Proprietorship of such Copyright, according to the Particulars underwritten. ORIGINAL ENTRY of PROPRIETORSHIP of COPYRIGHT of a BOOK. FORM of CONCURRENCE of the PARTY assigning in any Book I A.B. of being the Assigner of the Copyright of the Book hereunder described, do hereby require you to make Entry of the Assignment of the Copyright therein. No. 5. FORM OF ENTRY of ASSIGNMENT of COPYRIGHT in any BOOK An Act to amend the Law relating to International Copyright. [10th May 1844.] I. Whereas by an Act passed in the Session of Parliament held in the First and Second Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for securing to Authors in certain Cases the Benefit of international Copyright 1 & 2 Vict. (and which Act is herein-after, for the sake of Perspicuity, designated as c. 59. "the International Copyright Act"), Her Majesty was empowered by Order in Council to direct that the Authors of Books which should after a future Time, to be specified in such Order in Council, be published in any Foreign Country, to be specified in such Order in Council, and their Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, should have the sole Liberty of printing and reprinting such Books within the British Dominions for such Term as Her Majesty should by such Order in Council direct, not exceeding the Term which Authors, being British Subjects, were then, (that is to say) at the Time of passing the said Act, entitled to in respect of Books first published in the United Kingdom; and the said Act contains divers Enactments securing to Authors and their Representatives the Copyright in the Books to which any such Order in Council should extend: And whereas an Act was passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Law of Copyright (and which Act is herein-after, for the sake of Perspicuity, designated as "the c. 45. Copyright Amendment Act"), repealing various Acts therein mentioned relating to the Copyright of printed Books, and extending, defining, and securing to Authors and their Representatives the Copyright of Books: And whereas an Act was passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Third and Fourth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the 3 & 4 W. 4 Fourth, intituled An Act to amend the Laws relating to Dramatic Literary c. 15. Property (and which Act is herein-after, for the sake of Perspicuity, 5 & 6 Vict. designated as "the Dramatic Literary Property Act"), whereby the sole Liberty of representing or causing to be represented any Dramatic Piece in any Place of Dramatic Entertainment in any Part of the British Dominions, which should be composed and not printed or published by the Author thereof or his Assignee, was secured to such Author or his Assignee; and by the said Act it was enacted, that the Author of any such Production which should thereafter be printed and published, or his Assignee, should have the like sole Liberty of Representation until the End of Twentyeight Years from the first Publication thereof: And whereas by the said Copyright Amendment Act the Provisions of the said Dramatic Literary Property Act and of the said Copyright Amendment Act were made applicable to Musical Compositions; and it was thereby also enacted, that the sole Liberty of representing or performing, or causing or permitting to be represented or performed, in any Part of the British Dominions, any Dramatic Piece or Musical Composition, should endure and be the Property of the Author thereof and his Assigns for the Term in the said Copyright Amendment Act provided for the Duration of the Copyright in Books, and that the Provisions therein enacted in respect of the Property of such Copyright should apply to the Liberty of representing or performing any Dramatic Piece or Musical Composition: And whereas under or by virtue of the Four several Acts next herein-after mentioned; (that is to say,) an Act passed in the Eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, 8 G. 2c. 13. intituled An Act for the Encouragement of the Arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other Prints, by vesting the Properties thereof in the Inventors or Engravers during the Time therein mentioned; an Act passed in the Seventh Year of His late Majesty King George the Third, 7 G. 3c. 38. intituled An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act made in the Eighth Year of the Reign of King George the Second, for Encouragement of the Arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other Prints; and for vesting in and securing to Jane Hogarth, Widow, the Property in certain Prints; an Act passed in the Seventeenth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for more effectually securing the Property of Prints to Inventors and Engravers, by enabling them to sue for and recover Penalties in certain Cases; and an Act passed in the Session of Parliament held in the Sixth and Seventh Years of the Reign 6&7 W.4 of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to extend the Protection of Copyright in Prints and Engravings to Ireland; (and which said Four several Acts are herein-after, for the sake of Perspicuity, designated as the Engraving Copyright Acts ;) every Person who invents or designs, engraves, etches, or works in Mezzotinto or Chiaro-oscuro, or from his own Work, Design, or Invention causes or procures to be designed, engraved, etched, or worked in Mezzotinto or Chiaro-oscuro any historical Print or Prints, or any Print or Prints of any Portrait, Conversation, Landscape, or Architecture, Map, Chart, or Plan, or any other Print or Prints whatsoever, and every Person who engraves, etches, or works in Mezzotinto or Chiaro-oscuro, or causes to be engraved, etched, or worked, any Print taken from any Picture, Drawing, Model, or Sculpture, either ancient or modern, notwithstanding such Print shall not have been graven or drawn from the original Design of such Graver, Etcher, or Draftsman, is entitled to the Copyright of such Print for the Term of Twenty-eight Years from the first publishing thereof; and by the said several Engraving Copyright Acts it is provided that the Name of the Proprietor shall be truly 17 G. 3 c. 57. c. 59. engraved on each Plate, and printed on every such Print, and Remedies are provided for the Infringement of such Copyright: And whereas under and by virtue of an Act passed in the Thirty-eighth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act for encouraging the Art 38 G. 3 c. of making new Models and Casts of Busts and other Things therein 71. mentioned, and of an Act passed in the Fifty-fourth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to amend and 54 G. 3 c. render more effectual an Act of His present Majesty, for encouraging the Art 56. of making new Models and Casts of Busts and other Things therein mentioned, and for giving further Encouragement to such Arts, (and which said Acts are, for the sake of Perspicuity, herein-after designated as the