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FIFTY-SEVENTH

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTSFOR THE FISCAL YEAR E ND ING JUNE 30, 1954

C O P Y R I G H T O F F I CET h e Library o f C o n g r e s s

W A S H I N G T O N : 91 1


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L. C. Card No. 10--17rhis report is reprinted from the

Annual Report of the Librarian o Congresefor the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954


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ContentsPage

Volume of Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Universal Copyright Convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. 3Breakdown of Fees Applied by Sources (Char t) .... . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Other International Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Administrative Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .egal Developments 5-7Statement of Gross Cash Receipts. Yearly Fees. Number of Regis-

trations. Etc.. for the Fiscal Years 1950-54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Number of Articles Deposited During the Fiscal Years 1950-54 . . 8Registration by Subject Matter Classes for the Fiscal Years 1950-54 . 8Summary of Copyright Business, Fiscal Year 1954 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Copyright Registrations Fiscal Years 1898-1954 (Chart) . . . . . . . . . 10Copyright Registration by Subject Matter Classes. Fiscal Year 1954

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Th e Copyrkht Of iceRep ort to the Librarian of Cong ress by the Regi ster of Cop yright s

SIR: The work of the Copyright Office law continued to result in a marked in-for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, is crease in the number of registrations and insummarized as follows: the value of materials obtained. Theseefforts were responsible for 11,807 regis-Vol ume of Business trations, for which $50,808 in fees andEarned revenue during the fiscal year1954 was the largest in the history of theCopyright Office. Gross fees amounted to$913,663.78, of which $840 was returnedas uncollectible and $38,893.32 was re-funded to claimants. Net fees coveredinto the Treasury of the United States were$871,463.50, or $6,161 more than in fiscal1953. A breakdown of fees applied bysources is shown in the chart on page 2.There was an increase in business in

nearly all phases of work. Registrationsrose from 218,506 in fiscal 1953 to 222,665in fiscal 1954, an increase of 1.9 percent.Gains were noted mostly in the book regis-trations, which rose from 49,059 in 1953to 51,763 in 1954. There was a slight de-cline in the registration of music, due pri-marily to a decrease in the number ofregistrations for unpublished musical com-positions, which were 42,138 in 1953 and40,935 in 1954.The Copyright Office turned over to theLibrary of Congress for addition to its col-lections 213,597 items from the copyrightdeposits of the year, an increase of morethan 7 percent over fiscal 1953.

During the year 8,742 reference searches,involving 28,536 titles, were conducted.The fees received for these searchesamounted to $1 1,007.

The activities of the Reference Divisionin seeking compliance with the copyright

deposits valued at $61,160 were received.Universal Copyright ConventionThe Universal Copyright Convention,which was signed at Geneva on September6, 1952, was submitted by the President ofthe United States to the Senate for itsadvice and consent for ratification on June10, 1953, a . ew weeks before the close ofthe previous fiscal year. This treaty re-quired certain amendments to the domesticcopyright law-principally in the manufac-turing clause-before the United Statescould deposit its instrument of ratification.During July and August 1953, bills wereintroduced in the House of Representatives(H. R. 6616 and H. R. 6670) and in theSenate (S. 2559) that would make the nec-essary changes in the domestic law tocomply with the intent of the treaty. Theoriginal draft of these identical bills wasprepared in the Copyright Office and, withminor modifications and improvements,appears in the form as introduced.A National Committee for the UniversalCopyright Convention was established on

or about,March 1, 1954, by representativesof the industries and interests who recog-nized that the Universal Copyright Con-vention was an important step forward ininternational copyright relations and werein agreement as to the necessity for UnitedStates participation. This Committee un-

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BREAKDOWN OF FEES APPLIED BY SOURCESCopyright Office-Fiscal Year 1954

0RENEWAL 'IIREGISTRATIONS 37,016.00 4.2 -IzmASSIGNMENTRECORDATIONS 26,862.00 3. 1 C(REFERENCE $SEARCHES 11,007.00 j 1. 3 B0NOTICE OF USE , 'III4, 335. 50 nRECORDATIONS .5 oel

