McLoughlin v. Raphael Tuck Co.

Section 4963 of the Revised Statutes, as amended by the act of March 3, 1891, relating to the potice of copyright to be affixed to copyrighted articles, provided as follows: '

“Every person who shall insert or impress such notice, or words of the same purport, in or upon any book, map, chart, dramatic, or musical composition, print, cut, engraving, or photograph, or other article, for which he has not obtained a copyright, shall be liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars, recoverable one-half for the person who shall sue for such penalty, and one-half to the use of the United States.”

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