A TREATISE ON THE LAW

OF

COPYRIGHT AND LITERARY PROPERTY

BY

WILLIAM B. HALE, LL.B.

of The New York Bar

Counsel in Copyright and Trade-Mark Causes; Associate Editor-in-Chief of Corpus Juris;
Author of "Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition," in Cyc,
"A Hornbook on Damages," Etc.

NEW YORK

THE AMERICAN LAW BOOK COMPANY

1917

Copyright 1917

BY THE AMERICAN LAW BOOK COMPANY

[in Corpus Juris Vol. XIII]

COPYRIGHT AND LITERARY PROPERTY

By WILLIAM B. HALE*

[Matters not in this Title, treated elsewhere in this Work, see Cross References infra p 944]

ANALYSIS

I. DEFINITIONS AND DISTINCTIONS [sub-analysis p 936]

П. COMMON-LAW RIGHTS [sub-analysis p 936]

III. ORIGIN AND NATURE OF COPYRIGHT [sub-analysis p 937]

IV. STATUTORY AND CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS [sub-analysis p 937]

V. WHAT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED [sub-analysis p 938]

VI. WHO ENTITLED TO COPYRIGHT [sub-analysis p 939]

VII. REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURING AND PRESERVING COPYRIGHT [sub-analysis p 939]

VIII. DURATION OF COPYRIGHT AND RENEWAL OR EXTENSION OF TERM [sub-analysis p 940]

IX. TRANSFERS, LICENSES, AND CONTRACTS [sub-analysis p 940]

X. INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT [sub-analysis p 941]

XI. REMEDIES AND PROCEDURE FOR INFRINGEMENT OF COPYRIGHT [sub-analysis p 942]
XII. IMPORTATION [sub-analysis p 944]

XIII. OFFENSES AND PROSECUTIONS [sub-analysis p 944]

XIV. INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT [sub-analysis p 944]

SUB-ANALYSIS

I. DEFINITIONS AND DISTINCTION3 [§§ 1-3] p 945

A. Copyright [§ 1] p 945

B. Common-Law Copyright [§ 2] p 945

C. Literary Property [s 3] p 946

II. COMMON-LAW RIGHTS [§§ 4-64] p 947

A. Property Rights Generally [§§ 4–9] p 947

1. In General [§ 4] p 947

2. Nature and Extent [§§ 5-8] p 948

a. In General [§ 5] p 948

b. Exclusive Control [§ 6] p 949

c. Execution, Attachment, Foreclosure, and Bankruptcy [§ 7] p 950

d. Taxation [§ 8] p 951

3. Duration [§ 9] p 951

B. Subject Matter [§§ 10-24] p 951

1. Intellectual Conception [§ 10] p 951

2. Quality of Production [§§ 11-13] p 952

a. Originality [§ 11] p 952

b. Legality and Morality [§ 12] p 953
c. Literary or Artistic Merit [§ 13] p 953

3. Particular Classes [§§ 14-24] р 953

a. Literary Compositions [14] p 953
b. Dramatic Compositions [§ 15] p 953
c. Musical Compositions [§ 16] p 954
d. Artisti Productions [§ 17] p 954

e. Letters [18] p 954

f. Architectural Plans and Drawings [§ 19] p 955
g. Lectures, Sermons, and Addresses [§ 20] p 955
h. Facts and Information; News [§ 21] p 955

i. Ideas [ 221 p 957

j. Name or Title of Work [§ 23] p 958

k. Name of Author [§ 24] p 958

C. Persons Entitled [§§ 25-32] p 961

Associate Editor in Chief of Corpus Juris. Counsel in Trade-Mark, and Copyright Cases. Author of "TradeMarks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition" 38 Cyc 674.