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REPORT OF TH E REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS, 19 54 3dertook to assemble and present testimonyas to the need for the treaty and the imple-menting legislation. The work of this Com-mittee no doubt played a significant part inthe calling of public hearings by a Subcom-mittee of the House Judiciary Committeeon March 15, 1954. A great many wit-nesses appeared at these hearings, whichlasted for 2 days. The overwhelming ma-jority of those who testified were in favorof the convention and the legislation.Actually, the typographical unions, adher-ing to their traditional objections, werethe principal opponents of these measures.During the hearings a dramatic momentoccurred, just after t he testimony of oneof the representatives of the typographicalunions, when a telegram was received bythe Chairman of the Subcommittee fromthe Book Manufacturers Institute, an-nouncing a reversal of their past objectionto any modification of the manufacturingclause and stating their belief that theenactment of the legislation would beof benefit to the book-manufacturingindustry.

On April 7, 1954, hearings were heldbefore a special joint committee of theSenate, which was composed of membersof both the Foreign Relations Committeeand the Senate Judiciary Committee. Thewitnesses before this Committee presentedtestimony similar to tha t brought before theHouse Committee.

The Senate Foreign Relations Corn-mittee favorably reported the treaty tothe Senate on June 11, 1954, and onJune 25, 1954, the treaty was ratified bya vote of 65-3. Shortly after the begin-ning of fiscal 1955, the Senate JudiciaryCommittee, on July 19, 1954, favorablyreported the implementing legislation, S.2559, to the Senate. On August 3, 1954,the House passed the companion bill,H. R. 6616. On August 18, 1954, theSenate passed H. R. 6616, and the measurewas signed by the President on August 31,1954. These amendments to the CopyrightAct will become effective with tbe cominginto operation of the Universal CopyrightConvention, which requires ratifications or

adherence by 12 countries of which 4 arenonmembers of the Berne Union.Ot he r International D evelopments

Bilateral Proclamations.-As a result ofWorld War I1 and of the treaty of peacewith Japan, copyright relations with thatcountry were permitted to lapse in 1952.After that date, the Office engaged innegotiations through the State Departmentwith the Japanese Government in an at-tempt to obtain a new copyright arrange-ment for the protection of American worksin Japan. Because of the substantialamount of recorded music of Americanorigin as well as American motion picturesand literary works that are distributed inthat country, it is highly desirable to obtainprotection in Japan for works of Americanauthorship.

After several years of diligent effort onthe part of the staff of the Copyright Office,the Department of State, and the Embassyin Tokyo, a new copyright relationship wasestablished on November 10, 1953. I t isbased on the principle of national treat-ment and obtains protection for Americanauthors in Japan under the terms of thepeace treaty for a period of 4 years fromApril 28, 1952.Rome Draft Convention.-This conven-tion, drawn under the auspices of the BerneUnion, is concerned with means of protec-tion for performing artists in their works,recordings, and broadcasts. The Copy-right Office has given consideration tonumerous questions raised by the draft con-vention and to participation in furtherstudies. The Office was represented as anobserver by Arpad L. Bogsch at a meetingheld in Lugano, Switzerland, during thelatter part of June and the first of July,under the auspices of the Berne Bureau.The Berne Permanent Committee rec-ommended further consideration of theimportant problems presented by the Romedraft.Administrative Developments

Several new practices and procedureswere instituted in the past year with aview to improving the efficiency of the sew-


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4 REPORT OF TH E REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS, 1 9 5 4ice rendered by the Copyright Office to thepublic.

At the beginning of August 1953, theOffice began an experimental project ofrecording assignments and related docu-ments on microfilm. Previously, the re-cording of these documents had been by thephotostatic process, and the resultingsheets were bound in large permanent vol-umes. I t was found tha t the use of micro-films not only involved substantial savingsin photoduplication and binding costs butthat microfilm also proved a more efficientand logical method of performing thisfunction. The general reaction to th e newprocess has been favorable, and the use ofmicrofilm for this purpose will be con-tinued.A major development with respect t o theCatalo g of Copyri ght Entries was th e com-bination into one catalog of Parts 1-A(Books) and 1-B (Pamphlets, Serials, andContributions to Periodicals). The firstcombined volume, covering registrationsduring July-December 1953, is scheduledto be published in the summer of 1954.Th e combination of all Class A registra-tions removes a distinction not found ineither the statute or the inherent characterof the material and should prove advan-tageous in conducting copyright searches.

