-Pacific Internati onal Exposition. Mr. Underwood, from the Committee on Ways md

Means, submit ted the following report (to ac-mmpanyH.R 7595). 63d ConOrrq rcrt'session. H. R. report No. 65. Printed. 4 pp. 8..1 1913 (September 18). An act pmv id ii for the fm importation of articles intmdedfor foreign buildings and exhibits a t t he Panama-Pacific Internatio nal Exposition.dfor the protection of foreign exhibiton. ( P u b k No. 14.) (H. . rsg5.) Printed.

Im. 8..1913 December I). A bill to amend th e act approved September 18. 1913,& t hto th e free importation of articles to be exhibited a t the Panama-Pacific Exposition.

Presented hy Mr. Kennedy of Connecticut. H. R. bid No. 96m. Printed. I p. 4b.[Referred to thecom mittee on Ways andMe ~ns.11913 December XI). A bill to amend an act approved September 18, rpq, m t i W"An act providing for the free importation of articles intended for foreign building3 endexhibits at the Panama-PadficlnternatimdExposition, and for he protection of lo&exhibitors." Presented by Mr. Bulk Iw. H. R. bill No. 10310. Printed, 7 pp. 4*.[Referred to th e Committee on Patmts.]I913 (December 16). A bill to give elTed to the provisions protecting copyright m ddesigns of the act entitled "An act providing for the free mportation of a h l e a ntendedfor foreign buildings and exhibits at the Pa nama-Paa fic Internationa l Expodtioo end

for the protection of foreign exhibitors." approved September 18. 1913. Presented byMr. Oldfield. H. R. bill No. 10787. Printed. 5 pp. 4 [Ref emd to the Committecon Paten4.1 '730-15--3


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' 158 Report of the Librarian of CongressInterior, and $15,ooo o be expended under the direction ofthe Librarian of Congress.

cmmr"i# Three bills have be& introduced during the year to estab-MtM #ihu#~lish a federal motion picture censorship commission, eachof which provides that "no copyright-shall be issued forany film which has not previously received the certificateand seal of this commission."' No final action has taken])lace.

COPYRIGHT I N ARTISTIC DESIGNS

In my last year's report I explained a t length the lack ofprotection for artist ic designs for articles of manufacture,and suggested an amendment of the copyright law of t heUnited States to secure adequate protection for ornamentaldesigns for articles of manufacture; to provide suitable rerne-dies in case of infringement, and to prescribe a sufficient bu treasonably economical registration in hehalf of the authorsof such designs and the manufacturers of such articles.The year has brought to the Copyright Office considerableadditional evidence of the widespread need felt for suchlegislation, and the belief th at some action by Congress toafford relief is reasonably demanded.

INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT RELATIONSPrOhlbBw- NO presidential proclamations in relation to copyrightli r amvedou were issued during the year. A Protocol to the Berlin In-

ternational Copyright Convention was signed at Bcme,Switzerland, on March 20, 19x4, pon the part of d hecountries of the In ternational Copyright Union. This im-portant modification of the text of the international con-vention was proposed by Great Britain, and its adoption

1 1914 (March 18). A bill to establish an official notional censorship of motion picturnin interstate and foreign commerce and in th e District of Columbia and the TemtorLaand all other places under national jurisdiction. Presented by Mr. Smith of Georgia.S. bill No. 4941 Printed. 5 pp. 4 [Referred to the Committee on Education sadLabor.]

1914 March q). A bill to create a new division ol the Bureau of Educaticm, to beknown as th e Federal Motion Picture Commission, and defining its powera and duties.Presented by Mr. Hughes of Georgia. H. R..b ill No. 14805. Printed. 4 pp. 4'.[Refemd to the Committee on E du ca b. ]1914 March 91). A bill to create a new division of the Bureau of Edumtion, to be b u un

as the Federal Motion Picture Commission. and defininp its powers and dutia. Re-sented by Mr. Hughes of Georgia. H. R. bill No. 1 6 5 . Printed. 6 pp. 4*. . Rdemdto the Committee on Ed uc at h. ]


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Register of Copyrights 159may lead to a discussion of the present unsatisfactory copy-right relations between the United States and Great Britainand Canada. The text of the protocol with an Englishtranslation is printed on pages 181-182.

Respectfully submitted THORVALDOLBERGRegister of CopyrightsHERBERTUTNAMLibrarian of Congress

EXHIBIT-.Statement of gross receipts, rejut&, net receipts, and cosap pf ik f or-fiscal year ending June 30, 2914

1915Ju ly . ................................ SB,oog.ogAugust. ............................. p,a8s.bsSeptember........................... Il,o+.SS

..............................ctoba Io,x$r.o~November........................... 8, s1a.s~Dcccmk.. ......................... I l ,b~+ o

1914J m l u r v . ............................ 14,041.3s. U + ~ IPeb ... ......................... 9,349.35 1s6.qMU&. .............................. 10,6rs. s~ 173.17

...............................pril. p,6a1.01 1pr.s8May.. ............................... 9,675. ng . 89.50June............................... 9,7;8.6p 176.39Total..........................Balancebmught forward fmm June 50. 191s.............................. I,- sNet receiptsJu l y I . 1915. to Junew. 1 9 ~ .

..........................................mssreceim.. S1aa,6sapLess amount relundcd................................... r . ~ p y 0 zao,a41.8

Total to be a-unted for.. ........................................ I . ~ , s ~ I .7Q h h t fees applied July I , 1915,toJ u n e ~ o , 9 1 4......... xw,rlp rsBalance carriedforward to Ju ly 1.1914:Tmst funda.. ............................................ t,o@ 91Unlinished busins...................................... I , rrlr4ss1-37

NOYR.-The usual annual summary of copyright decisions isomitted, but will be printed as a CopyrightOffice bull&in.


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Num- Num- ITotal

Inte

1913.July. . ......A u w t ....October.....

1914-. .

. . . .April.. .....May. . ......June........

5% Fees,Month of at o- entsord eachN*tieoluser" ' 1 ~musrc

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I61 Report of the Librariam of CongrasEXHIBIT-C o# j* igh t business (monthly cm+ari.son). A n n u a l reportfor the fiscal year fro m J ul y I , 1913, to June p,1914COMPARATIVE MONTHLY STATEMENT OF GROSS CASH RECEIPTS.