Sculpture Copyright Acts,) every Person who makes or causes to be made any new and original Sculpture, or Model or Copy or Cast of the Human Figure, any Bust or Part of the Human Figure clothed in Drapery or otherwise, any Animal or Part of any Animal combined with the Human Figure or otherwise, any Subject, being Matter of Invention in Sculpture, any Alto or Basso-Relievo, representing any of the Matters aforesaid, or any Cast from Nature of the Human Figure or Part thereof, or of any Animal or Part thereof, or of any such Subject representing any of the Matters aforesaid, whether separate or combined, is entitled to the Copyright in such new and original Sculpture, Model, Copy, and Cast, for Fourteen Years from first putting forth and publishing the same, and for an additional Period of Fourteen Years in case the original Maker is living at the End of the first Period; and by the said Acts it is provided that the Name of the Proprietor, with the Date of the Publication thereof, is to be put on all such Sculptures, Models, Copies, and Casts, and Remedies are provided for the Infringement of such Copyright: And whereas the Powers vested in Her Majesty by the said International Copyright Act are insufficient to enable Her Majesty to confer upon Authors of Books first published in Foreign Countries Copyright of the like Duration, and with the like Remedies for the Infringement thereof, which are conferred and provided by the said Copyright Amendment Act with respect to Authors of Books first published in the British Dominions; and the said International Copyright Act does not empower Her Majesty to confer any exclusive Right of representing or performing Dramatic Pieces or Musical Compositions first published in Foreign Countries upon the Authors thereof, nor to extend the Privilege of Copyright to Prints and Sculpture first published abroad; and it is expedient to vest increased Powers in Her Majesty in this respect, and for that Purpose to repeal the said International Copyright Act, and to give such other Powers Repeal of to Her Majesty, and to make such further Provisions, as are herein-after tional contained the said recited Act herein designated as the International Copy- Copyright right Act shall be and the same is hereby repealed.2 II. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by any Order of Her Majesty in Council, to direct that, as respects all or any particular Class or Classes of the following Works, (namely,) Books, Prints, Articles of Sculpture, and other Works of Art, to be defined in such Order, which shall after a future Time, to be specified in such Order, be first published in any Foreign Country to be named in such Order, the Authors, Inventors, Designers, Engravers, and Makers thereof respectively, their respective 1 Repealed Stat. Law Rev. Act, 1891. 2 Repealed Stat. Law Rev. Act, 1874 (2). Interna Act. Her Majesty, by Order in Council, may direct that Auth ors, &c., of Works first pub Foreign Countries Executors, Administrators, and Assigns, shall have the Privilege of Copyright therein during such Period or respective Periods as shall Copyright be defined in such Order, not exceeding, however, as to any of the above shall have therein within Her mentioned Works, the Term of Copyright which Authors, Inventors, Designers, Engravers, and Makers of the like Works respectively first Majesty's Dominions, published in the United Kingdom may be then entitled to under the herein-before recited Acts respectively, or under any Acts which may hereafter be passed in that Behalf. If the Order applies to Books, the Copyright Law as to Books first published in this Country shall apply to the Books to which the Order relates, with certain Exceptions. If the Order applies to Prints, &c., the Law as to Prints or Sculptures first published in III. In case any such Order shall apply to Books, all and singular the Enactments of the said Copyright Amendment Act, and of any Other Act for the Time being in force with relation to the Copyright in Books first published in this Country, shall, from and after the Time so to be specified in that Behalf in such Order, and subject to such Limitation as to the Duration of the Copyright as shall be therein contained, apply to and be in force in respect of the Books to which such Order shall extend, and which shall have been registered as herein-after is provided, in such and the same Manner as if such Books were first published in the United Kingdom, save and except such of the said Enactments, or such Parts thereof, as shall be excepted in such Order, and save and except such of the said Enactments as relate to the Delivery of Copies of Books at the British Museum, and to or for the Use of the other Libraries mentioned in the said Copyright Amendment Act. IV. In case any such Order shall apply to Prints, Articles of Sculpture, or to any such other Works of Art as aforesaid, all and singular Sculptures, the Enactments of the said Engraving Copyright Acts and the said Copyright Sculpture Copyright Acts, or of any other Act for the Time being in force with relation to the Copyright in Prints or Articles of Sculpture first published in this Country, and of any Act for the Time being in force with relation to the Copyright in any similar Works of Art first published in this Country, shall, from and after the Time so to be specified in that Behalf in such Order, and subject to such Limitation as to the Duration of the Copyright as shall be therein contained respectively, apply to and be in force in respect of the Prints, Articles of Sculpture, and other Works of Art to which such Order shall extend, and which shall have been registered as herein-after is provided, in such and the same Manner as if such Articles and other Works of Art were first published in the United Kingdom, save and except such of the said Enactments or such Parts thereof as shall be excepted in such Order. this Coun try shall apply to the Prints, Sculptures, &c., to which such Order relates. Her Ma jesty may, by Order in Council, direct that V. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty, by any Order of Her Majesty in Council, to direct that the Authors of Dramatic Pieces and Musical Compositions which shall after a future Time, to be specified in such Order, be first publicly represented or performed in any Foreign Country to be named in such Order, shall have the sole Liberty of representing or performing in any Part of the British Dominions such Dramatic Pieces or Musical Compositions during such Period as shall be defined in such Order, not exceeding the Period during which Authors of Dramatic Pieces and Musical Compositions first publicly represented or performed in the United Kingdom may for the Time be entitled by Law to the sole represented Liberty of representing and performing the same; and from and after the Authors and Composers of Dramatic Pieces and Musical Compositions first publicly |