The law of motion pictures (1918)

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PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS [See Sec. 8] The following proclamations have been issued by the President, by which copyright protection is granted in the United States to works of authors who are citizens or subjects of the countries named. It is to be noted that this protection does not include “copyright controlling the parts of instruments serving to reproduce mechanically the musical work” provided in Sec. 1 (e) of the Act of March 4, 1909, except in the case of the countries named in the second part of this list, viz : Belgium, Cuba, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Luxemburg, and Norway. July 1, 1891 — Belgium, France, Great Britain and the British possessions, and Switzerland. (Stat. L., vol. 27, pp. 981-982.) April 15, 1892 — Germany. (Stat. L., vol. 27, pp. 1021 1022.) October 31, 1892 — Italy. (Stat. L., vol. 27, p. 1043.) May 8, 1893 — Denmark. (Stat. L., vol. 28, p. 1219.) July 20, 1893 — Portugal. (Stat. L., vol. 28, p. 1222.) July 10, 1895 — Spain. (Stat. L., vol. 29, p. 871.) February 27, 1896 — Mexico. (Stat. L., vol. 29, p. 877.) May 25, 1896 — Chile. (Stat. L., vol. 29, p. 880.) October 19, 1899 — Costa Rica. (Stat. L., vol. 31, pp. 1955-1956.) 710