EXECUTED BUSINESS. NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS. DAILY AVER-AGES. E X

Month

1 9 v I

I Business executed

J* .................................Augcut.. ............................September...........................Octokr. ., ..........................November...........................Deamba. ..........................

r 9 u...............................uly.. $8, *I. 4August.............................. 8, w . 4 5September.......................... 8,b.t. soOctober............................. 11, B7 . bNovember.. ........................ 9 , 1 4 5 5December........................... p,gsa 05

$8,oopcq9,285. .65

rr,om. 3s10, rst.058, sn .3 1

at, 634foa x 4

JMUW.. .....................................................ebwry. .March. ..............................A d ................................................................ay

19x4J a m l n ............................ 4 6 4 .Febwry............................ 9,175.85March................................ 5 9 1 .4April................................ 416 03?day................................. 10,431. 50June.. ...............................

Total.. ........................

I , m . 0 1............1,a t 6 at............

s o 8

~ ~ 0 4 1 . 3 19 , ~ 4 p 3 3

10,b.s. 5sg,br1.019,675.-

i........... ' 544014,691. gg 40649............ 408 68I,-% 3-04............ 38f.01...............................-. I 9,7aa@ .............40 374.11


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Register of Cop-MkLsEXHIBIT -Copyright business (mo nthly compariso n). Annual reporf

for thejiscal year from Ju iy I , 19x3, to June 30, 1 9 1 e n t i n u e dCOMPARATIVE MONTHLY STATBMENT OF GROSS CASH RXEIPTS.

' EXECUTED BUSINESS. NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS. DAILY AVER-AGES, ETC.-Continued

I Number of registrations - - -Yonth Daily1913 I I

................................. i375 I............. 1,450 3*r

EXHIBIT-Statemen t of gross cash receipts, business emcuted, nutnber ofregistrations, efc ., for 17 fiual years, 1897-98, 1898-g9. 18gp1poo.I900 -I90IP 1901-2, I90*3, 1903-4, 1904-5, 1905-6, 190 67 , 1907-8,

. 1 p 8 - p ~ pg -10 , 9x0-X I, 1911-12, xgrz-13, and r g r y r q

AU&USt. .............................S e t . .......................October.. ...........................November.. .........................D-ber. ..........................

1914J P I I U . ~ . ............................ 1 1 ~ 6 ~ 7 a.41. I. ........... 4'37I * - I . . . ................... 9,493 ............ &I64 413YIVEh.. .... .'..................... IO,@I 928 401...........

GROSS RECEIPTS

AM.. .............................. IO,~W 1 5s8 ............Yay. . ............................... ............ 3sSJrme.. .............................. ............

Total.......................... ....................................

July. .......AuSust. . . . .September..October. .. .November..December..Janunw.. ..Februaty...March......April. ......May. .......June..... : .

Total.

421 . ,s,14a 4,1899,- ............10,4s 4 s

4aa4=3403

............

............

............3,742

33564'37391

............ 394


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"54 Repmt of the Librarian of CongressEXHIBIT-Statement of gross cask receipts, business executed, numher

of registrations, etc.,for 17fiscalfiscalyears, eic.-ContinuedGROSS RECEIPTS--Continued

Math 1 1903-4 1 1904-5 1 1905-6 1 1906-7 1 1907-8 1July.. ..... IAugust. ....September..October.. ..November..December..January. .. .February. ..March.. ....April. ......May. .......June.. ......

$5, s4a30Sr 7W 706 , 8**3~6 , m s s6 , o f i sp77695.. 4787946.606, om. 617,311.906,806.666, 531.w6; 191. r p

...................ulu.. &, z u . 05Auswt ................. 8,451.&September. ............. 9~032.45October. ................ 9,635.19November............... 9,166.19December............... r 1,m.01January................. 11,1gBoaFebnury............... 8,4- paMarch.. ................. 9,912.31April.. .................. 9,185. 51May..................... 8,410-45June.. .................. 9,471.95

Total.............. 113,661.0I


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Register of Copyrights 165EXHIBIT -Statement of gross cash receipts, business execuled, numberof regwtrations, etc.,f or 17fiscal years, eft.-Continued

BUSINESS EXECUTED--- --- - . . -I I I I I I. Month I 1 18- I 1&9-1900 1 1poo-1901 1 1901- I 190-July. ............ugust

September..October.....November..December.Jonunru....February.. .Much......April. ......May.. ......June.. .....'

........... --uly. ...ctober..

Jmunru.. ............pril..

........ayJune. ......

July. ...................Aumst .................Septrmba. .............Oaoba.................Novrmba. ............:Decanter. ..............January................February...............March. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .April. ..................Yay. . ..................June. ....................

r

. . . . . . . . . . .otal. 1 114,980.60 1 120.119. 15


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Exme~r -Shfement of gross cash receipis, bw in es s executed, numb erof registrations, elc ., for 17$scal years, ek.--ContinuedNUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS

Math -July. ............upurtSeptember..October.. ..Norember..Dccrmber..January....February...March......April. ......May. .......Jtme........

July........August . . . . .September..odoba....November..December..January....March....:.A d . .....Yay. .............une..

Totnl.

July.....................A u m . ................September..............October..............................ovember.December. .............January.. ..............February. ................................arch.April.. ..................May.....................JtmC...................


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Register of Copyr@IttsEXHIBIT-Statement of gross cash r e i p t s , b u s i n e s s execubd, number

of registrations, etc.,for r g f i ~ lears, etc.-ContinuedCOMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF GROSS RECEIPTS, YEARLY FEES. AND

NUMBER OF REGISTRATIONS

Year

Yar 1 ~ a d yeea ] ~ncrew ] ~ e c -....................................ag -. k s , a 6 . s o18- ..................................... 5 E , a 6 7 . 0..................................W r g c o . . 6 5 , d w

I-rpor.. .................................. 63,687. a19ol-a. ..................................... 64,687.-I-. ..................................... 68,874.50

..................................... 7a,6a9. w.......... ..........................-3 . : 7 8 , 0 9 . -1 9 0 5 6 . . .................................... & , l ~ . o uI-. .....................................x p o t d .......................................1 ......................................1909-10.. ...................................1910-11 .....................................19x1- la. . ...................................191s-13. ....................................1913-14 .....................................

TOW................................

4,487.- I. . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... a,a97.50

1,439.SS 1..............w , 8 a 8 . r o I ..............

