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THE
REGARDING RENTING OF SCORES
Attention of Publishers Again Called to Defini-
tion of Public Libraries as Rendered by the
Registrar of Copyrights — Take Action
Against Circulating Music Libraries
A ruling of particular interest to publishers
of cantatas, oratorios and other music designed
for public performance, rendered some time ago
by the Registrar of Copyrights in answer to an
inquiry filed by the Lorenz Publishing Co., New
York, has again been brought to notice as a
result of recent developments in the trade.
It appears that certain individuals and com-
panies make it a practice of renting cantatas,
oratorios, and other musical works to schools,
choirs, societies, etc., for public performance,
and where the organization giving the perform-
ances, as in the case of church choirs, has not
done so for profit, these, renting agencies have
not seen fit to pay royalties to publishers for
the use of the works, on the. plea that they
came under the classification of public libraries
as set forth in the copyright law, which reads
in part:
"That any person who wilfully and for profit
shall infringe any copyright secured by this act,
or who shall knowingly and wilfully aid or abet
such infringement, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by imprisonment for not exceeding
tme year or by a fine of not less than one hun-
dred dollars nor more than one thousand dol-
lars or both, in the discretion of the court:
Provided, however, that nothing in this act shall
be so construed as to prevent the performance
A SPONTANEOUS
HIT
«YO SAN"
THE BEST CHINESE SONG
AN ATTRACTIVE (PIANO) ONE STEP
A MOST ORIGINAL ORCHESTRA
ONE STEP (Arr. by Dave Kaplan)
HUNTZINGER & DILWORTH
NEW YORK
159 Wait 57th Street
INTHE AFTERGLOW
MUSIC TRADE
of religious or secular works, such as oratorios,
cantatas, masses, or octavo choruses by public
schools, church choirs, or vocal societies, rented,
borrowed, or obtained from some public library,
public school, church choir, school choir, or
vocal society, provided the performance is given
for charitable or educational purposes and not
for profit."
The Registrar of Copyrights in his opinion
said concerning the status of public libraries:
"Public libraries are libraries belonging to some
public agency and maintained for the benefit
of the public. Circulating libraries managed for
profit are not in any sense public libraries with-
in the meaning of the law."
At the last meeting of the Publishers' Asso-
ciation this question was brought up for dis-
cussion, and it was determined that in the face
of this ruling libraries that rent music to
churches and other organizations for profit must
make a royalty return to the publisher regard-
less of whether or not the performance of the
work itself is for profit. Certain publishers,
including the Lorenz Co., carry on all vocal
scores and orchestrations of choir cantatas a
notice reading somewhat as follows: "Lorenz
Publishing Co., as provided by the copyright
law, forbids the renting of copies of this can-
tata by firms, or individuals, doing a renting
business for profit." Violation of the notice is
held to make the proprietors of the circulating
libraries liable to prosecution.
"BEAUTIFUL FACES" GOES OVER
"Beautiful Faces," one of the feature songs
in the musical show "Broadway Brevities," is
published by Irving Berlin, Inc. The sales de-
partment of that firm announces that despite
the fact that the song appears in a New York
show it is having sales throughout the country
which are constantly increasing. This would
apparently indicate that as its sales gain mo-
mentum, the number is to be recognized as a
national hit.
Van and Schenck, now playing in the "Zieg-
feld Follies, 1920," in Boston, are singing with
success the song "My Home Town Is a One
Horse Town, But It's Big Enough for Me." Ac-
cording to some Boston dealers the publicity
given the number has resulted in an increase of
sales.
By J. Will Callahan and Frank Grey
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Programmed by America's Foremost Con-
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NOVEMBER 13,
1920
"LITTLE MISS CHARITY" POPULAR
Numbers from New Musical Show Are Growing
in Public Demand
According to reports from dealers throughout
the Metropolitan district, the production num-
bers from the musical show "Little Miss Char-
ity" have proven very popular recently. The
popularity of the music is not confined to one
or two numbers, as is so usually the case,
for there are at least six songs in the show
which can be rated as good sellers. They are
"That Certain Something," "When Love Comes
to Your Heart," "Little MissXharity," "I Think
So Too," "Dance Me Around" and "Poor Work-
ing Man." Jos. W. Stern & Co. are the pub-
lishers.
COOTS HOME FROM LONG TRIP
J. F. Coots, assistant manager of the New
York office of the McKinley Music Co., recently
returned from an extensive trade trip in the
interests of his firm's catalog. He states that
he found "Pickaninny Blues" and "One Little
Girl" very popular in New England territory.
Not only was this shown in sa'e-;, Lut in or-
chestra circles those compositions were often
made the feature numbers. On his trip, Mr.
Coots introduced the two new McKinley num-
bers, "Sleepy Hollow Waltz" and the novelty
fox-trot ballad "Do You?"
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