THE
60
MUSIC
TRADE
REVIEW
NOVEMBER
24, 1923
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CONDUCTED BY V. D. WALSH
NEW COPYRIGHT BILL TO BE INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS
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Prepared by the Register of Copyri'gh t, if Fass ed It Will Pe r mit the United States to Enter the
I n ternational Copyright Uni o n, Giving Americ an Composers Re c ipr ocal Rights
Below is g ive n the propo s ed d . a rt of a bi ll
to ,llllend the Cop y ri g ht La w in order to p e rlllit
the U n ited States to enter the Int e r national
Copyr ig ht L'niol1. This bill has b een prepared
by the R egister of Copyr ig ht and wi ll he in tro
duced at the open ing of the com ing session of
Congre:; s.
Th e passing o f th is propos e d measure will
grant reciprocal rights to forei g n authors
nec ess ary for American composers and pub
lis h ers to tak e a d va nta ge of thc new Canad ian
Copyright Act.
Be
fi7.'f:s
it
('nflcted by th e Senate tOLd Hous e of Rcpr cscn((l
of the
({ssembl e d~
Un ited States of American ilL COnU YfSS
That the Presid en~ of the United States be, and
he is her eby, authorizerl. to effec t a nd procl
of the U nited States to th e CO ll vt!l1t ion creatin g a n inte r
n~tiol1a l
tlilion fo r th e protection of likr a r y and ~\r ti stic
wo rks, known also as the Int e rnational Copyright Union,
s ig n ed at B erne, Switze rland, S e ptember 9, J 886, a nd r e
\" i ~ed at Berlin , G er m a n y, Nove mber 13, ] 908, a nd to th e
"Addilion al protocol" to the.: 5a id convention eXl' c ut cd at
Per n e, Switzerland, ~"Iarch 20, 1914.
. SEC. 2.
d t;~ire s
That it is here by.declared th at the Un ited Stat es
to
b e p laced in th e first c la ss of the c-oulltri es
which are members of th e Jnternational Co pyri ght Ullion,
as provid ed in art icle 23 of t he s aid conve nti on of 190$ .
SEC . 3. That th e ri g hb and r e medi es gra nted hy th e
.-\ c t e ntitled "An Act to amend and cons olidate th e Acts
r esll(x ting cop y ri g ht, " approv e d l\-rar ch 4 , 1909, and th e Acts
amendatory there of s halt !Je, and a r c h e reb y, ex tend ed tu
(h e authors of works o f arch i t e cture, and choreog r aphic
works and pantomimes , as class (1'1) and c lass (0). r e
pcctin~ l y, i n the list of classes of copyrig ht works ill sec tion
5 of t h e said Act ; bu t th e copy ri ght of a work of archi
t c:::ctUf c.: s hall cover only its a rti s tic cha ract er anJ d es ign
ancl ~ hall not ex t e nd t o pr oce::;:,cs or methods o( cOIl::,tr u c·
tion nor s hall it Jlr ~ vcllt th e maki n g or publishing of phuto
~ r aphs . pai ntings or ot ! l ~ r ill u ~ t ratiotl s (h er e o f, lind t il e pro
I,,"it tor of th e:: cO PYI' ighr s hall 110t iJe t' n(itled to obtain :111
injullction r es trainin g the constru c ti oll o f a n infri n g in g
buildin g . Or a n or d er for its dt:mo lit il)ll .
S Ec ·4o That on and a fte r tilt.: dilte of the P r (' s i Lil' llt' S
I'ruclamn t ioll, a s pro vided in s ec tion 1 of this :\ct, forei g n
:l.lllhor::,
not domi cil e d in th e U ni ted Sta t t' s who are c iti ze n s
,
or ~ t1hjcc l s of any count r y (other than the l) llit c;: d States )
whic h is a member of th (' Interna tional COIJyri g ht Union ,
or a uthors who."e works art: first published in a n d enjoy
C(Jpyrig ht prut \'c tion ill any country w hi ch is a m ember
of the s:.tid Cnion, s hall ha ve w i thin the Unit ed States
the same ri g h t:o' <=I nd remedi es in n .:gard to their wo rk s
\\"hi cll citizcns of th e United States posse:-:s und er the cOVy
ril/ht laws of lh c Lnited St~ttes, a nd fo r tilt: peri od of
cupyrig h t pr esc rihed by sa id law:;, including a ny term of
copyrig ht renewal: Providt'a, h07.t'c'ver, "fhat no right or
rt.: l11 cdy given purSlI
acts don t: or ri g ht s in cop ies lawfully made or th e co n
tinuan c e of c ilt e rpri se s lawfu ll y und ertak e ll within th\
U nit e d S tates prior to th e date of said proclamation.
