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35 Stat. 1075; 61 Stat. 668. 17 USC 1 and note.

35 Stat. 1075; 61 Stat. 653. 17 USC 1 (e). Italy. Copyright e x t e n sion.

Term of copyright; nonhabiHty for prior acts, etc.

PROCLAMATIONS — D E C. 12, 1951

[66 STAT.

United States of America during the period commencing on September 3, 1939, and ending one year after the date of this decree; and WHEREAS the aforesaid decree is annexed to and is part of an agreement embodied in notes exchanged this day between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Italy; and WHEREAS, by virtue of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America dated April 9, 1910 (36 Stat. 2685), citizens of Italy are, and since July 1, 1909, have been, entitled to the benefits of the aforementioned act of March 4, 1909, other than the benefits of section 1(e) of that act; and WHEREAS, by virtue of a proclamation by the President of the United States of America, dated May 1, 1915 (39 Stat. 1725), the citizens of Italy are, and since May 1, 1915, have been, entitled to the benefits of section 1(e) of the aforementioned act of March 4, 1909: NOW, THEREFORE, I, HARRY S. TRUMAN, President of the United States of America, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the aforesaid title 17, do declare and proclaim: That with respect to (1) works of citizens of Italy which were first produced or published outside the United States of America on or after September 3, 1939, and subject to copyright under the laws of the United States of America, and (2) works of citizens of Italy subject to renewal of copyright under the laws of the United States of America on or after September 3, 1939, there has existed during several years of the time since September 3, 1939, such disruption or suspension of facilities essential to compliance with the conditions and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of the United States of America as to bring such works within the terms of the aforesaid title 17, and that, accordingly, the time within which compliance with such conditions and formalities may take place is hereby extended with respect to such works for one year after the date of this proclamation. I t shall be understood that the term of copyright in any case is not and cannot be altered or affected by this proclamation, and that, as provided by the aforesaid title 17, no liability shall attach under the said title for lawful uses made or acts done prior to the effective date of this proclamation in connection with above-described works, or in respect to the continuance for one year subsequent to such date of any business undertaking or enterprise lawfully entered into prior to such date involving expenditure or contractual obligation in connection with the exploitation, production, reproduction, circulation, or performance of any such work. IN W I T N E S S WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. D O N E a t the City of Washington this twelfth day of December in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-one [SEAL] and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-sixth. HARRY S TRUMAN By the President: • JAMES E.

WEBB

Acting Secretary of State

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