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 INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT CONVENTION. JAN. 27, 1902. 1935 For the United States of Ameeéca.-His Excellency Henry G. Davis, His Excellency William I. Buchanan, His Excellency Charles M. Pepper, His Excellency Volney W. Foster, His Excellency John arrett. F or (}’uatemaZa.—His Excellency Antonio Lazo Approved, His Excellency Colonel Francisco Orla. For H Excellency J. N. Léger. F For %0n¢{uras.—His Excellency José Leonard, His Excellency austo avi a. For Mexico.-His Excellency Genaro Raigosa, His Excellency Joaquin D. Casasus, His Excellency José L6 ez-Portillo y Rojas, ‘ His Excellency Emilio Pardo, Jr., His Exceflen Pablo Macedo, His Excellen Alfredo Chavero, His Excellency Pyrancisco L. de la Barra, His Lyxcellency Manuel Sanchez Marmol, His Excellency Rosendo Pineda. For Niearagua.—His Excellency Luis F. Corea, His Excellency Fausto Davila. For Parag·uay.——His Excellency Cecilio Baez. For Peru.—His Excellency, Isaac Alzamora, His Excellency Alberto Elmore, His Excellenc Manuel Alvarez Calderon. For I/ruguay.——His Excellency Juan Cuestas; Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers and found them to be in due and roper form, excepting ose presented by the representatives of Their Excellencies the Presidents of the United States of America, Nicaragua and Paraguay, who act " ad referendum," have agreed to celebrate a Con- _ ` vention on literary and artistic copyrights, in the following terms: 0b1m or mms- Arrr. 1s·r. The spgnatory States constitute themselves into a Union “°"‘· for the purpose o recognizing and protectin the rights of literary and artgtic property, in conformity with gre stipulations of the present onvention. Am. 2xn. Under the term “Literary and Artistic works." are mW¤¤¢ ;<>·:_¤g;g¤ comprised books, manuscripts, pamphlets of all kinds, no matter on prgigyuin l ° what subject they may treat of and what may be the number of their pages; dramatic or melodramatic works; choral music and musical compositions, with or without words, designs, drawings, paintings, sculpture, engravings, photographic wor s; astronom- 1cal and geographical globes; plans, sketches and plastic works relating to geogra hy or geology, topography or are itecture, or any other science; and finally, every pro uction in the literary and artistic field, which may be pub ished by any method of impression or reproduction. Am. 31m. The copyright to literary or artistic work, consists in "g§,*;P¤ °* °°¤¥· the exclusive right to dispose of the same, to publish, sell and trans- ` late the same, or to authorize its translation. and to reproduce the same in any manner, either entirely or partially. The authors belonging to one of the signatory countries, or their '1‘r¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ - assigns, shall enjoy in the other signatory countries, and for the tiine stipulated in art. 5th., the exclusive right to translate their works, or to authorize their translation. Ama 4111. In order to obtain the recognition of the copyright of a €·>w¤¤¤¢ ¤¤¤¤¤¤· work, it is indispensable that the author or his asigns, or legitimate representative, shall address a petition to_the official Department, which each government may. designate, claiming the recognition of such right, which petition must be accompanied by two copies of his work, said copies to remain in the proper Department. If the author, or his assigns, should desire that his copyright be mmsrrjburgon t or recognized in any other of the signatory countries, he shall attach pJ$$€$¤,° mg'"' °" to his petition a number of copies of his work. equal to that of the countries he maytherein designate. The said Department shall dis- 80893-vo;. 35, PT 2—09——50