Protection provided for [sec. 21] against publication or reproduction of any unpublished copyrightable work.
A willful infringement for profit, now a misdemeanor in the case of such a performance or representation of dramatic or musical compositions, is made a misdemeanor in all cases, as is also the insertion of a false notice of a copyright or the removal of a true one. [Sec. 22.]
_Importations_ [_secs. 26-29_].--Detailed provision for the treatment of copies supposed to be infringing or otherwise prohibited. Exceptions to prohibition modified as below under memorandum "B."
_Suits_ [_secs. 32, etc._]--Actions may be instituted "in the district of which the defendant is an inhabitant, or in a district where the violation of any provision of the act has occurred."
Limitation of actions to be three years instead of two and to apply to all actions under the act. [Sec. 34.]
_Transfers_ [_secs. 37-45_].--Definitions of the copyright as distinct from the property in the material object and of the copyrights in derivative works as distinct among themselves.
_The copyright office._--Sections 46 to 60 provide specifically for the administration of this.
_Catalogue of title entries._--Detailed provision is made for the continuance of the printing of the catalogue on the allotment for printing of the Library of Congress (see secs. 55 and 56 of the draft); and the catalogue is to be made prima facie evidence of deposit and registration.
Provision is made for the reprinting of the indexes and catalogues in classes at stated intervals, with authority to destroy the manuscript cards included in such printed volumes. The current catalogues to be distributed from the copyright office, and sold at a price fixed by the register; the subscriptions to be received by the superintendent of public documents.
Following the provisions for the indexing and cataloguing of the articles deposited, provisions are made, in sections 57, 58, and 59 of the draft for the public inspection of the copyright office record books and deposits; for the permanent use of such deposited articles; for their transfer to other Government libraries where unnecessary to the Library of Congress; and for the disposal of accumulations of useless articles.