The reorganization of the Strvice Divi-sion was completed during the past yearwith the establishment of a new section,the Materials Controls Section, and the re-defining of the operations of the CustodialSection. Responsibility for the records andfiles that are so essential to the Office andto the public has been centralized withencouraging results. The processing andforwarding of applications to the Examin-ing Division has been speeded up, with theresult that the latter Division can act moreexpeditiously upon pending applications.

As mentioned in last year's report, therehas been a steadily growing movementamong the bar and t rade groups concernedwith copyright for a comprehensive revi-sion of the domestic copyright law. Somethought was given during the year to thescope of such a task, including considera-tion of the desirability of establishing a

unit in the Office to make historical. fac-tual, and legal studies relevant to alterna-tive solutions of the many problems in-volved in a revision of the law.Reappraisal of the objectives of the cat-aloging operations and a n exploration ofthe possibility of simplifying and expedit-ing this important phase of the Office'swork continued. Simplifications n certainforms of catalog entry were made and fur-ther study is being given to the desirabilityof eliminating cataloging operations notpertinent to copyright purposes or needsand entailing a duality of supervision withno 'economies from the over-all libraryviewpoint.

In its studies requiring access to thecopyright laws of foreign countries, theOffice has found it difficult to obtain au-thoritative and comprehensive translationsof many such laws. I t was thereforepleased to learn that the Copyright Divi-sion of UNESCO as undertaken the taskof compiling and publishing an English-language edition of the copyright laws ofthe world, including certain administra-tive orders, decrees, and the like. The Of-fice responded to UNESCO's equest for as-sistance in the preparation of this basicwork and, under a cooperative agreement,has contributed translations of some lawsand editorial work and other assistance sonecessary in such a publication. Whencompleted-as now anticipated during1955-the resulting Com pila tion of theCopyr ight Laws of the Wo rl d will be anoutstanding contribution to copyright lit-erature because it will make available inthe English language the current copy-right law of all Nations in one loose-leafvolume. The compilation will be kept cur-rent through the publication of periodicloose-leaf supplements.

The Reference Division has for sometime followed the practice of preparingbibliographies of all registered works ofselected prominent authors. This is doneas time .permits and has.been found toserve a very useful purpose in connectionwith reqvests for searches. During thepast year, one of these extended searchesconcerned the works of the Rt. Hon. Sir


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REPORT OF THE REGlSTER OF COPYRIGHTS,Winston Churchill, K. G. Even thoughSir Winston is known as a prolific writer,it was surprising that 556 registrations, rep-resenting 139 principal titles, were dis-closed as a resultof this search.

In the belief that the list might be ofpractical use as well as of interest to theauthor himself, a copy of the report withan index was prepared and bound. OnJune 25, 1954, during the Prime Minister'svisit to the White House, the Acting Li-brarian, Verner W. Clapp, the Register ofCopyrights, Arthur Fisher, and Richard S.MacCarteney, Chief of the Reference Di-vision of the Copyright Office, under whosesupervision the bibliography was prepared,were received at the White House by SirWinston and President Eisenhower, andthe specially inscribed volume was pre-sented to the author in person. In accept-ing the volume, Sir Winston remarked thathe planned to add to this bibliography a"modest" work-a history of the English-speaking peoples, to run to approximately800,000 words.Publications

Two new copyright catalogs, MotionPictures, 1894-1912, and Motion Pictures,1940-1949, were published in the fall of1953. These two volumes, together withMotion Pictures, 1912-1 939, which waspublished in December 195 1, comprise th emost comprehensive list available of motionpictures from the birth of the industry in1894 to 1949. They contain informationabout more than 76,000 motion picturesregistered during this period.

Bulletin No. 14, which contains the textof the copyright law of the United States,together with an index and certain relatedmaterial, was reprinted during the pastyear, together with an insert sheet con-taining P. L. 331, which took effect onApril 13, 1954. This publication is re-ported by the Superintendent of Docu-ments to be one of the Government Print-ing Office's "best sellers."

The latest volume in the series contain-ing copyright court decisions, Bulletin No.28, came off the press during the fiscal year.It covers copyright and related decisions in

both the State and Federal courts duringthe years 195,l and 1952.

