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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1918. 1765 include the works of a foreiii author or composer imless the fore' ` state or nation of which suc author or composer is a citizen or su? ject grants, either by treatly, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States simi ar rights’ ': And Whereas it is further provided that the copyright secured by the Act shall extend to the work of an author or proprietor who is a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation, only upon certain con- V I 35 _1 ditions set forth in section 8 of said Act, to wit: i ° ’°° m' (a) When an alien author or {proprietor shall be domiciled within the United States at the time o the first ublication of his work; or_ (b) When the foreign state or nation of which such author or proprietor is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States the benefit of copy- right on substantially the same basis as to its own citizens, or copy- right protection substantially eqgial to the protection secured to such foreign author under this Act or y treaty; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocitylin the §rant1ng of copyriglht, y the terms of which agreement the nited tates may, at its p easure, become a arty thereto: And Whereas it is also provided by said section that "I'l'he existence of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President o the United States, by proclamation made from time to time as the purposes of this Act may require" : And Whereas there has been received from the Government of Great Britain satisfactory official assurance that the Government of Australia has issued an Order in Council, effective March 15, 1918, providing that the existiw co t law of that country and the territories of Pa ua and orfo and, including the provisions asto existing works, shall, subject to the provisions of the said law and of the said Order, apply: (a) to literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works the authors whereof were at the time of the making of the works citizens of the United States of America in like manner as if the authors were British su `ect: (l>) in respect of residence in the United States of America in like manner as i such residence had been residence in the Commonwealth of Australia and the territories of Papua and Norfolk Island: Provided That- (I) the term of copyright within the Commonwealth of Australia and the territories of aplua and Norfolk Island shall not exceed that conferred by the law of the United States of America; (II) the enjoyment of the rights conferred by this Order shall be subject to the accomplishment of the conditions and formalities prescribed by the law of the United States of America; (Ill) in the application to existing works of the provisions of Section 24 of the mperial Copyright Act, 1911, the commencement of this Oikclgr shall be substituted for the 26th July, 1910, in subsection 1. Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United A£‘§}.‘§§§f *{3,f,f§*§”,§,‘§{ States of America, do declare and proclaim that one of the alternative 2;;%* w¥¤¤¤¤¤]» ·, *-1 conditions specified in section 8 (b) of the Act of March 4, 1909, now musieumpmeutms. exists and is fulfilled in respect to the citizens of Australia and the v°1‘”**"m°' territories of Igiilpua and Norfolk Island, and that such citizens shall be entitled to the benefits of section 1 (e) of the said Act, including "copyright controlling the parts of instruments serving to reproduce_mechanicalIy the musical work" in the case of all musical comppsitions by composers of Australia and the territories of Papua and orfolk Island published and duly registered in the United States on and after, Marc 15, 1918, for copyright in the United States.