& . 6 8 s . m82 ,387 . s o81,816.7s

104,644.951C9~913.95116 ,68s .os114,@0.60ISO,#X9.S5

1,4a4,866.ss

5 , a b p . w6 ,771 .10

..............5, a38. 65

............................I , p C 4 S

..............


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I68 Repod of the Librarian of CongressEX H IB IT -Statement of gross ccrth r ec ei pl t, b w i n es s e m l e d , n um be rof registrotwns, etc., for rtf is ca l years, e&.--ContinuedCOMPARATIVE STATEMENT O F GROSS RECEIPTS. YE AR LY FEES. AND

NU hiBER O F R E G I S T R A T I O N ~ t i a u e d-. . -- . -- . ..- --

Year

T U I . .............................. .I 1.8w.381 I.. ........... /.............EX HI BI T -Table of reg ist ra tions m d e dur ing f ica l years 1191-2,

rp z- 3, 190 34, zpq -5, 1905-6, 19 06 7, 1907-8, 1908-9, 1m+zo*1910-11, zgzz-12, ~912-13, an d z9zj-14, a rra n pd by c ~ s ~

CLss A. Book#:( a ) Books (~01s.) nd pamphlets.. .......(6) Booklets. leaflets. circulan. cards.. ..(c) Newspaper and magazine artide a. .. .

.-

Totpl ..............................Class B. Periodicals (numbers) . .............Class C. M~lsical ompositions. ..............Class D. Dramatic compositks. ............

..................lass E.Maps and chnrts..Class F.Engravings, cuts. and prints.. ......C l w G. Chromos and lit homp hs. ..........Class H. Photographs. ......................Clpss I. Finearts: Paintings. drawingl. rnd

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .rand totnl.. I 92.978 1 97.9" 1- 1 I "3.374- - -- -- . - -


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Register of Co+yrighisExm~rrF-Table of regisfratwiu made during $~ml ?ears 1 p 2 - 2 .

1902-3, 1 p 3 4 , 1904- j, 19054, I&, 1907-8, x H- 9 , X W I O S19x0-XI, X ~ X I - I ~ , I ~ X ~ - I ~ ,nd 1 9 1 3 x 4 . arranged by classes-Continued

-.19-

.

.........................................32,53321, 19526,3062,9371,949

11,4742,899'14fb*4.074

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . I 1d . . .r d - 7.--.I16,6515,1959,033

30,879

Claw A. B&(a) B d s vols.) and pamphlets.. ..........b) Booklets, leaflets.circulnn. cards....c) Newspaper and w a z i n e articles.

.......................otal ... .....

..........................m d o ta l. ...-- . .

IQO+

....................--O , I Q I

15,sw4,5679 r

1p,16122,409d ,4 2 7

2,38a2, 15010,863

a, 73416,7043.882

.............lass B. Periodicals (numbers). .............lass C. Musical compositions.. ............lass D. Dramatic compositions....................lass E.Maps and charts.. ......lass F. Engmvings. cuts. and mints.............lprs G. Chmmos and lithographs.....................lass H. Photographs..Class I. Fine arts: Paintings, drawing.. and

SCU~P~UIC.. ......................I=,ISIr17,rw ra3,8tp

13,16316,435r, 8791,671

10,9463,471

17,tbp~ ~ 6 ~ 8

1 1 9 , ~- . .-Clou A. Books (i nc lu dk pamphlets, kl-

lets. and cuntributions to period-i d ) : ......a) Printed in the United Statar..

q ,o 7 8~ 1 1 4 o r

a, I1.57812,350

2,73315,8563,860

(c) English bwks registered for ad in- I................ 'erim copyright.. 274 423 451 419 440..........................otd.. 24,740 26,970 29, a86

Class B. Periodicals(numben). ............. 1,608 23,393 . at ,s lb......lass C. Lectures. serm ons. add-. 117 lor 106Class D. Dramatic or dramatico-muaka1

compositions..................... 3,911 : 5,415 . 3,767Clam E. Musical compositions.. ............ 24,345 . 25, 52s . 16, 777Clprs P.M a p .............................. 2,622 2,318 alr58ClassG . Worksd art; modds or daim s. .. . 4,385 3,355 3,224C l w H. Reproductions of worksd mr t . . .... 751 . at. 47C b . Drawingsor p k t ic worksdaacim-

tific or technioal charpct+r.. ...... 317 232 sooC h . Photomphs....................... 13,348 14, 46 9 13,498Class K. Prin ts and pictorial illustmtions.. . 11,pr5 14,269 17,639C l w L. Motion-picture photoph ys.. ...............................ClassM.Motion pictures not photoplays. ...........................Renew&. .................................. 1 , 0 7 91.9 1,349

1910-11

24,8401,707 .

1-10

as, 1x5(b) Printed abroad in aforeign lanpua~e. 1,351

1913-14.

2% 591

I9II-I2

16,540

1 9 1 r U

16,7842 . w 2,369 a,&


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170 Report of the Librarian of CongrcssEXHIBITTable of ar f iC IL~Wosifed duTin.9 12 fiscal years, 1 8 ~ 9 8 ,

1898-99, I ~ W I ~ ~ O ,V I p O I , 1901-2. 3902-3. 1903-4, I9Q4-5~1905d, 1ga/ -8 ,1@-9 '

..........................randtotal.. I 1 7 7 ~ ~ 1 9 184,799 1 1 811,13@-- ---1 For continuntion. I~OSI1914 seeWETS17rr73.

I. BooLr(a) Boolrsprow...................... 55 7s 5,834 6,s- 77-7-I-

...(c) Newspaper and magazine articles.. 3,rbz s,r& 8,851 9,010 1,577

a. D x n m * t i c ~ ~ o s i h . ,................ 1 so7 L 634 1 815................... Periodicals(numbem). 13,716 9,7 71 14,147 17, PZ 1 9 ~ 5 7 s.................... Musicalcompositionr............................ Maps and chnrts

6. Enrravings, cuts. and prints.............7. Chmmos and lithograph.. ................

............................... Photographsw. Miscellaneous (unclassilied articks). .....Two copiesof each article w m eceived..

9. Photoeraphs with titlea d works d .rtfor identification, o n e c o ~ a c h . . .....

Grand-. .........................-- - - - - - --- - -- -I. Books:

(a) Booksprow......................( b ) Volumes, circu lm. lenfletr, ctc. . . .(c) Newspaper and magazine prticka..

