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 1200-5 ." (cont'd) in "importance." If a work consists prepon­derantly of exempted material,, pictures,photographs, plays, or music, the manufac­turing requirements do not apply and copies may be imported in unlimited quantities. However, in , 512 F. Supp. 349 (S.D.N.Y. 1981), the Court found the "importance" test and the instructions in the legislative history vague and difficult to apply. "In the absence of congressional or duly authorized guidelines," stated the Court, "the answer is an objective test -- in this instance, a 'mechanical' one." The Court held that in the absence of any other standards, "a book 'consists of pre-pon­derantly nondramatic literary material... in the English language' when more than half of its surface area, exclusive of margins, consists of English-language text."

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