SEC. S.
That in the case of works by suc h autho rs fir st
Ilrod uced or publis h ed after t h e date of the sa"id proclama
tio n th e copy ri gh t p rot ection in t h e U nited Sta t es s hall
bt:g in up on s uch clate of first productio n or pub li catio n ;
and in the case of a ll of th eir works, not previ o ll s ly COI)Y
r i/-!. ht cd in th e Unit ed S tates , in which copyright is sub
sis (illg in any country of the Cop yri g ht Un ion at the date
of sa id procl ~lmation , the copyr ig-ht vrotection in the United
States s h;,lll begin up on s uch date; but t h e durat io n and
t ermination of th e co pyright protec tion in the United State!'
i or a ll work s s hall he governed by the prov is ions of sec tions
23 and 24 of the said Copyright Act of 1909:
Provided,
hO~f.,'cver ,
that thp: duration of co pyri g ht in the Un ited Sta t e~
s h a ll not in the case of any for e ig n work exte nd beyond
the dat e at which such work has falle n into th e puboli c
d omain ill the count r y of orig in .
Sl::c. 6. That th e enjoymen t and t he ex ercise by s ll ch
foreig n au thors Hot domicil ed ill th e United States o f the
r ig h ts and r e m edi es acco. r ded b y th e copyright laws of th e
L; nited Stat es and the provi s ion s of thi s Act s ha ll not be
s ubject t o th e p cdormancc of ally formal ities in o r d~r to
secu r e copyri g ht, and suc h for e ig n authors s h a ll not b~
r e quir ed to co mply with th e p r ov is ions of th e copyright laws
of th t;; U:"lit e d Statt'~ a s to lHlblication with noti ce of copy
rip h t, d cs IJosit of copit..:s, re g istratio n of copyr ight , or manu
fact ur e wi thin th e li mits o f th e United States.
SEC'. 7_ That th e provisio ns of ~ection 31 of the s a id
;\ct of 1909 :-hall a pply to any work by a foreign author
ollly \\'h~11 two CO jJi e~ of s u ch work s hall have been
dq,osit efl aiter puh lication a nd manuf ac tur e as r equired by
tlH~ said Act of 1909, un der an ass ignment of the U nited
St a t c~ co pyright r ecord ed in the Co pyright Office.
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Th a t til t: SuprclIle COllrt of the U nit ed Stat e::,
s hall pr e scribe suc h additiona l or modified rul es . and r egu·
la ti ol1<.; a~ may he n eces sary fo r prac ti ce a nn procedure in
a ny action , s uit , Or p r o cee di n g ins.tituted for in ~ ringement
That Old Gang of Mine
Sittin' in a Corner
If I Can't Get the Sweetie I Want
(I Pity the Sweetie I Get)
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Indiana Moon
When You Walked Out, Someone
Else Walked Right In
Love (My Heart Is Calling You)
T en-T en-Tennessee
Kokomo
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Roamin'
to Wyomin'
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Lavey Came Back
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I Love the Girl Who Kisses
Why Should I Give My Love to Y Oll
Tell All the Folks in Kentucky (I'm
Comin' Home)
You Darling You
You
I _, I Wish I Had Someone to Cry Over Me
I Bit by Bit, Yo.'re Breaking My Heart
- , Nobody Else Can Love Me Like
My Old Tomato Can
- , Salt Your Sugar
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I Just One Kind Word
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FEIST ROTOGRAVURE PUBLICITY
New Fred Stone Show Has Sev eral Outstanding
Nu:nbers Whi ch Made Immediate Success
New York Tribune Carries Large Advertisement
F~aturing "No, No , Nora" With Al Jolson
Th e new Fr ed Stone s how prcdu ce d bv
("ha rlc " Dilli n g ham recently open ed at the
(~ Iob c Theatr e, New Yo rk , under the title oi
"The S tepp in g Sto ne"," a parti c ularly appro
priat e nam e , in as llluch a s it ~· i v .. s th.e op por
tunity for the intro du ction of .M r. Ston e'~
(hughter , who, frolll al l reports, w ill advance
I:'o m a featured pcrfon:l('t' to a s ta r in a very
s hort spa ce of time.