1. Dramatic comwsitiom... ...................................... Periodicals (numbers). .................... Musical compositimr........................... Maps and chats..

6. Entravings. cuts, a& prints.. ............7. Chromos and Ii thopn dY..................

9 1s , t s s7 . ~ 9 7&i~1,49819,&1

I,&I5,830r , d............................. Photographa.. 13, ~ p o 14,158

87,886 90946s.wo copies of each article were received.. 1 7 & ~ 7 3 l b .9 3 0

9 Photographs with titles d worksofut oridentification, onecopy each.. .......... 3,-

11,9673,0847 ,B 31,098

321, w 3I ,S , P J ~8,167

1 3 , 9 ~ 4 .ro1.719l o 3 , u 8

3 . W

- 16, SIO1 i u ~ L 1

A~07,641

3,496

------1 3 .~ 8 92,9109,081I , P ~

8 3 . ~ 7%,,&

1,817lo,&2,-

1s~W.93,8017 . 8 ~ ~I,+

88,116s4,&1x,mB

1 0 .8 ~ 91,-


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Register of Copyriqhts 17 rE X I ~ ~ B I TG--Table o j articles &posiied during 12 .fiscal pars, 18s-98,1898-99, I ~ W I W , I W I 9 Q I , 1901-2, Igo+-3, 1903-4, 19065,1905-6, I-, 1907-8, and ~p%g-Continued

1. Books: I.....................a) Booksproper. aa ,wa(c) Newspaper and magazineart icles. . 8. lo^,, OhIUCS, CirCUh.I ,..... 3 1 15,363.................. Dramatic compositions.. I ,@ I,* a.................... Periodicals (num bas).

4. Musical compositions.....................5. Map andchrts. . ..................................... Engravings,cub,and prinb..

13, $5417,308

r , ~ pr r, a n

r 1 , ~ ? 861

rx, x q................ Chromos and lithograph................................. P h o t o g r a & ~w. Miscellaneous (unclassifieda r t i d ) .

*a,*=13,069

1,848lo, 37

.k o copiesof each article we e r d v e d . . s aa .4 6a ~ r ? . a b 1 11 ,6 90 a, r 1 5 , 4 aForeign books received under .ct of

Mar. 3. 1 ~ s . .......................... nb 1 . 4 6 1 , 5 1 7+ Photograph with titlesd worksd ft or

identification, onecoweach.. .......... 5,900 4 ,033 35r 94Grand total.. ......................... 197,047 arr,7rs *17,86 p. 1, rs.3,ole

a , s % 1 at&1 6 6 7 1 ~ 6 . 3 0 6...................................

- 1 d 9 5 1 3

999,536a 5 9 , u a

1 9 ~ ~ 8 686, -5

15,650

106,345

WVJ*I S , J ? J

3%1~ 057 ,734--


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1 2 Report of the Librarian of CongressE X I I I B I T C - T ~ ~ ~f articles &Posited during I-IO, I ~ I + I I , I ~ I I - 1 2 ,1912-13, and 191314, wilh lolal debosils i n each class jor rpf ica l ywrr,IS@, 1898-99, I ~ W I P , 1900-IW, 1901-2, IP-3 , 1903 4, IW-5,19054,&, 1 m - 8 , 1 @ - 9 , r p p r o , ~ ~ I O - I I , I ~ I I - Z Z ,~ I - 1 3 ,and 1913-14

19-14 1910-11-- . . . . . - -----I. Books:

(a) Printed in th e United St.*:Vol- ................................. 15,683 17,W7Pamphlets , leaflcta,ctc.. ................. =,#sContributionsdiept. ................................o newspa- 14;4,:/ ,i45,859 451171( b ) Printed abroad in a foreignlanwce. ........ 3,9m 5,181

English works registered lor ad interim copy-right. ......................................

3. Ireturrs. KI.monr. ctc..............................4. Dramatic or dramatic+musid compoaitioru.......6. Maps............................................. .I7. Worksof art; models or designs. ...................8. Reproductions of works of u t . .....................9. Drawings or plastic worksd a scientidc or tcc lmkd

chPncLcr.........................................ID. P h ~ t o g ~ ~ h r . .......................................................1. ~ r i n t snd&ctorial i l l us tr ah . .

TOW. ..........................................

ID.49 16550,3354 r w5,5654*


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Register df Copyright.iEXHIBIT-Tabk of articles deposited duriorg ~pop-ro,~pro-rr,911-ra,

IpI+I3, and rpryrq-Continwd

I.(a) Printed in theunited StntQ:

V01- ................................ 1919S1.................amphlets, l d c t r . ctc..Contributions to newspopen and mi-odic&. ................................

47.961( b ) Printed abroad in a forden l aa~u~ge ........ 4,731Enplish works registered for ad interia~ ornright. ......................................

s,s. PcriodiclrL.......................................... 46,070............................. Lectures. e r m o ~ .tc..

.....

g. Drawings or plpstic works ofa Peu t Kc or tCEhtljLIf

4. Drama ti co r dramati-musical c o m ~ h . . 4,616.............................................. Musical com positb s.6. M a p . . 3,980

7. Works of art ; models or d&. ................... 2,8618. Reproductions of worksd aft.. ..................... 16

..................................... Chromos and lithopmphr..c h a w . ......................................... r'

10. Photograptu.. ....................................: 13, 34xr. Printsand pietorial illustrp tku.. ................. 11.6q.......................S. Motion-picture I, 1-................3. Motion'pictm not ph~toplay8.. ..; 160........................4. Miace llanmw (unclassified artidem).. ............j. Foreign boolu received under act of Mu. J, r-.


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Addenda to the Report of the Regiater of Copyrights, 1913- 4CONTENTS

I. Copyright legislation, fiscal year 1913-14:Act approved September 18, 913: anama-Pacific Interne-tional Exposition, pages 177-178.

Act approved March 28, 1914: eposit of one copy only ofworks by foreign authors, published abroad, page 179.Bills introduced :

H.R. 15321,ntroduced April a, 1914, y Hon. Frank B.Willis, pages 179-180.H.R. 16238, ntroduced May a, 1914, y Hon. Jeffersm M.Levy, page 180.

