placed on" in line 7, and by inserting "made public, or sold
publicly or privately, or placed on public."
As to section 64, I have to suggest that the present bill is
supposed to be what may be termed a codification of the copyright
law; if so, section 4966 of the Revised Statutes has no proper
place outside of this bill. If there is anything desirable in the
section it should be embodied in the bill at the proper place, and
in doing so it should be made plain that the word "musical" where
it first occurs in section 4966 means "musical-dramatic," meaning
thereby a composition which is dependent upon representation or
performance in the dramatic sense.
I do not believe that the people of this country are aware of what
the musical composers and publishers are attempting to do in the
way of securing monopolies.
If the public were aware that these persons, after having secured
copyrights giving them the exclusive right of copying and
publishing music for sale, and after having sold the copies of
such music are attempting to secure laws by which they may impose
further taxes upon the public for the use of such music by singing
or playing, and are seeking to provide fines and terms of
imprisonment for those members of the public who do not pay the
additional tax, there will be such a storm of protests before your
committees as could not be disregarded.