Legal DevelopmentsAmendment of the Laic.--During thcfirst session of the 83d Congress, Congress-man Chauncey E. Reed, Chairman of theHouse Committee on the Judiciary, intro-duced a bill (H. R. 2747) which providedthat when the last day for depositing anymaterial in the Copyright Office falls onSaturday, Sunday, or a holiday, such de-posit may be made on the next businessday. This bill was introduced by Mr.Reed at the request of the Copyright Officeto clarify a technical difficulty. I t passedthe House in 1953, received the approvalof the Senate on April 5,1954, and becamePublic Law 331 of the 83d Congress, sec-ond session, after signature by the Presi-dent on April 13, 1954.

Proposed Legislation.-A bill to estab-lish a statute of limitations in connectionwith civil actions (H. R. 6225) was intro-duced by Congressman Kenneth B. Keat-ing on July 10, 1953. No hearings wereheld and by the end of the fiscal year noother action had been taken in connectionwith the bill. On July 29, 1953, Congress-man Keating introduced H. R. 6608, whichhas for its purpose a relaxation of the strictformalities in connection with the formand location of copyright notices. Nohearings were held, nor was any otheraction taken on the bill.

A bill (S. 1106), which had been intro-duced by Senator Pat McCarran in themiddle of the previous fiscal year, was re-vived during fiscal 1954 when hearingswere held on July 15 and October 26, 1953.Th e purpose of this proposed legislation isto modify the so-called "juke box" exemp-tions of Section 1 (e) of the copyright lawto permit composers to receive royaltieswhenever their compositions are played onphonograph records for profit. At the con-clusion of the fiscal year, the bill had notbeen reported out of the Senate JudiciaryCommittee.

Significant Court Decisions.-This an-nual report for last year discussed the prog-ress of the series of Stein cases, all of which


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6 REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS, 195 4involved the question of whether a copy-righted work of a rt embodied in a utili-tarian work, such as a reading lamp,thereby lost its copyright status. At thattime there were indications that the Su-preme Court ultimately might review thematter. A petition for a writ of certiorariwas filed in the Supreme Court for reviewof the decisions of the Fourth Circuit Courtof Appeals in the case of Stein v. Mazer,one of those discussed in last year's report.In granting the writ on October 12, 1953,the Supreme Court specifically invited theSolicitor General to file a brief "settingforth, along with other matters he deemspertinent, the views of the CopyrightOffice, and a statement of its relevantpractice."The Principal Legal Advisor of theCopyright Office, George D. Cary, pre-pared, in collaboration with the Solicitor'sOffice, an amicus brief which served as thebasis of the Government's oral argumentbefore the court. In affirming the deci-sion of the Fourth Circuit Court of Ap-peals, the Supreme Court on March 8,1954 (347 U. S. 201), denied the asser-tion of petitioners that Congressional en-actment of the design patent law shouldbe interpreted as denying protection toarticles embodied or reproduced in usefulmanufactured articles. The Court did notpass upon the question of patentability ofthe statuettes involved in the case, butstated that: "We do hold that the pat-entability of the statuettes, fitted as lampsor unfitted, does not bar copyright as worksof art." In discussing a definition of thedifficult phrase "works of art," the SupremeCourt upheld the regulations of the Copy-right Office in the following words: "Indi-vidual perception of the beautiful is toovaried a power to permit a narrow or rigidconcept of art. As a standard we canhardly do better than the words of the pres-ent Regulation. .. "A number of statements that appearedin the trade press following this decisionindicated that the textile fabric world be-lieved that the Supreme Court had openedthe door for copyright in certain textiledesigns. The Copyright Office, after a