11. Protocol t o th c International Copyright Cnnvention, Berlin, No-vember 13,&. dated Marc11 20, 1914,B:\I:CE18s-182.


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Addendum 1

[Sixty-third Congress, first session, Publir-No. 14, pproved September 18. 19x3.(H. . 159595).1

PANAMA-PACIPIC MT BR NA fl ON U EXPOSITION.A N ACT Providing for the free importation of articles intended for forrim building. Ad =fi@&and exhibits at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. and for the protectionsefitenb.r

of foreign exhibitan. 1013. Be i t enacted by the Senak and Hotwe of Repracen fativu of the U n ib d A r f i c 1 . a m-States of America in Congress assembled, That all articles that shall bemufrwOfd*

imported from foreign countries for the purpose of exhibit ion, andarticles and material imported solely for use in constructing, installing,and maintaining foreign buildings and exhibits at the Panama-PacificInternational Exposition upon which there shall be a tar in or customsduty shall be admitted free of the payment of duty , customs fees, or .charges, under such regulations as the Secfetary of the Treasury shallprescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during the expcsition tosell for delivery at the discretion of the exposition company any good8or propgrty imported for and actually on exhibition in the expositionbuildings or grounds, subject to such regulations far the security of therevenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of theTreasury may prescribe: Provided, That all such articles when sold or Ariicbr sub*withdrawn for consumption of use in the United States shall be sub-" im*tduthifject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue rddlaws in force at the date of withdrawal; and on such articles as shallhave sutlered diminution or deterioration from incidental handling andnecessary exposure the duty, if paid, shall be zseessed according tuthe appraised value at the time of withdrawal for consumptionor use,and the penalties prescribed by law shall be enforced against any peramguilty of illegal sale, use, or withdrawal.SE. a . That the Librar ian of Congress and the Commissioner of B r a n e h o z 7 b / aPatents are hereby authorized and directed to establi l a branch office regisrrdion Meunder the direction of t he Register of Copyrights and the Commissioner;: Odof Patents a t the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, in suitablequarters, to be furnished free of charge by the Panama-Pacific Inter-national Exposition Gmpany, said office to he established not laterrhan July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, and maintained untilthe close of said exposition: and th e proprietor of any certificate ofregistration, copyright, trade-mark, or patent :d by any foreignGoveinment protecting any pattern, model, design, copyright, trade-mark, or manufactured article imported for exhibition and exhibitedat said Panama-Pacific International Exposition may, upon presenta-


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178 Report of the Liharian of Congresstion of satisfactory proof of such proprietorship, obta in without chargea certificate from said branch office, which shall be legal evidence of

C8 rtifi c a l r ofsuch proprietorship; and said branch office shall keep a register of allr eaha tk certificates of registration, trade-mark, or patent , and a register of a llcertificatesof copyright issued, which shall beopen to public inspection.Trmdu rec- At the close of said Panama-Pacific International Exposition t heords to Washimp-

lor register of czrtificates of registration, trade-mark, o r patent shall bedeposited in the United State s Patent Office at Washington, Districtof Columbia, and the register of certificates of copyright shall bedeposited in the Copyright Office of th e Library of Congress a t Wash-ington, District of Columbia.Inf :hm l of SBC.3. That it shall be unlawful for any person without authorityof the proprietor thereof to w p j , imitate, reproduce, or republish anypattern, model, design, trade-mark, copyright, or manufacturedarticle protected by the laws of a ny foreign country by registration,copyright, patent, or otherwise, which shall be imported for exhibitionat the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, and there exhibited;and any person who shall infringe the rights protected under this Actshall be liable-Injunctimt (a) To an injunction restraining such infringement;Damaws (b) To pay to the proprietor such damages as the proprietor mayhave suffered due to the infringement, as well as all the profits whichthe iafringer may have made from such infringement, and in proving

P rA~ profits the plaintiff shall be required to prove salesonly and the defend-ant shall be required to prove every element of ws t which he claims,or in lieu of actual damages and profits such damages as to the wurtshall appear to be just;

D e l i w h U (c) To deliver up on oath, to be impounded during the pendency:*f*h* rt Cof the act ion, upon such terms and conditions as the court may pm-Ju scribe, all articles alleged to infringe the rights herein protected;D*mucrk of (d) To deliver up on oath for destruction all the infringing articles,i*ba* a r l i - aswell as all means and devices for making such infringing articles.&s. 8k.Pcnol,,,forruilG SEC. . That any person who willfully and for profit shall infringe~i,,f,h-~# any right protected under this Act, or who shall knowingly and will-fully aid or abet such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-

demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprison-ment for not exceeding one year or by a fine of not less than $loonor more than $1,000,r both, in the discretion of the wur t.

Su. s-v. w- SBC.5. That sections twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven, thirty-@ ju- our, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine,risdidk in co#rriakt rrilr and forty of the copyright Act approved March fourth, nineteen hun-dred and nine, are hereby made applicable to civil actions authorized

to be brought under the provisions of this Act.h a k o f p r u SIC. 6. Tha t the rights protected under t he provisions of th is Act- M i a n shall begin on the date of the arrival of the pattern, model, design, wpy-righted article, trade-mark, or manufactured article so imported forexhib ition within the grounds of the Panama-Pacific Internat ionalExposition a t San Francisco, and shall continue for a period of threeyears from the date of the closing of said exposition.

Approved, September 18,1913.


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[Sity-thirdCo-, second seaion. Pubti-No. 78, appmved March 28. 1914. (H..*?).IAN ACT To amend section twelve d the Act entitled "An Act to amend and corrrol A,-Jidate the Acts rescecting copyright." approved bfarch fourth. nineteen hundred and ~~~~h &, rQIC

nine.Re i t enacted by the S e m k and House of Refiresentativer of the Uni tedstale^ of America in Congress assembled, That section twelve of th e Act

entitled "An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respecting copy-right," approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, be, andthe same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:"SEC.1. That after copyright has been secured by publication of W o r b k f o r -the work with the notice of copyright as provided in section nine of abroad d r p o d 4this Act, there shall be promptly deposited in the copyright ofice or o,lu,n the mail addressed to the register of copyrights, Washington, Dis- , idtric t of Columbia, two complete copies of the best edition thereof thm

