Copyright: Its History and Its Law Part 54

NOTICE OF USER OF MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS

{Sidenote: Notice of user of music}

44. Whenever the owner of the copyright in a musical composition uses such music in phonographs himself or permits anyone else to do so, he must send a notice of such use by him or by any other person to the Copyright Office to be recorded.

{Sidenote: Notice in absence of license}

45. Whenever any person in the absence of a license intends to use a copyrighted musical composition upon the parts of instruments serving to reproduce the same mechanically, the act requires that he shall serve notice of such intention upon the copyright proprietor and must also send a duplicate of such notice to the Copyright Office.

APPLICATION FOR THE RENEWAL OR EXTENSION OF SUBSISTING COPYRIGHTS

{Sidenote: Renewals and extensions}

46. Application for the renewal or extension of a subsisting copyright (except copyright of a composite work) may be filed within one year prior to the expiration of the existing term by:

(1) The author of the work if still living;

(2) The widow, widower, or children of the author if the author is not living.

(3) The author's executor, if such author, widow, widower, or children be not living;

(4) If the author, widow, widower, and children are all dead, and the author left no will, then the next of kin.

{Sidenote: Renewal for composite work}

47. If the work be a composite work upon which copyright was originally secured by the proprietor thereof, then such proprietor is ent.i.tled to the privilege of renewal and extension.

{Sidenote: Renewal fee}

48. The fee for the recording of the renewal claim is 50 cents.

Application for the renewal or extension of copyright can not be recorded in the name of an a.s.signee nor in that of any person not expressly mentioned in section 24 of the act.

SEARCHES

{Sidenote: Searches}

49. Upon application to the Register of Copyrights search of the records, indexes, or deposits will be made for such information as they may contain relative to copyright claims. Persons desiring searches to be made should state clearly the nature of the work, its t.i.tle, the name of the claimant of copyright and probable date of entry; in the case of an a.s.signment, the name of the a.s.signor or a.s.signee or both, and the name of the copyright claimant and the t.i.tle of the music referred to in case of notice of user.

{Sidenote: Search fee}

The statutory fee for searches is 50 cents for each full hour of time consumed in making such search.

AFFIDAVIT OF AMERICAN MANUFACTURE OF A1 COPYRIGHT BOOK.

Fill in the required statements to accord with the facts concerning the book named, and draw pen through such statements as are not intended to be made.

State of_____________ } } ss.

County of_____________ }

Impression seal here I,_________________________________________ _________________________________________ ____, {being duly sworn, depose} {do solemnly affirm } and say:

(1) That I am the person claiming copyright in the book named herein.

(2) That I am the duly authorized agent or representative residing in the United States of the claimant of copyright in the book named herein.

(3) That I am the printer of the book named herein.

I further depose and say that, in so far as required by the Act of March 4, 1909,

the BOOK ENt.i.tLED_________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ of which two copies have been deposited, HAS BEEN PRINTED by______

___________________________at_____________________________________

from {type / plates made in the U. S. from type} set within the limits of the United

States by__________________at_____________________________________;

that the printing of the text of the said book was completed on___,

19__; that the said book was published on________________, 19_____; that the BINDING of the said book has been performed within the limits of the

United States by___________at_____________________________________.

(Signature)___________________________________

Subscribed and {sworn to} before me this______day of________, 19__.

{affirmed} _________________________________________ Place seal at top of page _________________________________________ [OVER]

A1 *

Name of claimant 2 c. rec'd__________ ______________________________________ _____________________ Author and t.i.tle Affidavit rec'd___________ ______________________________________ Cl. A, XXc. No.____ ______________________________________ Leave all above these lines blank $____Cash No._______ ============================================================

APPLICATION FOR COPYRIGHT--BOOK BY CITIZEN OR RESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS, WASHINGTON, D. C. ________Date.

Of the BOOK named herein, first published after June 30, 1909, TWO complete copies of the best edition published on the date stated herein are hereby deposited to secure copyright, accompanied by the AFFIDAVIT required by section 16 of the Act of March 4, 1909, that the book has been produced in accordance with the manufacturing provisions specified in section 15 of the said Act. $1 (statutory fee for registration) is also inclosed. The copyright is claimed by the undersigned:

Name and address of {_________________________________________________ copyright claimant {_________________________________________________

Author or authors_______________________________________________________________