study of the import of the decision, con-cluded that, while not necessarily author-izing the registration of every textile de-sign, it would permit the registration of awork of a rt embodied in a textile fabric.In short, copyright claims in works of artcould be registered regardless of the in-tended use of the material on which anygiven work of ar t may have been repro-duced or embodied. Thus, a Daumieretching reproduced on a tea tray or a Dalipainting embodied in drapery materialwould not be rejected because of the utili-tarian or commercial aspect of these works.McCulloch et al. v. Zapun Ceramics etal., 97 U .S. P. Q. 12 (S. D. N. Y. 1953),was an action against several sellers of in-fringing copies of figurines. The defend-ants contended that they were innocentinfringers and that since plaintiffs had al-ready recovered damages from the manu-facturer they were not entitled to any fur-ther recovery. The court held that neitherthe earlier recovery against the manufac-turer nor the fact that the vendors wereinnocent infringers would prevent theplaintiffs' recovery of damages from thevendors.Shapiro, Bernstein @ Co . Znc. v. JerryVogel Music Co. Znc., 115 F. Supp. 754(S. D. N. Y. 1953), dealt with the prob-lem of renewal rights in the lyrics added tothe musical composition "Twelfth StreetRag" some time after that composition hadbeen published as an instrumental selec-tion. The court held that, in the absenceof a showing that the original composerintended his music to be combined withlyrics, the later version with the lyrics addedwas not a "joint work"; hence, the lyricwriter or his successor, and not the ownerof copyright in the original music, was en-titled to obtain renewal copyright in thelyrics.

In Zigelheim v. Flohr, 119 F. Supp. 324(E. D. N. Y. 1954), the defendant pub-lished a book of traditional Hebrew prayersconsisting mainly of offset reproductions ofthe prayer book previously published by theplaintiff with a copyright notice. Thecourt, holding the defendant liable for in-fringement of the plaintiff's copyright,


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REPORT OF TH E REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS, 1 9 5 4 7ruled on the several points at issue asfollows:(1) The plaintiff's addition, deletion,and rearrangement of numerous letters,words, and lines in editing the text ofprayer books in the public domain weresufficient to constitute a copyrightable newversion, even though the- kiisions weredetermined by consulting other texts in thepublic domain.(2) The words "Zigelheim, New York"in the copyright notice were sufficient asthe name-of the copyright owner becausethere was only one publisher by that namein New York; and that name in close prox-imity to "Copyright 1943," though otherwords intervened, constituted an adequatenotice.

(3) Th e plaintiff's sale of some copiesbefore the date stated in the applicationfor registration as the date of publicationdid not invalidate the copyright.( 4 ) Th e plaintiff's delay of 9 years afterpublication before registering his claim tocopyright did not invalidate the copyrightin the absence of anv evidence of an inten-tion on his part to abandon his copyrightclaim.A case that has erroneously been referredto as creating a "copyright" in ideas is thatof Hamilton National Bank V. Belt, 210

F (2d) 706, (D. C. Cir. 1953). Th eplaintiff, Belt, presented to the HamiltonNational Bank an idea for a series of radioprograms, and the bank contracted withhim to produce the programs, for whichhe was to make the necessary arrangements.The contract was later canceled by thebank, but the same idea was used in broad-casts subsequently sponsored by the Bank.Th e Court of Appeals sustained the lowercourt's award of damages to plaintiff forthe misappropriation of his idea. Thecourt, in reaching its decision, held that aperson presenting an idea to a potentialuser is entitled to compensation for its useif the idea is "original, concrete, useful, andis disclosed in circumstances which, rea-sonably construed, clearly indicate' thatcompensation is contemplated if it is ac-cepted and used."

A case of first impression is E. B. MarksMusic Corp. v. Continental Record Co.,120 F. Supp. 275 (S. D. N. Y. 1954), inwhich the court held that a musical com-position copyrighted in 1902 did not, byvirtue of renewal in 1929 and 1930. obtainthe mechanical reproduction rights pro-vided for in the law of 1909, inasmuch asthe mechanical reproduction rights werein the public domain at the time of thefirst publication of the composition.

Statemmt of Cross Cash Receipts, Yearly Fees, .??umber f Registrations, Etc., for theFiscal Ycars 1950-54

. . . . . . . . . .otal . . . . . . . . . . . I 4,382,149.84 1 4,187,556.22 1 1,055,794 1. . . . . . .I..