The n ew Stone ;dl0 .... ~ do not com e too often
and, both f rom a Broadway and nati o·na l v iew
poin t, itre in a c la ss by th e m se lves. The Ne\~
Yo rk ope nin g is almo st as im porta nt as that
of the ope nin g of the i\.Ietropo lit an Opera Co.,
at least as far as th e promine:lce of the aud ienc e
is conc erned.
The book of "The Ste ppin g Sto n e s " is b y
A nne Calchvc ll an d R. H. Burn si de; th e Iyric~
by An n e Ca ldwell and th e musi c b y Jerome
Kern . The out s tan c\: n g so n gs arc, undoubtedly,
"In Love \!vith Love" and " Raggedy A nn ," both
of whi,' h ha ve al r ea d y created sa les for them ·
s('lves and w ill s hortl y appea r o n the leading
talking machine r eco rds and p laye r r olls. Othel
songs that arc in c lud e d are "Ever y body C all,.
Me Litt! e Red Ridin g Hood," "O n ce in a Blue
~\ J oon" and "Our Lo ve ly Rosc."
T R. fT arms
(0., Tn c., is the publi s h e r.
The w e lcot1l t: "ivcn it b y th~ ;.J e w York pre ~s
was very good .
The rot ognl \ u re "ect ion of the ;.Jew York
Sunday 1'ribun c, November 18, carried a life
sil.cd rep;-oduction of Al Jol so n with a fair- sil.e
ins~rt anno un c in g "AI J o·lson si n gs the hig Son g
Hit , 'No, '\;0, 1"ora.'" Sma ll rep r od u ct io n s oi
the write rs al so wert: sho wn, Gus Kahn, ,.... ho
w r o t e the wo rds, a n d Ted Fiorit o, w h o is re
spo n s ible Jor the m u sic .
IVIenti on was a lso
made of th e fact t hat " No, No, Nora" was not
onl y ava il a bl e in sheet music form , but co uld
be pro c ur ed for the p layer-piano a nd talkin g
machinc . In s maller typ e, some of th·c other
numbers f rom th e Feist cata log we r e includ ed
in the publicity, s uc h as " I Love Lo u, " the voca l
and instru :ncnta l hit from th e mu s ica l s how,
"Littl e J e s sie Jame s"; "Love Tales, " "Won der
fltl O n c," "Easy Melo d y," "A r cady," a lso s un g
hy ./0150n; "Ta ke, Oh! T akc Th ose Lips Away,"
Gn e of the n e w hits from "Zi·egfe ld Follies" and
ot her s.
l\:EW MILLS BLUES FOLIO
Jack- 1\1ill s, Tn c., which , arnon <,; other things.
Itasqltite a health y li s t of "blue" numbers,
lo lio COll1prise d of "b lu c" number, onl y. T hi "
n ew pub li cation carries t h e wo rds and m us ic
o f ten "b lu e" successes in co mplet e form . It
will ret ail at a vei-y popular price.
I Universal
Dance Folio
;:)pecial Edition for 1924
Song Gems from Irving Berlin's Third Annual
MUSIC BOX REVUE
An Orange Grove in California
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The Waltz of Long Ago
of copyright under the provisions of this Ac t.
"STEPPING STONES" A SUCCESS
SONGS THAT SELL
Little Butterfly
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Tell Me a Bedtime Story
Learn to Do the Strut
Climbing Up the Scale
One Girl
IRVING BERLIN, Inc.
1607 Broadway, New York
NEW FEIST NUMBERS
Al11on g' the new numb ers added to th e cata
lo)! of I.eo Feist, Inc. , which a r e to be in cluded
clur in g the Feist activ iti es during th e bal a n ce
of the pre se nt year and the earl y part of 1924
arc "Linger Awhi le," "W hen Light s .'\.rc Lo w,"
"Yo u Didn't Care vVhen You Broke My Heart,"
".\ Iong the Rainbow Trail," "Take , O h! T a ke
Thos(' Lips Away," "My Sweetie's Sweete r Than
Th a t ," "Defore YOlt Go," "That's Everythin g,"
"Eil een" and "In .\rcady ."
NEW OAKLAND MUSIC STORE
OAKLAND,
CA l.,
~ovember
10. ·Tthe Pacific
Coast Stores , In c., opcned a new sto r e in this
c ity on Sat urday of la s t week. This concern
operates a number of variety es tab'lishm ents in
thi s territory and handl es , in ad dition, ta lking
machine records a nd sheet mu sic. The 5to ; e
is located at Thirteent h and Washif1gton stree t s
the establishme nt o n the opening da.y .