Bouve v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

MILLER, Associate Justice.

Appellee deposited in the Copyright Office two copies of printed matter, bound together in book form and entitled “In Old Chicago.” It tendered two dollars in payment of the registration fee. The Register of Copyrights refused registration upon the ground that the material was not a book but, instead, was page proof of twenty contributions to periodicals within the meaning of Section 12 of the Copyright Act; 1 hence, that each contribution must be separately registered; and that a separate fee of two dollars must be paid for the registration of each.

Thereupon,…