Revision of Copyright Laws: Hearings Before the Committees on Patents of the Senate and House of Representatives on Pending Bills to Amend and Consolidate the Acts Respecting Copyright. March 26, 27, and 28, 1908U.S. Government Printing Office, 1908 - 463 Seiten |
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... rolls cut by the Eolian Company ? Mr. BURKAN . Yes ; that is true . That is admitted . The cost of this litigation was $ 15,000 , and no one composer could test this law . It was too expensive . It required the construction of REVISION ...
... rolls cut by the Eolian Company ? Mr. BURKAN . Yes ; that is true . That is admitted . The cost of this litigation was $ 15,000 , and no one composer could test this law . It was too expensive . It required the construction of REVISION ...
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... rolls , in the absence of statu- tory protection , enables the manufacturers thereof to enjoy the use of musical compositions for which they pay no value . But such considerations properly address themselves to the legislative and not ...
... rolls , in the absence of statu- tory protection , enables the manufacturers thereof to enjoy the use of musical compositions for which they pay no value . But such considerations properly address themselves to the legislative and not ...
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... rolls adapted to re- produce musical compositions was in its infancy , the United States circuit court , district of Massachusetts , in Kennedy . McTammany ( 33 Fed . Rep . , 584 ) , held that a perforated roll was not a " copy of sheet ...
... rolls adapted to re- produce musical compositions was in its infancy , the United States circuit court , district of Massachusetts , in Kennedy . McTammany ( 33 Fed . Rep . , 584 ) , held that a perforated roll was not a " copy of sheet ...
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... rolls . This was the situation when a number of music publishers were approached by the Eolian Company with a proposition that offered . a prospect of eventually securing some compensation for the use of musical compositions in ...
... rolls . This was the situation when a number of music publishers were approached by the Eolian Company with a proposition that offered . a prospect of eventually securing some compensation for the use of musical compositions in ...
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... rolls . This proposition appealed to the publishers , as at that time no pub- lisher was getting a single penny from the manufacturers for pro- ducing his compositions upon mechanical devices , and the sale of sheet music was decreasing ...
... rolls . This proposition appealed to the publishers , as at that time no pub- lisher was getting a single penny from the manufacturers for pro- ducing his compositions upon mechanical devices , and the sale of sheet music was decreasing ...
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Seite 296 - States the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens, or copyright protection substantially equal to the protection secured to such foreign author under this Act or by treaty; or when such foreign State or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States may, at its pleasure, become a party thereto.
Seite 100 - the date of publication" shall in the case of a work of which copies are reproduced for sale or distribution be held to be the earliest date when copies of the first authorized edition were placed on sale, sold, or publicly distributed by the proprietor of the copyright or under his authority, and the word "author" shall include an employer in the case of works made for hire.
Seite 295 - ... for any sum above the amount found by the verdict as the actual damages, according to the circumstances of the case, not exceeding three times the amount of such verdict, together with the costs.
Seite 82 - That the copyright secured by this Act shall extend to the work of an author or proprietor who is a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation, only...
Seite 293 - Such oath may be made before any person within the United States authorized by law to administer oaths, or, when the applicant resides in a foreign country, before any minister, charge...
Seite 84 - Act, except as below provided, shall be printed from type set within the limits of the United States, either by hand or by the aid of any kind of typesetting machine, or from plates made within the limits of the United States...
Seite 295 - ... upon a decree being rendered in any such case for an infringement the complainant shall be entitled to recover, in addition to the profits to be accounted for by the defendant, the damages the complainant has sustained thereby; and the court shall assess the same or cause the same to be assessed under its direction.
Seite 303 - The very object of publishing a book on science or the useful arts is to communicate to the world the useful knowledge which it contains. But this object would be frustrated if the knowledge could not be used without incurring the guilt of piracy of the book.
Seite 301 - The Constitution is a written instrument. As such its meaning does not alter. That which it meant when adopted, it means now. Being a grant of powers to a government, its language is general, and, as changes come in social and political life, it embraces in its grasp all new conditions which are within the scope of the powers in terms conferred. In other words, while the powers granted do not change, they apply, from generation to generation, to all things to which they are in their nature applicable.
Seite 295 - The several courts vested with jurisdiction of cases arising under the patent laws shall have power to grant injunctions according to the course and principles of courts of equity, to prevent the violation of any right secured by patent, on such terms as the court may deem reasonable...