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W he n the tex t for th e o f ic ia l canta ta o f the Centennia l ExPos it ion o f 1876in Philadelf ihia, writ ten by t he America n f ioet S idne y Lanier, was publishedwithout th e music. i t was ridiculed both for i ts form and i ts content.Lanier respon ded, characteristically, that th e poetry could n ot bedivorced from the music.

Facing page, abo ve: First published und er the t i t le "You're a Grand O ld Rag"and cofiyrighted on January 19,1906, this popular song met with suchprotest over the re ference to th e American flag as a rag that the t i t le ands o m e o f t h e w o r ds w e r e c h a n g e d. O n J u n e 2,1906, th e publisher copyrightedth e revised version, "Yo u're a Gran d Old Flag."


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A photograph 01 Oscar W ilde was the subjectof th e land mar k Bumw-Giles LithographicCompany u. Sarony S u p r e m e C o u rt ca se ( 1 8 8 4 ) ,by which the protection of the copyright lawwas ex tended to photographs. Th ey were notincluded in earlier laws, the Co urt said, becausephotography as an art did not t hen exist .

So dist inctive was Outcault ' s comic characterin his yellow dress and with his silly, toothless grinthat he became the symbo l of the n ew sensationalappr oach to journalism at the turn of th e19t h century, generating the term "yellow press,"or "yellow journalism."


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Facing page: Titleposter for th e exhib itmarking the 100thanniversary of t he law

making t he Library ofCongress the centralagency for theregistration and custod y

of co pyright dep osits inthe Uni ted States .Red, white. and bluecampaign banner ,

copyrighted byH . C. Howard, 1860.T h e exh ib i t w as

arranged under th edirection of Herbert1. Sanborn, Exhibits

Of ic er of th e Libraryoj Congress, andcoordinated by Donald

F . Rein es of t heC opyrigh t O f i ce . S ta f f

memb ers of th eReference Departmentassisted. T h e highl ightswere selected by

Warr en Mc Kay of t heCopyright Cataloging

Division.

Displayed in the Library's Great Hall from July 8 through August 20, 1970, the exhibit A Century ofCopyright included some 80 items drawn from the Library's collections-among them books, music,banners, posters, maps, photographs, documents, computer programs, and motion pictures-tracing the development of the copyright law. Noted too were the contributions of Ainsworth RandSpofford, Librarian of Congress from 1865 to 1897, Thorvald Solberg, the first Register of Copyrights,Mark Twain, and Theodore Roosevelt. A separate section of the exhibit dealt with efforts since 1955to revise the outmoded law of 1909, another with international copyright conventions, and a third withAmerican winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature, showing quotations from their acceptance speechesand selected copyrighted works.

Highlights of the exhibit follow.


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A n um be r of pieces of jewelryby Salva dore Dali, one of th e

world's most versatile artists, areunder copyr ight. Amo ng th emar e Ruby Lips, ma de of rubie s

set in gold, and pearls, andLeaf Veined Hand, a clip i nsculptured gold andcabochon rubies.

Maps have been pro tec ted bycopyright since the first U.S.copyright la w was passed onM a y 31,1790. O ne of th e bestkno wn early maps deposited forcopyr ight was AbrahamBradley's Map of the UnitedStates Exhibiting the Post-Roads, the Situation,Connections, and Distances ofthe Post-Offices, copyrighted in1796. I n 1969 t h e H a m m o n dCompany copyrighted this globso f t h e m o o n .


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Wallace's Circus poste-r depicting th etalents of the Stirk fam ily became thesubject of another landma rk Sup rem eCourt case, Bleistein u. DonaldsonLithographic Company (1903), by whichth e copyrightability of com mercial artwaJ established. I n Justice Holmes' words:"'Apicture i~none t he less a picture, andnone th e less the subject of copyright, t hatit is used for an advertisement."

Althou gh t he textual or pictorial materialon record jackets is copyrightable,records, as such, cannot be copy righted.


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How to Order ReproductionsIn the absence of copyright or other restrictions, photocopies may be obtained of all illustrations belong-ing to the Library of Congress. Orders should be addressed to the Library of Congress, PhotoduplicationService, Washington, D.C. 20540. A request should state the issue of the Quarter ly Journal , page andposition of the item, a brief identification, and the photographic negative number or location as listedbelow. All orders must be prepaid; prices are available from the Photoduplication Service.P a g e N o .Cover76-777879 above79 below808182838485 above85 below868 788 above88 below89909192 left92 right9394 above94 below9596 above96 below979899100

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Some Recent Publications of the1Library of Congress

Periodical Literature on the American Revolution:Historical Research and Changing Interpretations,1895-1970, a Selective Bibliography. Compiled byRonald M. Gephart, member of the staff of the Ameri-can Revolution Bicentennial program assigned to theGeneral Reference and Bibliography Division. 94 p. $1.This selective bibliography, with 1,122 entries arrangedby subject and period, gives students, teachers, scholars,and librarians a convenient and representative guideto essays and periodical literature on the Revolutionaryera that have appeared during the past 75 years inhistorical journals, festschriften, and collections of lec-tures or essays. The selections demonstra te the impor-tance of periodical literature in the development ofRevolutionary scholarship. A section entitled "Anthol-ogies and Collections" is included to acquaint the

'Fo r sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Gov-ernment Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402,unless otherwise noted.

reader with currently available paperbacks that reprintsome of the more import ant articles and essays. Thereis a separate list of titles and Library of Congress callnumbers of all periodicals represented in the bibliog-raphy, as well as an author and a subject index.

Philosophies of American Music History. 18 p. Avail-able upon request from the Library of Congress, MusicDivision, Washington, D.C. 20540. Published for theLibrary by the Louis Charles Elson Memorial Fund,this lecture was delivered in the Whittall Pavilion ofthe Library on January 9, 1969, by Robert Stevenson,author and internationally known researcher in musichistory of the United States, Centra l America, andSouth America.

Popular Names of U.S. Government Repor ts : ACatalog. Compiled in the Serial Division by Bernard A.Bernier, Jr., and Charlotte M. David. 43 p. 55 cents.This revision of the 1966 edition adds reports appear-ing after 1965 and reports published as early as 1821.

The second in the Library of Congress series of recorded poetry readings by poets for the Archive ofHispanic Literature on Tape has just been released: "Gabriela Mistral Reading Her Own Poetry."Th e long-playing record includes 18poems by the first Latin American writer to receive the Nobel Prizefor Literature. From T e r n u r a , T a l a , and Lagar, the poems reflect the emotional depth and insight intovalues essential to contemporary man which made Gabriela Mistral one of the outstanding poets ofLat in America. She was also a consul, journalist, professor, and consultant to international organi-zations. The Spanish text of hc poetry is provided in the accompanying booklet. Available at $4.95from the Library of Congress, Recording Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20540.

U. S. G O V E R N M E N T P R I NT I N G O F F I C E : 1971 0 - 413-893