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 2502 PROCLA~IATIO~S. 19:12. COPYRlGH~GREECE February 23, 1932. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION l'op}Tight. WHEREAS it is provided by the act of Congress approved March 1'r(>8IIlble. 4, 1909 (35 Stat. 1075-1088), entitled "AN ACT To Amend and Yol. 35, p. 1075. Consolidate the Acts Respecting Copyright," . that the copyright secured by the act, except the benefits under sectIOn 1(e) thereof as to which special conditio!ls are imposed, 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 conditions set forth in section 8 of the said Yl. 35, 1'.1077. act, to wit: (a) When an alien author or proprietor shall be domiciled within the United States at the time of the first publication of his work; or (b) When the foreign state or nation of which such author or pro- prietor 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 copyright protection substantially equal to the protection secured to such foreign author under this act or by treaty; or when such foreign state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity in the granting of copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States may, at its pleasure, become a party thereto; and WHEREAS it is provided by section 1(e) of the said act of Congress, approved March 4, 1909, that the provisions of the act "so far as they secure cop~ht controllin~ the parts of instruments serving to reproduce mechamcally the mUSICal work, shall include only composi- tions published and copyrighted after this Act goes into effect, and shall not include the works of a foreign author or composer unless the foreign state or nation of which such author or composer is a citizen or subject grants, either by treaty, convention, agreement, or law, to citizens of the United States similar rights"; and WHEREAS the President is authorized by the said section 8 to determine by proclamation made from time to time the existence of the reciprocal conditions aforesaid, as the purposes of the act lJlay require; and Action by Greece. "WHEREAS satisfactory official assurances have been received that on and after March 1, 1932, citizens of the United States will be entitled to obtain copyright for their works in Greece which is sub- stantially equal to the protection afforded by the copyright laws of the United States, including rights similar to those provided by sec- tion1 (e) of the Copyright Act of the United States, approved March 4, 1909; Benefits extended to NOW, THEREFORE, I, HERBERT HOOVER, President of the r:~l~n:fmTarmstroBot (talk)i United States of America, do declare and procl!1~ . . reproductions. That on and after March 1, 1932, the conditIOns Epecified III sec- ' ol.35,pp.l076,l077. tions 8(b) and l(e) of the act of March 4, 1909, will exist and be ful- filled in respect of the nationals of Greece and that on and after March 1, 1932, nationals of Greece shall be entitled to all the benefits of the act of March 4,1909, including section 1(e) thereof and the acts amendatory of the said act: Conditions. Prouided, That the enjoyment by any work of the rights and bene- fits conferred by the act of March 4, 1909, and the acts amendatory thereof, shall be conditional upon compliance with the requirements and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copy- right laws of the United States: