Word: copyright
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...effort which is now being made by the Author's League to produce a change in the copyright laws is one which should commend itself to all who are interested in American letters. Under existing conditions, the copyright of a work is owned by the publisher, not the author. A delegation now in Washington is pleading before the House Patents Committee for a reversal of this situation. There is little doubt that the change would be a beneficial one, and ought to be made...
While Congress was having its holiday rest last week. Parliament in musical Austria busied itself with musical copyrights, particularly as they affected the waltzes of the late Johann Strauss. Two years ago the copyright protecting Strauss's music was extended because his widow depended on the royalties. Widow Strauss has since died and Parliament saw no reason for a bill to extend the copyright period. On Jan. 1 the "Blue Danube" and many an-other lilting waltz became common property...
Outwardly Hooey resembles Ballyhoo so closely, particularly in its cover of red, yellow, blue & black squares and a bold black-&-white drawing, that Publisher Delacorte began to look up the copyright laws. Inspection of Hooey's contents revealed touches of bawdry, sexy double-entendres, shady epigrams, scatological jokes and the like which immediately reminded knowing readers of Captain Billy's Whiz Batig, Jim Jam Jems, Smokehouse Monthly. There, in fact, was a true clue to Hooey's publisher, listed in the masthead as Popular Magazines Inc., of Louisville, Ky. Popular Magazines Inc. is controlled by Wilford...
...unsuccessful 10^ confession magazine patterned closely after Macfadden's successful 25^ True Story. Macfadden sued. When the fight was at its hot test Publisher Delacorte heard that Publisher Macfadden was plotting to rush into circulation a magazine called Hullabaloo in order to wrest from Delacorte (by publication) the copyright to the title. The suit was settled out of court last week with Publisher Delacorte withdrawing My Story. Ostensibly, hostilities were over; but to make sure, Publisher Delacorte released Hullabaloo earlier than he had planned. (Afterward Publisher Macfadden denied that the name Hullabaloo was ever under consideration. Harold Hersey, who publishes...
...addition to these, there are a complete set of English and American first editions, the original manuscript of "Benefit of Clergy", presented by Amy Lowell, the original manuscript of "Recessional", and many letters of Kipling's father, as well as the copyright pamphlets and corrected proof sheets...