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International Copyright

The provisions as to copyright entry in the United States by foreign authors, etc., by act of Congress approved March 3, 1891 (to take effect July 1, 1891), are the same as the foregoing.

The right of citizens or subjects of a foreign nation to copyright within the United States is not to take effect unless such nation permits to United States citizens the benefit of copyright on the same basis as to its own citizens; or unless such nation is a party to an international agreement providing for reciprocity in copyright, to which the United States may become a party. The Librarian of Congress can enter copyright for foreigners only after a proclamation of the President of the United States, certifying the existence of either of the foregoing conditions. The right of Americans to secure copyright abroad is unchanged by the new law, pending new legislation in foreign countries, or international agreements as to copyright between their governments and that of the United States.