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A PARODY NOT AN INFRINGEMENT.
the fact that the stage business and the
characteristics imitated are inseparably
The Ruling of Judge McPherson Who Refused the
connected with the peculiar words and
Preliminary Enjoining Order is Interesting to
music, I do not believe that the perform-
Members of the Trade.
ance is forbidden either by the letter or the
When Fay Templeton, as a specialist in spirit of the act of 1897. The owner of the
"The Runaways" imitated Lottie Faust's copyright is entitled (upon the assumption
singing of "Sammy," in the "Wizard of heretofore stated) to be protected from un-
Oz," an injunction was asked by Sol authorized public performance. . . .
Bloom, publisher of the song in question, Fay Templeton does not sing it, she mere-
under Section 4966 of the United States ly imitates the singer; and the interest in
revised statutes, as amended in 1897, which her own performance is due, not to the
imposes a liability in damages upon any song, but to the degree of excellence of the
person, "publicly performing or represent- imitation. This is a distinct and different
ing any dramatic or musical composition variety of the histrionic art from the sing-
for which a copyright has been obtained, ing of songs, dramatic or otherwise, and I
wthout the consent of the proprietor of do not think that the example now before
said dramatic or musical composition."
the court has in any way interferred with
the
legal rights of the complainants."
After going over the facts as presented in
,the affidavits, Judge McPherson, of the
SOL BLOOM SUCCESSES.
U. S. District Court, Philadelphia, in refus-
ing the preliminary enjoining order said: Two Numbers That Bid Fair to Win no Small
Share of Popularity.
"Assuming, for present purposes, that a
lyric is capable of being "performed or rep-
Vocalists and producers alike, who are
resented" in the sense that should be given seeking song novelties, continue to draw
THEODORE NORTHRUP.
to those words as they are used by the satisfactory waves from Sol Bloom's cata-
statute, the question remains, is the song logue. During the week past, two ex-
Theodore Northrup, who is responsible
in fact being performed or represented? In ceptionally clever numbers have been se-
for
the major part of the score of "Buster
my opinion, the question should be cured from this source; the first is a new
Brown,"
the new cartoon play success, is a
answered in the negative. What is being and tuneful composition by Wm. H. Penn,
versatile
and
popular writer on the staff of
represented are the peculiar actions, ges- entitled "Honey Boy." Leila Mclntyre
M.
Witmark
&
Sons. This year has been a
tures, and tones of Miss Faust; and these renders this number in "Mother Goose"
marked
one
for
him because of the number
were not copyrighted by the complainant with all the finesse this artist is noted for,
of
successes
he
has
made, successes of a
Bloom, and could not be, since they were and the combination of clever song and
striking
and
noticeable
sort, prominent among
the subsequent device of other minds. It competent singer has met with emphatic
which
are
the
two
baritone
songs, "Here's
is the personality imitated that is the sub- approval for theatre goers and music buy-
to
Nut
Brown
Ale,"
and
"Beware
of the
ject of Miss Templeton's act, modified, of ers, alike.
Brigand
Bold,"
written
with
Stanley
Forde
course, by her own individuality, and it The second is an effort of Heelan &
and
sung
by
that
well-known
singer
in
"The
seems to me that the chorus of the song Helf's, "Be Good and You'll Be Happy,"
Princess
of
Kensington"
and
"The
Medal
is a mere vehicle for carrying the imitation a song that is particularly tuneful and
along. Surely a parody would not infringe genuinely funny. Jos. J. Sullivan has in- and the Maid" respectively, where they both
the copyright of the work parodied, merely terpolated this number in "Red Feather" scored big hits. Other numbers of Mr.
because a few lines of the original might and is convinced that he has secured a song Northrup's, which are being played and sung
everywhere, are "Pretty Poll," "A Yeoman
be textually reproduced.
that will stand out for every number in this of the Guard," "The King of Coney Isle,"
"No doubt, the good faith of such clever comedy. The orders already re- "Polly Pry," "My Dinah Lee," "The Poppy
mimicry is an essential element; and, if it ceived for these compositions have con-
appeared that the imitation was a mere at- vinced Sol Bloom that he has two more
tempt to evade the owner's copyright, the strong sellers on his extensive catalogue.
singer would properly be prohibited from
WITMARK PUBLICITY.
doing in a roundabout way what could not
be done directly. But where, as here, it is A Handy Volume Containing the Names of Many
clearly established that the imitation is in
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