Word: copyright
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Miss Hawkins sent the story to the two most blatant advertisers, Daniel O'Malley Co. Inc. of Manhattan, and Universal Scenario Co. of Hollywood. Universal thought the tale "admirably suited to talking picture presentation," offered to print a 500-word synopsis of it in its Scenario Bulletin Review, copyright it, submit it "personally to those producers whose current production demands call for this particular type of story"-all for $10. Daniel O'Malley Co. Inc. (proprietor: Daniel S. Margalies) was equally enthusiastic, would perform approximately the same service...
Last fortnight The Author & Journalist followed its exposé of the heartless "copyright racket" with the report of its investigation into the similar but more lucrative "vanity publishing" field...
...copyright costs $2. The agent copyrights his entire bulletin for the same...
...obscurity is taking a long shot at success. Having failed to reach his mark, the plaintiff must be made to pay for the expense to which he has put the defendants. ... I am faced with page after page of alleged parallelisms of phraseology. Obviously, the plaintiff cannot claim a copyright on words in the dictionary, such as names of seasons...
...that Meals Tested, Tasted and Approved, put out by Good Housekeeping Institute (second edition copyright 1930). gives the recipe for "bubble & squeak" as follows: i Ib. round steak cut in i-in. cubes...