...periods the exclusive rights to their writings. The Constitution does not establish copyrights, but provides that Congress shall have the power to grant...best. Not primarily for the benefit of the author, tut primarily for the benefit of the public, such rights are given. Not that any particular class of...

...wisdom of this legislation. As previously noted, Congress is authorized to create rights in authors "not primarily for the benefit of the author, but primarily for the benefit of the public * * *" by encouraging the creative efforts of authors (H. Rept. 2222, 60th Cong., 2d sess., at p. 7).°...

...wisdom of this legislation. As previously noted, Congress is authorized to create rights in authors "not primarily for the benefit of the author, but primarily for the benefit of the public * * *" by encouraging the creative efforts of authors (H. Rept. 2222, 60th Cong., 2d sess., at p. 7).*...

...copyright law? The House Report on the present copyright law stated that such rights were to tie given "not primarily for the benefit of the author, but primarily for the benefit of the public." " The Supreme Court has said : ". . . the copyright law . . . makes a reward to the owner of secondary...

...rights as he has are purely statutory rights. * * * The Constitution does not establish copyrights, but provides that Congress shall have the power to grant such rights if it thinks best"' There is a long and uninterrupted line of cases that hold unequivocally that copyright protection is...

...accrues to- an author (or publisher) from the resale of secondhand copies, for example. Copyright is not primarily for the benefit of the author but primarily for the benefit of the public. There are, however, authors who do not believe this dictum or who do not like to accept it. Quite recently,...

...made the same point crystal clear : The ConstitutionIt said — does not establish copyrights, but provides that Congress shall have the power to grant such rights if it thinks best. There is a long and uninterrupted line of cases that holds unequivocally Senator BURDICT. I am very...

...Const., art. 1, 38. The House committee which recommended the 1909 Act said that copyright was M[n]ot primarily for the benefit of the author, but primarily for the benefit of the public." HR Rep. No. 2222, 60th Cong., 2d Sess., p. 7. The Supreme Court has stated that "The copyright law,...

...the public will be served and the progress of science and useful arts will be promoted. Copyright is not primarily for the benefit of the author, but primarily for the benefit of the public. , a , When we read Section 114 of Bill #2223 dealing with sound recording copyrights, we ask ourselves...

...for the copyright owner. The power given Congress by the US Constitution to enact a copyright law was not primarily for the benefit of the author, but primarily for the public. The permissive works of the Constitution granting the power are "to promote the progress of...