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with the intention of inserting it in the musical
publication referred to in an effort to give its
reader the other s"id•_• of the case. This defended
the action of music publishers, music dealers
and music teachers who have supported the
Large Number of Songwriters and Authors
Federal Trade Commission and the National
Appear Before Patent Committee in Favor
Association of Sheet Music Dealers in the rec-
of Act
ommendation for marked selling prices. It was
refused by the publication in question, so a
WASHINGTON, D. C, January 24.—The House-
copy of it is being forwarded by G. Schirmer,
Patents Committee has been holding hearings
Inc., to all interested parties upon request. The
covering the proposed new copyright law.
elimination of all discounts to consumers
Pleas for its passage have been made by song-
through the net price marking on sheet music
writers, novelists, illustrators, playwrights, and
and books has been in successful operation for
representatives of the Authors' League of
over six months with the result that practically
America.
the entire industry, both publishers and retail-
The proposed hill was drawn by Thorvald Sol-
berg, Register of Copyrights in the Library of Advertisement Upholding System Being Sent ers, are now in accord on its merits and jus-
to Trade Upon Refusal of Publication to In- tice. Business standards have been raised and
Congress, and is regarded as a model measure
legitimate profits have been guarded.
sert It
by the Authors' League and others.
Witnesses who have been heard include Gene
Consult the Universal Want Directory of
A musical publication of national circula-
Buck, Charles K. Harris, Harry von Tilzer,
Nathan Burkan, K. C. Mills, George Haven Put- tion and one widely read by music teachers re- The Review. In it advertisements are inserted
man, Will Irwin, Marc Connelly, Robert Un- cently carried an advertisement, the basis of free of charge for men who desire positions.
derwood Johnson and others, all of whom are which was opposition to the Federal Trade
in favor of the bill. The opponents of the Commission's recommendation to mark the net
selling price on sheet music.
measure are to be heard later.
G. Schirmer, Inc., one of the first to adopt
The outstanding features of the new bill ap-
the new net price markings on sheet music and
books, thereupon composed an advertisement
First Hearings Are Held
on Copyright Bill
pcared in these columns some weeks back.
Among these are the extension of copyright
protection to the lifetime of the author and to
fifty years after death, allowing authors to
maintain complete independence so far as radio
transmission of their works is concerned and
eliminating the arbitrary two-cent royalty limit
on each phonograph or piano roll record. The
bill also proposes the adhesion of the United
States to the International Copyright Union
under the Berne Convention.
G. Schirmer Defends
Net Marking System
Jenkins'
Outstanding Sellers
POPULAR
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