ETC. - United Nations Treaty Collection
ETC. - United Nations Treaty Collection
ETC. - United Nations Treaty Collection
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1920 League of <strong>Nations</strong> - <strong>Treaty</strong> Series. 151<br />
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED<br />
STATES OF AMERICA.<br />
A PROCLAMATION.<br />
Whereas, it is provided by the Act of Congress<br />
of March, 4 1909, entitled " An Act to amend<br />
and consolidate the Acts respecting copyright ",<br />
that the benefits of said Acts shall extend to the<br />
work of an author or proprietor who is a citizen<br />
or subject of a foreign state or nation, only<br />
upon certain conditions set forth in Section 8<br />
of said Act, to-wit :<br />
(a) When an alien author or proprietor<br />
shall be domiciled within the <strong>United</strong> States<br />
at the time of the first publication of his<br />
work ; or<br />
(b) When the foreign state or nation of<br />
which such author or proprietor is a citizen<br />
or subject grants either by treaty, convention,<br />
agreement, or law, to citizens of the <strong>United</strong><br />
States the benefit of copyright on substantially<br />
the same basis as to its own citizens, or copyright<br />
protection substantially equal to the<br />
protection secured to such foreign author under<br />
this Act or by treaty; or when such foreign<br />
state or nation is a party to an international<br />
agreement which provides for reciprocity in<br />
the granting of copyright, by the terms of<br />
which agreement the <strong>United</strong> States may, at<br />
its pleasure, become a party thereto ;<br />
And, Whereas, it is also provided by said<br />
Section that " The existence of the reciprocal<br />
conditions aforesaid shall be determined by<br />
the President of the <strong>United</strong> States, by proclamation<br />
made from time to time, as the purposes<br />
of this act may require ; "<br />
And, Whereas, the King of Sweden has<br />
declared, under authority of law, that on and<br />
after February I, 192o, citizens of the <strong>United</strong><br />
States shall be entitled to all the benefits<br />
conferred by the new copyright laws of Sweden,<br />
including the exclusive right to reproduce<br />
their woi ks by means of records or perforated<br />
rolls or any other -appliances for mechanical<br />
reproduction<br />
Traduit par le Secr6tariat de la Socidt6 des<br />
<strong>Nations</strong>.<br />
iTRADUCTION. - TRANSLATION.<br />
PROCLAMATION<br />
DU PRtESIDENT DES ITATS-UNIS<br />
D'AMtRIQUE.<br />
Attendu qu'il est prvu par la Loi du Congr~s<br />
du 4 mars 19o9, intitulde ( Loi en vue d'amender<br />
et de codifier les lois sur les droits de propri~t6<br />
litt~raire et artistique ,, que les b~n~fices des<br />
dites lois devront s'6tendre aux oeuvres de<br />
tout auteur ou propridtaire, sujet ou ressortissant<br />
d'un Etat ou d'une nation 6trang~re,<br />
mais seulement selon certaines conditions expos~es<br />
h la Section 8 de ladite Loi, h savoir :<br />
a) Lorsqu'un auteur ou propritaire 6tranger<br />
aura 61u domicile aux Etats-Unis, h 1'poque<br />
de la premiere 6dition de ses oeuvres ; ou<br />
b) Lorsque 'Etat ou la nation 6trang~re<br />
dont cet auteur ou propri6taire est sujet ou<br />
ressortissant, accorde par trait6, convention<br />
arrangement ou loi, aux citoyens des Etats-<br />
Unis, les avantages du droit de propri~t6 litt&<br />
raire et ardstique, h des conditions 6quivalentes,<br />
dans 1'ensemble, 5i celles accord~es h<br />
ses propres ressortissants ou une protection<br />
substantiellement 6quivalents h celle accord~e<br />
h un auteur 6tranger par la Loi pr~sente ou<br />
par Trait6. De m~me, lorsque cet Etat 6tranger<br />
ou cette nation est partie un accord international<br />
qui pr~voit la r~ciprocit6 de la proprit6<br />
litt~raire et artistique, accord aux termes<br />
duquel il est loisible aux Etats-Unis d'acc~der.<br />
Attendu qu'il est aussi pr6vu a ladite section<br />
que les conditions de r~ciprocit6 susdites seront<br />
d~finies par le President des Etats-Unis dans<br />
des proclamations r~pdtdes en temps opportun,<br />
et pour ob~ir aux intentions de la pr6sente loi,<br />
et<br />
Attendu que le Roi de Suede, par d~claration<br />
ayant force de loi, a fait savoir que, ds le<br />
Ier f~vrier 1920, les citoyens des Etats-Unis<br />
seront admis h b~n6ficier des avantages conf~r~s<br />
par les nouvelles lois suedoises sur la propri~t6<br />
litt6raire et artistique, y compris le droit<br />
exclusif de faire reproduire leurs oeuvres au<br />
moyen des disques, des rouleaux perfords ou<br />
autres moyens m~caniques de reproduction.<br />
I Translated by the Secretariat of the League<br />
of <strong>Nations</strong>.