published, or if the work is by an author who is a citizen or subjectof aforeign state or nation and has been published in a foreign country,one complete copy of the best edition then published in such foreigncountry, which copies or copy, if the work be a book or periodical,shall have been produced in accordance with the manufacturing pro-visions specified in section fifteen of &is Act; or if such work be acontribution to R periodical, for wfiich contribution special registrationis requested, one copy of the issue or issues containing such contribu-tion; or if the work is not reproduced in copies for sale there shall bedeposited th e copy, print, photograph, or other identifying reproduc-tion provided by section eleven of this Act, such copies or copy, print,photograph, or other reproduction to be accompanied in each caae bya claim of copyright. No action or proceeding shall be maintaiaed forinfringement of copyright in any work until the provisions of this Actwith respect to the deposit of copies and registration of such work shallhave been complied with."SEC. . That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisionsof th is Act are hereby repealed.Approved, March 28, 19x4. --[H. . I S ~ . n the House d Rcpfimbtivo. April a. 19rq.lMr. WILLIS introduced the following bill; which was r e f e d to theCommittee on Patents and ordered to be printed.A BILL Toamend Seaion five of on A& entitled "An A& to amend and conoolidatc H bin N&theActs respecting copyright," approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine. SPIasamended by an Act approved August twenty-fourth,nineteenhundred and twdve.Be it enacted by tk S en ate a d Howe of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America in Congress assembled, That section five of an Actentitled "An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respecting copy-right,'' approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, as amended

by an Act approved August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred andtwelve, be amended to read as follows:"SEC. 5. That the application for registration shall specify to whichof the following classes the work in which copyright is claimed belonged;"(a) Books, including composite and cyclopedic works, directories,gazetteers, and other compilations;


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180 Report of the Librarian of Congress" b) Periodicals, including newspapers;" c) Lectures, sermons, addresses (prepared for oral delivery);"(d) Dramatic or dramatico-musical compositions, including thebrief synopsis, sketch, or scenario, or the descriptions of the characten

and actions to be depicted b y motion-picture photoplays;" e) Musical compositions;"(f) Maps;" g) Works of ar t; models or designs for works of art;"(h) Reproductions of a work of art;" i) Drawings or plastic works of a scientific or technical character;"(j)Photographs;" k) Prints and pictorial illustrations;" 1) Motion-picture photoplays;" m) Motion pictures other than photoplays;"P ro -~i de d, evertheJess, That the above specifications shall not be

held to limit the subject matter of cop yrightas defined in section fourof th is Act, nor shall any error in classification invalidate'or impair thecopyright protection secured under this Act."

(H. . 16138. In the House of Reprrsartptiv~. May a. ipq.1Mr. LEVY ntroduced the following bill ; which was referred to the

Committee on Patents and ordered to be printed.Howe bill No. A BILL To amend section twenty-thre of the Act entitled "An Act to amend and16aH consolidatethe Acts respecting copyright." approved March fourth.nineteen hunbsd

and nine.Be it enacted by the Senate a d House o j RePrarentatives o j the U nited

States o j America in Congress assembled, That section twenty-three ofthe Act enti tled "An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respectingcopyright," approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, ishereby amended by adding thereto a new paragraph at the end thlreof,as follows:

"Upon the expiration of the copyright herein provided for, or therenewal thereof should the same be renewed, there shall exist norights of any nature whatsoever in the former proprietor of an expiredcopyright to the matter which has been th e subject of copyright ato the name or titl e used in or descriptive of the publication of anycomposite work or other literary matter during the period in which itwas protected by copyright, and there shall exist no restricted, ex-clusive, qualified, or so-called secondary meaning right to the titleof any book or to the name of any author, compiler, or editor of anyexpired copyright composite or other work, but' both the matter whichhas been the subject of copyright and its generic or other name ortitle shall fall into the public domain and thereafter be forever fxecto the unrestricted use of the public; and no suit shall be maintainedto establish a right of any restricted nature in or to any expired copy-right material or matter, or to the name or names, or any part thereof,under or by which any book hitherto issued under copyright protectionhas been published or hasbecome known to the public."


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Addendum I1 .PROTOCOLTO THE INTERNARONALOPYRIGHTONVBNTIONP

BERLIN,NOVEMBER3, 1908. DATEDMARCH 0 , 1914.TRANSLARON

The countries, membels of theInternational Union for the pro-tection of literary and artisticworks, desiring to authorize anoptional limitation of the extent ofthe Convention of November 13,1908, ave by mutual agreementadopted the following Protocol:

z. When a country not belong-ing to the Union does not protectin a sufficient manner the works ofauthors within the jurisdiction ofa country of the Union, the provi-sions of the convention of Novem-ber 13, 908, annot prejudice, inany way, the right which belongsto the contracting countries to re-strict the protection of works byauthols who are, a t the time of thefirst publication of such works,subjects or citizens of the saidcountry n ot being a member of theUnion, and are not actually domi-ciled in one of the countries of theUnion.

a. The right accorded to thecontracting States by the presentProtocol, belongs also to each oftheir trans-marine possessions,

3. No restriction established byvirtue of No. I, bove, shall preju-dice the rights which an authorhas acquired in a work publishedin one of the countries of the Unionprior to the putting into force ofhis restrictio .

Les Pays membres de 1'Unionipternationale pour la protectiondes aeuwes litteaires ettiques, d&uant autoriser une imi-tation facultative de la port& dela Convention du 13 novembrc1908,ont, d'un commun accord,arri!t& le Protocole suivaat:Lorsqu'un pays etranger a

1'Union ne p&&ge pus d'unemanike sufiisante les oeuwes desauteurs ressartissant P l'un dcapays de l'Union, les dispositionsde a Convention du 13novembrt1908 e peuvent porter prejudice,en quoi que ce soit, au droit quiappartient au pays contractantde restreindre la protection desoeuwes dont ks auteurs sont, PUmoment de la premibe publica-ion de ces ceuwes, sujets ou ci-

toyens dudit pays etranger e t nesont pas domicilib effectivemaitdans l'un des pays de 1'Union.I. IR' h i t accord& aux l%tatscontractants par le y r k n t h t o -cole appartient 6galement B chn-

cune de leurs Possessions d outre-mer.3. Aucune restriction etablie en

vertu du no. I cidessus M devraporter prejudice aux dmits queunauteur aura acquis sue une aeuvrepublike dans un pays de 1'Unionavant la mke P execution de ce t hrestIiction.

