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IViR - Legislation - Netherlands - Copyright Act 1912 (8540 words) |
 | Copyright is the exclusive right of the author of a literary, scientific or artistic work or his successors in title to communicate that work to the public and to reproduce it, subject to the limitations laid down by law. |
| Copyright shall entitle the rightholder to claim as his property any goods that are not filed in the public records and which have been communicated to the public in violation of copyright or are unauthorised reproductions, or to apply for them to be destroyed or rendered useless. |
| Copyright in works for which the duration of copyright is not calculated in accordance with article 37 and which have not been lawfully communicated to the public within 70 years from their creation shall expire. |
| The Copyright Act of 1909 (3196 words) |
| Subsisting copyrights originally registered in the Patent Office prior to July 1, 1940, under section 3 of the act of June 18, 1874, shall be subject to renewal in behalf of the proprietor upon application made to the Register of Copyrights within one year prior to the expiration of the original term of twenty-eight years. |
| Copyright secured under this title or previous copyright laws of the United States may be assigned, granted, or mortgaged by an instrument in writing signed by the proprietor of the copyright, or may be bequeathed by will. |
| The seal used in the copyright office on July 1, 1909, shall be the seal of the copyright office, and by it all papers issued from the copyright office requiring authentication shall be authenticated. |
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