Chapter 2. To afford protection to exhibitors of foreign literary, artistic, or musical works at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
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CHAP. 2.— An Act To afford protection to exhibitors of foreign literary, artistic, or musical works at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. January 7, 1904. [[S. 2022](/us/bill/58/s/2022).] [[Public, No. 2](/us/pl/58/2).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in in Congress assembled,* Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Temporary copyrights for exhibits of foreign books, prints, etc. That the author of any hook, map. chart, dramatic composition, musical composition, engraving, cut. print, chromo, lithograph, or photograph published abroad prior to November thirtieth, nineteen hundred and four, but not registered for copyright protection in the United States copyright office, or the heirs and assigns of such author, shall have in the case of any such book, map, chart, dramatic composition, musical composition, engraving, cut, print, chromo, lithograph, or photograph intended for exhibition at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition the sole liberty of printing, reprinting, publishing, copying, and vending the same within the limits of the United States for the term herein provided for upon complying with the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 2. That one copy of such book, map. chart, dramatic composition,Copies of exhibits, for Library of Congress. musical composition, engraving, cut, print, chromo, lithograph, or photograph to be exhibited as herein provided shall be delivered at, the copyright office, Library of Congress, at Washington. District of Columbia, with a statement duly subscribed to in writing that the book or other article is intended for such exhibition and that the copyright protection herein provided for is desired by the copyright proprietor, whose full name and legal residence is to be stated in the application.
Sec. 3. That the register of copyrights shall record the title of eachRecord of titles, etc. volume of any such book or other article herein provided for, or if the article lacks a title, shall record a brief description of it sufficient to identify it, in a special series of record books to be designated the “Interim copyright record books,” and shall furnish to the copyrightCopy to claimants. claimant a copy of record under seal of such recorded title or description, and the said title or description is to be included in the Catalogue of Title Entries provided for in section four of the Act of March third,Vol. 26, p. 1108. eighteen hundred and ninety-one.
Sec. 4. That a fee of one dollar and fifty cents shall be paid to theFees. register of copyrights for each title or description to be recorded and a certified copy of the record of the same, and in the case of a work in more than one volume the same amount, one dollar and fifty cents,5 shall be paid for each volume, and the register of copyrights shall deposit all such fees paid in the Treasury of the United States, and report and account for the same in accordance with the provisions in relation to copyright fees of the appropriation act approved FebruaryVol. 29, p. 545. nineteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven.
Sec. 5. That the copyright protection herein provided for shall beTerm. for the term of two years from the date of the receipt of the book or other article in the copyright office. Sec. 6. That if at any time during the term of the copyright protectionExtension of term. herein provided for. two copies of the original text of any such book, or of a translation of it in the English language, printed from type set within the. limits of the United States or from plates made therefrom, or two copies of any such photograph, chromo, or lithograph printed from negatives or drawings on stone made within the limits of the United States or from transfers made therefrom, arc deposited in the copyright office, Library of Congress, at Washing-ton, District of Columbia, such deposit shall be held to extend the term of copyright protection to such book, photograph, chromo, or lithograph for the full terms provided for in title sixty, chapter three,[R.
S. Title LX, ch. 3, p. 957](/us/rs/p957). of the Revised Statutes of the United States, computed from the date of the receipt of the book, photograph, chromo, or lithograph and the registration of the title or description as herein provided for. Sec. 7. That in the ease of an original work of the fine arts (a painting,Temporary copyrights for exhibits of foreign paintings, etc. drawing, statue, statuary, and a model or design intended to be perfected as a work of the fine arts) which has been produced without the limits of the United States prior to the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and four, and is intended for exhibition at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, the author of such work of art, or his heirs and assigns, shall be granted copyright protection therefor during aTerm. period of two years from the date of filing in the copyright office.
Library of Congress, at Washington. District of Columbia, a description of the said work of art and a photograph of it, and upon payingFees. to the register of copyrights one dollar and fifty cents for the registration of such description, and a copy of record under seal of such recorded description. Sec. 8. That, except in so far as this Act authorizes and providesCopyright laws not permanently affected. for temporary copyright protection during the period and for the purposes herein provided for. if shall not be construed or held to in any manner affect or repeal any of the provisions of the Revised Statutes relating to copyrights and the Acts amendatory thereof.
ThatTime limit for registration. no registration under this Act shall be made after the thirtieth day of November, nineteen hundred and four. Approved, January 7, 1904.