MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS-Contd. performance "for profit”, signifi- cance of term, 131, 135 performance not publication, 58 pooling of performing rights, rise proclamation necessary for foreign radio receiving sets, "tuning-in” re- rendition or interpretation, phono- sale of copyrights by trustee in substantial part, 117 NEW EDITIONS N containing substantial new matter 66 no fixed rule as to amount of new rule as to year date in copyright NEWS fictitious presented as fact, drama- not copyrightable as such, 117 NEXT OF KIN one may renew for benefit of all, NOM DE PLUME use of in copyright notice, 64 PAINTINGS PANTOMIMES may qualify as dramatic works, 18 PARAPHRASING constitutes copying, 112 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE IN COURTS appeals from interlocutory decree, award of attorney's fee and costs, award of damages and profits, 146, bill of complaint, model form, 151 joinder of causes and parties, 148, jurisdiction deposit and registration neces- sary to confer, 83 federal courts exclusive in copy- retained though no injunction laches in bringing suit, 153 "party aggrieved" does not include proprietor of copyright necessary service of process on "agent", 144, PRICE-FIXING OF BOOKS copyright law does not sanction Act of 1874 repealed, 24 Act of 1939 transferring jurisdiction advertising leaflets, 31, 32 advertising pamphlets, 32 application forms, 34 articles of merchandise, 34 bulky copies, 33 cancellation of claim, 36 decisions of Commissioner of Pat- natural state, 34 notice of copyright, 32 plurality of uses of same label, 32 public insignia, 29 publication with notice must pre- renewal of copyright, 36 specimen books preserved and con- PUBLIC DOMAIN, WORKS IN cannot be resurrected to copyright originals free to use of general use of for dramatization or other government publications, 40 right prior to July 1, 1909, 39 PUBLICATION abroad without statutory notice, broadcasting not publication, 58 has no definite and fixed meaning, lecture, oral delivery not publica- motion picture, leasing for com- what constitutes, in general, 59 work of art, exhibition of, 57 see also Broadcasting scripts registrable as addresses for "tuning in" held performance of REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS charged with registration of com- performs all the duties relating to prescribes rules and regulations for rulings not appealable to Librarian REGISTRATION OF COPYRIGHT CLAIM essential to bring suit for infringe- involves examination as to compli- owner of copyright dying prior to, 52 RENEWAL OF COPYRIGHT application must be filed within last co-authors, renewal by one, 109 effect of renewal on prior rights, licenses, etc., 109 employer for hire, 104, 106 SUBJECT MATTER OF COPYRIGHT- Contd. motion pictures, 23 musical compositions, arrangements and adaptations, 13, 18 new editions, 66 old material, selection and arrange- ment, 12, 13 pantomimes, 11, 18 periodicals, 17, 21 prints and pictorial illustrations, 22 radio scripts, 17, 94 reproductions of works of art, 21 translations, 118, 179 works of art, 20, 121 appropriation of is infringement, 115 not copyrightable as such, 43 T TERM OF COPYRIGHT ad interim books, 90, 91 renewal, 102, 103 unpublished works, 95, 96 works published in first instance, 91 TERRITORIAL POSSESSIONS OF UNITED TITLES-Contd. trade-mark protection, 47 unfair competition in use of, 45 TUCKER ACT copyright actions do not lie against U UNPUBLISHED WORKS action for infringement occurring classes of works entitled to regis- common-law rights end when copy- duration of copyright, 95 "not reproduced for sale" equiva- when published, copies must be de- year date in notice upon publica- VEND V STATES copyright in, 171 TITLES change of, 48 not copyrightable as such apart from work, 44 "secondary meaning" attaching to, 46 right to vend does not include 111 VIRGIN ISLANDS Copyright Act operative in, 173 W WORKS IN PUBLIC DOMAIN see Public Domain |