Macmillan Co. v. United States

(orally). The Macmillan Company made an arrangement with the English authors and owners of the copyright of “Cleland and Mackay’s Anatomy” that the book should be copyrighted in this country. They had set up and copyrighted the first 64 pages, when, the book being about to appear in England, it was found to be impossible to set up the remainder in time to secure copyright. The first 64 pages were therefore printed from the copyright portion which was set up in this country, and the remainder of the book was imported in sheets, and, when received, was bound up with the 64 pages that had been…