The law of motion pictures (1918)

Record Details:

Title:
The law of motion pictures
Date:
1918
Publisher:
New York : Baker, Voorhis and Company
Volume:
The law of motion pictures : including the law of the theatre
Leaf #:
000720
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Early Cinema
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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656 THE LAW OF MOTION PICTURES Island Protectorate, Swaziland, Uganda Protectorate and Weihaiwei. Deposit of Books in British Museum The provision of the 1911 Act with respect to deposit in the British Museum and other libraries has reference only to books. This section of the Act may be disregarded so far as motion pictures are concerned. Publication Under Section three of the Act of 1911 “publication in relation to any work means the issue of copies of the work to the public.” There must be a bona fide issue of copies, for under Section thirty-five of Subdivision three “a colourable publication, and one ‘not intended to satisfy the reasonable requirements of the public,’ will not be in conformity with the statute.” Francis Day and Hunter v. B. Feldman & Co. (1914), L. R., 2 Ch. 728. Unpublished Works Great Britain issued an Order in Council on February 3, 1915, under Section twenty-nine of the 1911 Act containing the following provision: “The Copyright Act of 1911 including the provisions as to existing works, shall, subject to the provisions of the said Act and of this Order, apply: (a) To literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works, the authors whereof were at the time of the making of the works, citizens of the United States of