Fiscal year- -

Gross receipts I Yearlyppliedees ( registrationsumber of 1 registrationsncreases in k a s e segistrationsn


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R E P O R T O F T H E R E G IS T ER OF C O P Y R I G H T S , 1 9 5 4Number of Articles Deposited During the Fiscal Years 795&54

Class 1 Subject matter of copyright 11950 1 9 5 1 1 9 5 2 1 9 5 3 1 9 5 4Books:

(a) Printed in the United States:Books proper.. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pamphlets, leaflets, etc . . . . . .Contributions to newspapersand periodicals. . . . . . . . . . .Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) Printed abroad in a foreign lan-. guage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(c) English books registered for ad in-terim copyright. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Periodicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lectures, sermons, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dramatic or dramatico-musical composi-

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ionsMusical compositions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .orks of art, modelr or designs.Reproduction of works of ar t. . . . . . . . . . . .Drawings or lastic works of a scientific brtechnical cEaracter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .hotographs.Prints, labels and pictorial illustrations. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .otion-picture photoplays. 1, 528. . . . . . . . .otion pictures not photoplays. 2, 141

Total . . ........................ 338,544

Registration by Subject Matte r Classes for the Fiscal Y ears 795W54Class Subject ma tter of copyright

Books:(a) Printed in the United States:Books pro per. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .amphlets, leaflets, etc.Contributions to newspapers andperiodicals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .otal.(b) Printed abroad in a foreign lan-guage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(c) English books registered for ad in-terim copyriiht. . . . . . . . . . . . . I 1.040- . -

Total.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54,894Periodicals (numbers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55: 436Lectures, sermons, addresses. . . . . . . . . . . . .Dramatic or dramatico-musical composi-tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Musical compositions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Works of a rt, models or designs. . . . . . . . . .Reproductions of works of a r t . . . . . . . . . . . .Drawings or plastic works of a scientific or

1;0074,42752, 3091,6384,013326

- .technical character. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Photographs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Commercial prints and labels. . . . . . . . . . . .Prints and pictorial illustrations. . . . . . . . . .Motion-picture photoplays. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Motion pictures not photoplays. . . . . . . . . .Renewals of all classes. .................

Total. ...........................

1,316 953 980 9581,143 770 995 1,20613,320 11,981 11,770 12,0254, 309 3, 590 2, 891 3, 126782 835 798 9071, 113 1, 314 1, 281 1, 26814,531 16,372 16,690 17,101----10,564 200,354 203,705 218,506


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R E P O R T O F T H E R E G IS T E R O F C O P Y R I G H T S . 1954 9Summa r y o f Copyright Business. Fiscal T e a r I954

BalanceonhandJulyl. 1953 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8175.259.17Gross receipts July 1. 1953. to June 30. 1954 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 913.663.78Total to be accounted for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.088.922.95

Refunded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838.893.32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .hecks returned unpaid 840.00Deposited as earned fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 868.815.00Transfer of unclaimed monies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.00Balance carried over to July 1. 1954:

Fees earned in June 1954 but not deposited until July1954. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75.823.00

Unfinished business balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17.617.67Deposit accounts balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86.897.96180,338.63 81,088,922.95

Fees AppliedRegistrations for prints and labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.784.00 864.704.00Registrations for published works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.692.00 534.768.00Registrations for unpublished works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.612.00 190.448.00Registrations for renewals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.508.00 37.016 OO

Total number of registrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 210.596.00Fees for registrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8826.936.00Fees for recording assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1 9.514.50Fees for indexing transfers of proprietorship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7.347.50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ees for notices of user recorded 4.335.50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ees for certified documents 2.323.00Fees for searches made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.007.00 44,527.50

Total fees earned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8871.463.501Excludes 12.069 registrations made under Public Law 84.Respectfully submitted.

Arthur FisherRegister of Coprights

Washington. D . COctober 20. 1954


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Copyright RegistrationsI B Y S l l B JC C T M A T T E R C L A SS E S . F I S C A L Y E A R 1 9 5 4 I

T O T A L : 1 I 2 . 6 6 5E


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12 R E P O RT O F T H E R E G I ST E R O F C O P Y RI G H T S, 1 9 5 4Publications of the Copyright Ofice

No=.-Orders for the following publications may be addressed to the Register of Copyrights, Libraryof Congress, Washington 25 , D. C., accompanied by remittance (postage stamps not accepted--coinat sender's risk).BULLETIN NO. 8. Cloth, $0 .65 .

Copyright in Congress, 1789-1904. A bibliography and chronological record of all proceedingsin Congress in relation to copyright. 468 pp. 26 cm. 1905.

