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    The New American Copyright Bill T^P F F ...

    twice and referred to the Committee on Patents . The Bill was on 4 March 1 & 191888 reported by Mr

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    A Bill to amend title sixty , chapter three of the Kevised Statutes of the United States . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of

    Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That in section forty-nine hundred and fifty-two of the Revised Statutes the

    words ' citizen of the United States or resident therein , who shall be ' shall be stricken out . The words ' and authors may reserve the riht to

    g dramatise or to translate their own works , ' in the same section , shall be stricken out , and in lieu thereof shall be inserted the words ' authors or

    their assigns shall have the exclusive right to dramatise and translate any of their works for which copyright shall have been obtained under

    the laws of the United States . ' That in section forty-nine hundred and fiftyfour the words and a citizen of the United States

    or resident therein ' shall be stricken out . That in section forty-nine hundred and sixtyseven the words * if such author or proprietor is a

    citizen of the United States or resident therein ' shall be stricken out . That section forty-nine hundred and

    seventyone be , and it is hereby , repealed . That in sections forty-nine hundred and sixtyfour and forty-nine hundred and sixty-five the

    words ' publish or import' shall read ' [ or ] publish , printed dramatise publisfied , translate ,, or or import importe ? d and shall the words read ' ' so so

    , , , ' printed jyorted ~ _ ^ . ' ' , published ^» - ^ a 4 ^ >^ , dramatised ^^ — A ^ a , translated _ ^ a _ *^ m , or im-[ Sec . 2 . That at the end of section forty-nine

    hundred and fifty-seven the following clause be inserted : [ ' ProvidedThat if the authordesigneror

    composer of the , book or other article , for which , a copyright is applied for be not a citizen of the United States or resident therein , then the name

    of such copyright , book , or other article shall be recorded as above in the office of the Librarian of Congress not later than the day of its publication

    O */ XT in the country of its origin ; and in case of a book , printed musical composition , or photograph , two copies of the best edition of the same printed in

    the United States shall be deposited with the Librarian of Congress within the term of three months after the date of recording such copyright ,

    in default whereof such copyright shall be held void and of no effect , and after the recording of any copyright as above . ' ] Sec . 2 . That section forty-nine hundred and

    fifty-six of the Kevised Statutes of the United States be , and the same is hereby amended , so that it shall read as follows :

    Sec . 4 , 956 No person shall be entitled to a copyright unless lie shall , before publication in this or any foreign country , deliver at the ojffice of the

    Librarian of Congress , or deposit in the in ail within the United States , addressed to the Librarian of Congress at Washington , District of Columbia , a

    printed copy of tJie title of the booh or otlter article , or a description of the painting , drawing , statue , statuaryor a model or design for a work of the fine

    arts , for , which lie desires a copyright , nor unless he shall also , not later tlum the day of the publication thereof in this the or any forei of gn country , deliver at

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    o / " Congress at Washington , District of Columbia ,,

    two copies of such copyrxgtit 900 k , or ot / tcr art % cle % fik- — - _ _^ . . ^

    printed States , or from in type case , set of within a painting the limits , drawing of the , statue United , statuarymodel 09 * design for a work of the fine

    arts , a p , hotograp , h of the same . During the existence of such copyright the importation [ of any ] into the United States of any book

    o ?* other article so copyrighted [ into the United States ] shall be , and it [ is ] hereby is prohibited , [ and ] except and in tlie cases of the specified in section twenty of

    -Ji «? '^ hu / ndred five Revised Statutes the purchasing United States for , use and and excep not t for in sale the , case wJw import of persons not of

    which more than cases two the wri copies tten at consent any one of the time proprietor , in each of the copyright , signed in tJie presence of trva

    witnesses witnesses All officers , , shall sha of ll customs be he furms furnisJied and / ied po with with stmasters each each % imvorta are mporta hereby ttion % on .. . required of such [ copyri to seize ghted and ] prohibited [ detain ] destroy articles all as cop shall ies

    otherwise be mitted but entered In [ in brought the ] at to the case the int [ cust of mails o books the om- United houses of in the forei ] State custom United s , or -house States trans or - , [] gn languages ,

    ri of g which hted , the £ w £ pr y translations ohibition of importation in English shall are app copy ly - and onl language y the to the importation shall [ translations be permitted of ] the translation books [ unless in of the the the ori ori sam g ginal inal e ,

    shall also be copyrighted and , an American edition thereof shall be issued within three months after the Sec date . 3 of . That entry at of the copyri end ght of . ' ] section forty-nine

    hundred and fifty-eight the following clause be inserted : title copyri 'Provided or ht descri the , That production ption the of charge any of a article for recording entered not a citi the for

    zen or g resident , of the United States person , shall be one the the dollar TTmtp Un , ited to . cl be S S paid tates tates , as to to above defray defrav into the the expenses expenses the Treasury of 01 lists lists of

    of copyrighted articles , to be printed by the Secthan retary a of week the for Treasury distribution , at interval to the s of collectors not more of

    customs of , the United States and to the postmasters [ 1 and % , ii % f r m X »>^ L such m-l * ^^ ^ . # of ^ n lists m m all ^ ^ j ^ j Tn . r post w shall * -J * ¦ - ^ ^^ V ^^ ^ offices *> ¦ ¦ * li ^ ^ kewise k ^* ^^ v v receiving ^ k ' ^^ ^^ contain ^ mS ^*^ ^ k ^ k ^* ^^ " -mf ^ forei ^>^ the ^^ ^>^ b gn ^^ . ^ title *— «* mails - ^ ^— - ^ or — -- — ;

    description of all articles on which copyright shall have expired or become void under the seven proviso ;] of and section it is forty hereby -nine made hundre the d duty and of fifty the

    -Librarian of Congress to furnish to the Secretary of the Treasury the material for the publication authorised of such weekl to y lists loy , for an which additional service he clerk shall at be a

    salary of one thousand emp two hundred dollars , per shall annum be ; furnished and such to weekly all parties lists , as desiring they are them issued , at ,

    a sum not exceeding five dollars per annum ; and the Secretary and the Postmaster-General are force hereby such empowered rules and and regulations required to as make shall and prevent

    enthe iipon importation the conditions into above tkhe specified United , of States all , articles except copyrihted under this Act during the — ¦^ term ¦ of the

    copyri - ^^ ^| ^ ^^ j « ^^ j ^ g g V ^ b ht ^ k ^ ^ 1 * . k 1 ^ k ^ B ^ i ^^ Br ^^^^ ^^^ ^ k > ^ . " ^^^ p » ^— ^ m ^ ^^ . ^^ ^ . ^^ ^^ »^ - " - ^^ ^ ^ — ^ *« ^ " ^ ^ —~ ^ ^ - — — Sec . 4 . That for the purposes of this Act each volume volume of nf a a . book honk : in in two two . or or more more volumes volumes , when when

    such volumes are published separately , and , the first one shall not have been issued before thia

    Act shall take effect , and each number of a periodical , shall be considered an independent publication above above r and and , subject the the alterations alterations to the form revisions revisions of copyri a and g nd hting addi addi as --

    _ , tions mad ; e to books by foreign , , authors , , , heretofore published subsequentl , of y to which the taking new effect editions of this shall Act appear , shall 1

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    April 16 , 1888 The Publishers' Circular 4 b $ ¦

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), April 16, 1888, page 403, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16041888/page/9/