AN ACT TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE. ACTS RESPECTING COPYRIGHT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- tives of the United States of America in ...

It allowed for works to be copyrighted for a period of 28 years from the date of publication and extended the renewal term from 14 years (effective as of the ... Background · Case law · The Act of September 25, 1941

March 4, 1909. AN ACT TO AMEND AND CONSOLIDATE THE ACTS RESPECTING COPYRIGHT. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States ...

No copyright shall subsist in the original text of any work which is in the public domain, or in any work which was published in this country or any foreign ...

The 1909 Act implements its dual policies in part by establishing a limited monopoly in the work of authorship for the copyright owner. 27 Upon securing a ...

The laws respecting copyrights must now be gathered from a large number of acts. Fourteen acts relating to copyrights have been passed since the Revised ...

1. Exclusive rights as to copyrighted works. 2. Rights of author or proprietor of unpublished work. 3. Protection of component parts of work copyrighted.

Under the 1909 law, the copyright term was determined by the date of first publication with the required notice.

Public Law 102-307. An Act. To amend title 17, United States Code, the copyright renewal provisions, and for other purposes.