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I 82 Report of the Libr aria n of Congress4. The countries which, by vir-

tue of the present Protocol, limitthe protection accorded to authon,shall notify the Government ofthe Swiss Confederation by a writ-ten declaration indicating thecountries against which the pro-tection is restricted, and also therestrictions to which the rights ofauthors belonging to these coun-tries are subject. The Govern-ment of the Swiss Confederationwill at once communicate the factto all the other States of the Union.

5. The present Protocol shall beratified, and the ratifications shallbe deposited at Berne withiin amaximum period of twelve monthsfrom its date. It shall enter intoforce one month after the expira-tion of this period, and shall havethe same force and duration a s theConvention to which it relates.

In witness whereof the Plenipo-tentiaries of the countries membersof the Union have signed the prea-en t Protocol, of which a certifiedcopy shall be transmitted to eachof the Governments of the Union.Done at Berne, the 10th day ofMarch, 1914, in a single copy, de-posited in the Archives of the

Swiss Confederation.Signed by the representatives ofthe following eighteen countries:

Belgium, Denmark, France, Gu-many, Great Britain, Haiti, Italy,Japan, Liberia, Luxembourg.Monaco, Netherlands, Norway,Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzer-land and Tunis.

4. Les Etats qui, en vertu dupresent Protocole, restreindront la ,protection des droits des autem,le notifiercmt au Gouverne-ment de la Confedeation S u hpar une declaration ecrite obk n t ndiqub les pays vis-a-visdesquels la protection est reestreinte, de meme que les restric-tions auxquelles les droits deaauteurs resortissant ces payssont soumis. IR Gouvernementde la Confederation Suisse com-muniquera aussitbt le fait B tawles autres Etats de 1'Union.

5 . Le pr6-t Protocole seraratifib, et les ratifications serontdb@es B Berne dans un dbleimaximum de douze mois comptfhB partir de sa date. Il entrera envigueur un mois aprb l'expira-tion de ce dhlai, et aura meme forceet dude que la Convention blaquelle il se rapporte.

En foi de quoi, les Plbnipotcn-tiaires des Pays membres de1'Union ont sign6 le pdsent -to-a l e , dont une copie cutifi6e eraremise B chacun des Gouvemt-ments uni on ih .

Fait B Berne, le nomars 19x4, nun seul exemplaire, d6@ auxArchives de la ConfBdBrationSuim.[Signatures]


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INDEXActs of Congress relating to copyright: PYCAug.14. ~9x1. otion pictures....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151Mar 1. 1913. ertiikat e of registration .................... IS1Sept.18.1913.Panama-Pacific nternational Exposition 151.157. 177. ...ar 28. 1914.deposit of one copy of foreign works 151.155. 179Appropriations:

For salaries. Copyright Office............................. I&For joint Copyright and Patent Office at Pa n a m a - P d c............................................xposition I57Artistic desigas. copyright for................................ 158Artistic works. (SeeWorksof art.)Assignments:

Fees for recording....................................... I53...............................umber recorded or copied 153.............................erlin Convention. protocol to 158. 181Bills. copyright:H .R . 9897. for deposit of one copy of foreign works. intro-........................uced by Hon.Wm. A.Oldfidd 155Approved by the President. Mer .1.1914............ 155............................ext of the ac t approved I79H.R. 11796. introduced by H m.P. P.Campbell.......... I55H R 15311 or scenarios. introduced by H m Frank 3.

Willis.............................................. 155, 176H R 16238 for specific termination of copyright. intro-....................uced by Hon. efferson M Levy 156.180For Panama-Pacific International Exposition.............. 156Books:Foreign. deposited for copyright......................... z.51Not in Library of Congress. inquiries for................... 150Returned to copyright claimants......................... 150Titles printed in Catalogue of Copyright Entries .......... f51.......................ransferred to Library of Congress I49Transferred to governmental libraries in District of Colum-.................................ia ; ................. 149

Bulletin and circulars issued ................................ 151Bureau of Education. copyright books transferred to library of .. 149. Bureau of Mines. copyright books transferred to library of..... 149Bureau of Standards. copyright books transferred to library of. 149Campbell (H m.Philip P.), introduced bill H.R. 1796.M s 0......................................................914 '55Canada, copyright relations with ............................. I59Card indexes of copyright registrations ....................... 1SOCases,decisions in copyright .............................. 159 notoCatalogue of Cbpyright Entr ies ............................... 150Censorshipof motion pictures, bills to provide................. 158Certificate of registration, act to secure more complete.......... 151


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Certified copies of record: e .Fees for................................................. 153. ............................................umber made 151

Ch~mos .itles printed.in Catalogue of Copyright.Entries ...... IS=...Clfculars issued.............................................. 151Claimant of copyright, return of copyright deposits to..... .. . 150Contributions to periodicals ................................. '5 0Copies of record. certified ................................... IS3Copyright bills introduced. (Sea Bills.)Copyright Entries, Catalogueof............................... 151Cbpyright Office, appropriations or salaries.................... I&Copyright suits, decisions in................................ 159, no&Correspondence of th e Copyright Office ....................... 153Decisions of United States courts involving copyright........ 159.Department of Agriculture. copyright b k s transferred to

library of ................................................. 14 9Deposits. copyright:Act of Mar. 28 . 1914. to require only one copy in case offoreign works.......................................... 1.55

Elimination of ........................................... 149Received prior to July I . 1897............................ 1%Requests for deposits claiming copyright.................. 150Statistics-

Current fiscal year................................... 149Fiscal years 1897-1909. Exhibit C..................... 170Fiscal years ~cjq-1914.Exhibit C. with totals for 1897-1914 ............................................. 172Value of ............................................. 148. 151Designs. copyright for artistic ................................ 158District of Columbia. copyright deposits transferred to govexn-

mental libraries in ........................................ 149Dramatic compositions: ..................eposits returned to copyright claimants 150Titles printed in Catalogue of Copyright Entries ........... 15 %Drawings. (SeeWorksof ert.) ..............................limination of copyright deposits 149......................................ngineer School Library IS0Engravings (SeePrints.)Entries. (SeeRegistrations.)Expenditures ............................................... 14Fees:Current fiscal year..................................... 147. IS?..............................xhibit A. Fees applied 159...................xhibit 8 . Fees paid into Treasury 160Exhibit C. Record of applied fees...................... 161

