S-20
No. 10
MECHANICAL REPRODUCTION OF TEXT MATTER
A claim to copyright in the mere mechanical reproduction of text and allied matter is not registrable. The Office will, therefore, reject applications where it is apparent that a photograph, microfilm or similar reproduction of text and allied matter, was produced by a mere mechanical procedure, and that no intellectual labor was involved in the composition.
The present practice of accepting photographs which are not mere mechanical reproductions of existing texts or allied matter remains unaffected.
[November 1956]
