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    1654 The Publishers' Circular T Dec. 311...

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    THE ENGLISH COPYRIGHT BILL. For some tim...

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    The Illustrating of Books. —Mr. Harry

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    to the proprietor and the other half to the use of the United States . '

    and Sec sixty . 9 . -seven That of section the Be forty vised -nine Statutes hundred be /

    as and follows the same : is hereby , amended so as to read

    or publish Sec . 4967 any . manuscri Every person pt whatever who shall without print

    the consent of the author X or proprietor ' first obtained , shall be liable to the author or

    proprietor for all damages occasioned by such injury . '

    and Sec seventy . 10 . - That one of section the Revised forty-nine Statutes hundred be ,

    and the same is hereby , repealed . Sec . 11 . That for the purpose of this Act

    when each volume such volumes of a book are in two published i or more separatel volumes y ,

    and the first one shall no t have been issued before this Act shall take effect , and each

    number of a periodical shall be considered an independent A . publication A . , subject Vto the form of

    copyrighting as above . Sec . 12 . That this Act shall go into effect

    hundred on the first and day ninety of Jul -one y , . anno Domini eighteen

    a citizen Sec . of 13 . a fo That reign this state Act or shall nation onl — when y appl such y to

    foreign state or o nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit of

    own copyri cit ght izens on substantiall or when suc y the h forei same basis stat as e its or

    nation permits to citizens of the United States of America copyright privileges substantially

    simi when lar suc to h th forei ose -L «/ gn provided C _ s tate or for na tion in th is is a par Act t y to

    an international agreement which provides X «/ for reciprocity in the grant of copyright , by the

    terms of which agreement the United States of America may at its pleasure become a party

    to such agreement . The existence of either of these conditions shall be determined by

    the United opinion States o , f whenever the Attorney an occasion -General for of such the a

    determination arises . Passed the House of Representatives

    December 3 , 1890 . Attest : EDWD . McPHERSON

    Clerk . ,

    1654 The Publishers' Circular T Dec. 311...

    1654 The Publishers' Circular T Dec . 3111890 I

    The English Copyright Bill. For Some Tim...

    THE ENGLISH COPYRIGHT BILL . For some time past a sub-committee of the

    paring Society a of copyri Authors ght measure . has been suggesting engaged various in

    prechanges in present legislation , . The Bill has been got ready , and has been introduced in the

    House of Lords by Lord Monkswell . The following are its main provisions : — 1 . A uniform term of copyright for all

    c aut lasses hor of and work thirty , co years mr nsisting after of his the «/ death t _> life of . The the

    i onl ngs y and exceptions photograp are hs in the and cases anonymous of engrav and

    pseudonymous works , , for which , owiug to the difficulty or impossibility of identifying

    the author , the term « . is to be thirty years % l CJ

    only , with power for the author of an anony-

    The English Copyright Bill. For Some Tim...

    ¦ during mous or such pseudonymous thirty years to work declare at any his time true

    name and acquire the full term of copyrigiit right ..

    2 . The period after which the author of an article or essay in a collective work ( other

    than an encyclopaedia ) is to be entitled to the right of separate publication , is reduced

    from twenty-eight years to three years . 3 . The right to make an abridgment of a

    work is for the first time expressly recognised as part of the copyright , and an abridgment by a person other ___ than the copyright owner

    is made X an infringement of copyri Jt , V g *\^ ht . 4 . The authors of works of fiction are

    given the exclusive right of dramatising the same as part of their copyrightand the

    converse right is conferred on authors , of dramatic works .

    5 . The exhibition of photographs taken on commission , except with the consent of

    tae the person Deraon tor for whom whom they thev are are taken taken , , is is rendered illegal . G . Registration is made compulsory for

    all classes of work in which copyright exists , except painting and sculpture ; that is to

    say , no proceedings for infringement or otherwise can be taken before registration ,

    nor can any proceedings be taken after registration in respect of anything done before

    the date of registration , except on payment of a penal JL tyV . This penalt J . y */ , it should be

    Royal mentioned Commission , was not recommended ut is introduced by the in ,

    order that an accidental omission to register may not entirely deprive the copyright

    owner «/ of his remedies 1 / J . . Registration JL tl GJ of paintings and sculpture is made optional

    A owing . to \ J their being L so frequently subject , to alteration / that it is practically impossible

    to say when , they are comp x leted , •/ so as x to be capable of registration .

    the 7 seizure . Provision of pira is tical made ( p in ies Clause of copyri 89 ) g for ht

    offered works whic for sa h le are X . Some being such hawked X provision abou X •/ is t , re or

    works quired , of particularl artand y was for recommended the protection bthe of , y

    Royal Commission . The Billas a wholeis

    simplecomprehensive , and , thoroughly sensibl , e , and , we hope X

    will be passed by Parliament .

    The Illustrating Of Books. —Mr. Harry

    The Illustrating of Books . —Mr . Harry

    Furniss can be almost as amusing with the pen as he is with the pencil . In the January

    A number of the Magazine X of Art he gives m / some amusing *—» experiences A . of authors ancl

    publishers who wish artists to do the impossible . ' The illustrator ' s difficulties by no

    au means thor end is satisfied / says . Mr Many . Furniss authors , * when give you the

    every facility , and hamper you with no imes possi pecia bilities lly if ; he but be then the editor steps of in a the " good editor y , '

    a magazine nd X lovers ' . will Novels find will their be way novels •/ even , and into « - ' lo the % l ve

    —I im once macu ¦<< l found ate pag it es so an our _ . _ d . _ . cer mon _ tainl thl y y I _ e levators thought __ _ _ I I .

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 31, 1890, page 1654, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_31121890/page/12/