Section 45 should be amended so that lines 21 to 23 shall read as

follows: "signee shall in all cases give in the statutory notice

of copyright prescribed by this act the name of the person by whom

the original entry of the copyright was made."

Without this provision the public will be put to great

inconvenience in finding the original entry on which the copyright

depends. The copyright notice should be of a clear and specific

character so as to cause the public as little inconvenience and

uncertainty as possible.

Paragraph 52 should be amended by striking out "provided" and all

thereafter to the end of the paragraph in lines 2 and 3 of page

33. This provision is altogether too broad and the courts should

be left free to determine what are conditions precedent to a valid

copyright and whether there has been any breach of them.

Arguments before the Committee on Patents of the House of Representatives, conjointly with the Senate Committee on Patents, on H.R. 19853, to amend and consolidate the acts respecting copyright June 6, 7, 8, and 9, 1906. · 第 20 / 26 章