BULLETIN NO. 14 . Paper, $0.20.Copyright Law of the United States of America. (Title 17 of the United States Code.) 1953.

BULLETIN NO. 17 . Cloth, $0.65.Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1909-1914. Second enlarged edition.

vi, 27 9 pp. 24 cm. 1928.BULLETIN NO. 18 . Cloth, $1 .

Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1914-1917. ix, 60 5 pp. 2 4 cm. Re-printed 1951.

BULLETIN NO. 19 . Cloth, $1.75.Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1918-1924. xi, 47 7 pp. 24 cm. Re-

printed 1949.BULLETIN NO. 20 . Cloth, $2.75.Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1924-1935. xiii, 94 7 pp. 24 cm.

Reprinted 1949.BULLETIN NO. 21 . Cloth, $0.75.

Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1935-1937. vii, 355 pp. 24 cm.Reprinted 1954.

BULLETIN NO. 22 . Cloth, $0.75.Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1938-June 1939. vii, 327 pp. 24 cm.

1939.BULLETIN NO. 23 . Cloth, $1 .

Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1939-1940. vii, 391 pp. 24 cm.1943.BULLETIN NO. 24 . Cloth, $2 .

Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1941-1943. ix, 683 pp. 24 cm.1944.BULLETIN NO. 25 . Cloth, $1.50.

Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1944-1946. vii, 45 9 pp. 2 4 cm.1947.BULLETIN NO. 26 . Cloth, $1.75.

Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1947-1948. x, 488 pp. 24 cm.1949.BULLETlN NO. 27 . Cloth, $2 .

Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1949-1950. x, 591 pp. 2 4 cm.1952.BULLETIN NO. 28 . Cloth, $2.50.

Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1951-1952. xi, 587 pp. 2 4 cm.1954.BULLETIN NO. 29 Cloth.

Decisions of the United States courts involving copyright. 1953-1954. In process.CATALOG OF COPYR IGHT ENTRIES, Third Series. Paper, 29 cm.

Subscription may be placed to the complete annua l set, consisting of the semiannual issues of all ofthe parts listed below, for $20. Copies of single issues may also be secured a t the price given followingthe title in the following list:

Part 1. Books and Pamphlets including Serials and Cbntributions to Periodicals, $2.50. (Begin-ning with the July-December 1953 catalog Parts 1 A and l E were combined under one cover.)

Part 2. Periodicals, $1 .Parts 3-4. Dramas and Works Prepared for Oral Delivery, $1 .Part 5A . Published Music, $1.50.Part 5B. Unpublished Music, $1.50.


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REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS, 195 4 13CATALOG O F C OPYR IGHT ENTRIES, Third Series-Continued

Part 5C. Renewal Registrations, Music, $1.Part 6. Maps and Atlases, $0.50.Parts 7-11A. Works of Art, Reproductions of Works of Art, Scientific and Teehnical Drawings,Photographic Works, Prints and Pictorial Illustrations, $1.Part 11B. Commercial Prints and Labels, $1.Parts 12-1 3. Motion Pictures and Filmstrips, $0.50.

DRAMATIC COM POSITION S COPYRIGHT ED IN TH E UNITED STATES, 1870-1 916.Cloth, $4.

Over 60,000 titles, alphabetically arranged, with complete index to authors, proprietors, translators,etc. 2 vols. v, 3,547 pp. Cloth, 25 cm. 1918.

MO TI ON PIC TURES, 1894-1912, 1912-1939, 1940-1949. Buckram, 30 un. (Catalog of CopyrightEntries, Cumulative Series.) An unbroken record of motion-picture copyrights registered in thiscountrybetween 1894 and 1949. Together , these three bibliographies list more than 75,000 films, both theatricaland nontheatrical, which form an extensive history of the motion-picture industry. XI , 192 pp. 30 rm.,$2.00; IX , 1,256 pp. 30 cm., $18.00; IX , 599 pp. 30 cm., $10.00, respectively.

REGULATIONS O F THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE. Free.Code of Federal Regulations, Title 37, Chapter 11. 2 pp.

TH E COPY RIGH T OFFICE OF TH E UNITE D STATES. (Brochure.) Free.A general description of the organization and functions of the Copyright Office. 23 pp. 1952.Reprinted 1954.

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