Chapter XXXIII: Section 9: directs that notice of copyright shall be given at each

public delivery of a lecture or similar work. Does "similar work"
include dramatic composition? Is the proposed notice to be given
orally, or by publication on a programme, if there is a programme?
It would seem that in the case of a dramatic composition
theatrical managers should be compelled by law to print on each
programme copyright notice of the play or plays produced, being
allowed, where there is no programme, to announce it orally.

It would also seem important that in the case of a dramatic
composition publicly acted in foreign countries notice of
copyright in the United States, together with legal title of the
work in English, be printed on the programmes, as well as on the
manuscript copies of the play. This would serve as a notice
against translators, who otherwise would have great difficulty in
finding out whether a foreign play had been copyrighted here,
since the name of the play or its English equivalent rather, would
be very uncertain. Does the new law specifically require all
titles to be also in English?

Does the law provide for the registration of the title in advance
of the deposit of copies as at present--a valuable privilege?