Fiscal years 1897-1914. 'Exhibit E. Con~parative tatement...............................................y yeari 163Fine arts. (SeeWorks of art .)Foreign books deposited for copyright.......................... 1 *......................oreign works. deposit of one copy only 152. 155


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p y cGovernmental libraries in District of Columbia. copyright......................................eposits transferred to I49Great Britain and the Protocol to the Berlin convention ....... 158...............................ndex cards in Copyright Office 150Index to Catalogue of Copyright Entries ........................ 150Inquiries for works not found in Library of Congress............ 150International copyright convention. protocol of Mar. o. 1914. 19.81International copyright relations............................... 158Interpretation of new copyright law. judicialdecisions ...... 159. not .Kahn (Hon. Julius). bill for copyright protection. Panama-

Pacific exposition artides.................................. 156Law. copyright. bills to amend............................... 154Leaflets. titles printed in Catalogue of Copyright Entries....... 15'Lectures. titles printed in Catalogue of Copyright Entries ...... 151Legislation: acts. bills. etc.

Bills introduced and acts passed.......................... 154Bulletin 14. opyright.law. new edition issued.............. 151Copyright in ar tistic designs............................... 158Letters and parcels received and sent out...................... I53Levy (Hon . Jefferson M.), introduced bill H R. 16a38. May a......................................................914 156, 180Libraries. governmental. in District of Columbia. transfer of........................................opyright deposits to '49Library of Congress: ...............................equest for copies of books 150.............ransfer of accumulated copyright deposits to I49Value of copyright deposits in............................. 14Lithographs. (See Works of art.) .........aps. tit les printed in Catalogue of Copyright Entries 151........otion picture censorship commission. bilk to provide 158.....................otion picture films returned to claimants 150Motion pictures: . ................ct to amend law relating to. Aug 14. 1911 151............itles printed in Catalogue of Copyright Entries '5rMusical compositions: ..................eposits returned to copyright claimants '50Fees for notice ofw ecorded........................... '53Titles printed in Catalogueof Copyright Entries............ '5'....avy Department. copyright books ransferred to library of 149Notice of user recorded. feee for................................ '53Oldlield (Hon.William A.), introduced bill H R 9897. Dcc 5.

1913....................................................... '55Paintings. (See Works of art.)Pamphlets. titles printed in Catalogue of Copyright Entries.... 151Panama-Pacific International Exposition:

Bills introduced for copyright protection in exhibited arti- .cles.................................................... '56Act of Sept. 18. 1913 ...............................15a..15;1.1;1;1Patents for designs............................................ '58


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IndexPeriodicals and periodical contributions: Rc.

Returned to copyright claimants.. ........................ 1%'..........Titles printed in Catalogueof Copyright Entries SSXPerkins (Hon.George C.), bill for copyright protection. Panama-Pacific exposition articles .................................Photogt aphs: =$...................egistrations without certificate. fees for 1sN~tmberf ........................................... 18Returned to copyright claimants........................... 1p............itles printed in Catalogue of Copyright Entries 151Prints:

Returned to copyright claimants........................... '9'............itles printed in Catalogue of Copyright Entries 151(See also Works of art.) . ........rotocol to Berlin copyright convention. Mar ao. 1914 .158, 181Public library of the District of Columbia. copyright depositstransferred to............................................... 140...................................................eceipts 147. 152Current fiscal year. ExhibitA ............................ IS9Fiscal years 1897-1914. Exhibit E........................ 163Exhibit D. Comparative monthly statement............. s61. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .efunds .14f, IS IRegistrations:

Current fiscal year..................................... 4% 153Fiscal years 18g-1914. Exhibit E......................... 166Exhibit F. table of registrations by classes.. ............ 168Indexd .............................................. 150Renewals:Fees for registration of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133Number recorded...................................... .148,153

Requests for copies not found in Li bm y of C011g~eg)........... x50Return of deposits to copyright claim- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS0Salaries. appropriations or................................... @Sce nari ~. ill to designate assubject matter of copyright. H.R15311...................................................... 55 279Scu1ptui-e. (SeeWorks of art.)............................................earches. feesfor '53..............................uits. copyright. decisions in 1599.Wk................................ummary of copyright business '51.........urgeon General's Office. transfer of wpyrigh t books o 49Termination of copyright. bill introduced by Hon. .M evy .. 56,r80Transfers of proprietorship. fees for indexing................... 153.................................................rust funds 147*3V1........................................nfinished business 147, 352Willis (Hon.Frank B.), introduced bill H . R 153a1.April a........................................................914 ISkS79Works of art:

...................rticles deposited. Exhibits F nd G .168,.169............itles printed in Catalogue of Copyright Entries rSx


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PUBLlCATlONS 09 THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE:[Continuedfromsand paw d I

The following publications of he Copyright OSce were issued inlimited editions, but may be had (so fat a s any are still available)upon request, from the SUPERINTENDSNTF DOCUMENTS,ASRINO-TON,D. C., upon payment of thenominal prices given, which include6postage.Postal money orders or drafts should be made payable and addressedto the SUPERINTENDENTF DOCUYE~~I'S.tamps and uncertikdchecks are not accepted.BULLETIN o. 3. Paper, IF. ; cloth, 35c.Copyright Enactments of the Un~ te d tates, 1783-1906. nd ed..rev. 174 pp. So. [email protected] O. 8. Cloth, 6512.Copyright in Congress, 1789-1904. A bibliography and chmm-logical record of all proceedings in Congress in re lat~ono copyright.468 pp. 8O. 1905.BULLETINo. 9. Paper, sc.The Provisions of the United States Copyright I s w s with asummary of some parallel provisionsol the copyright lawsof foreign

BULLWIN O. 11. Paper, roc.Copyright in Japan. Iaw of March 3, 1899,and copyright con-vention betn~een he United States md Japan, May 10, I@,together with the text of earlier enactments. v+ jo pp. 8".1906.

B U U ~ NO. 13. Paper.International Copyright Union. Berm convention, 1886; Pa&convention, 1896; Berlin convention, 1908. Report of [ThorvaldSo lber~l he delercate of the United States to the Internationalconfer&ce for thc revision of the Berne Copyright Convention,held at Berlin, Germany, October 14 to November 14, 1908.

B~LLETIN o. 17. Paper, IOC.Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright.1913-1914. 10spp. 8". 191~.