PROCLAMATIONS-OCT. 21, 1948 1569 "Existing laws or the provisions of existing laws granting privi- leges, rights or exemptions to citizens of the United States of America or to corporations or associations organized under the laws of any of the states of the United States of America, which are not enjoyed by citizens or nationals of any other foreign state or by corporations or associations organized under the laws of such state, are hereby repealed unless they affect rights already vested under the provisions of the Constitution or unless extended by any treaty, agreement or convention between the Republic of the Philippines and the United States of America."; AND WHEREAS satisfactory official assurances have been re- ceived that on and after October 21, 1948, pursuant to the afore- mentioned Law No. 3134, as amended by the aforesaid Republic Act No. 76, citizens of the United States will be entitled to obtain copy- right protection for their works in the Republic of the Philippines which is substantially equal to the protection afforded by the copyright laws of the United States and which is afforded on substantially the same basis as to the citizens of the Republic of the Philippines, in- cluding rights similar to those provided by section 1 (e) of the said Title 17 of the United States Code: 61 Stat. 63. NOW, THEREFORE, I, Harry S. Truman, President of the §l (e). upp -I, United States of America, do declare and proclaim: co clamoationof copyright conditions. That on and after October 21, 1948, the conditions specified in sections 9 (b) and 1 (e) of the aforementioned Title 17 of the United 61 stat. 655, 653. 17U.S. C., Supp. I, States Code will exist and will be fulfilled in respect of the citizens of §9 (b), 1(e). spp the Republic of the Philippines, and that on and after October 21, 1948, citizens of the Republic of the Philippines shall be entitled to all the benefits of the said Title 17 except those conferred by the provi- sions embodied in the second paragraph of section 9 (b) thereof re- garding the extension of time for fulfilling copyright conditions and formalities. Provided, that the enjoyment by any work of the rights and benefits conferred by the said Title 17 shall be conditioned upon compliance with the requirements and formalities prescribed with respect to such works by the copyright laws of the United States: And providedfurther, that the provisions of section 1 (e) of the said Title 17, so far as they secure copyright controlling parts of instru- 17 Ua-. cupp. ments serving to reproduce mechanically the musical work, shall i (e). apply only to compositions published and copyrighted after July 1, 1909, and reproduced for use on any contrivance by means of which the work may be mechanically performed. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States of America to be affixed. DONE at the City of Washington this 218t day of October m the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty-eight, and of [SEAL] the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and seventy-third. By the President: ROBERT A LOVETT Acting Secretary of State. HARRY S TRUMAN 62 STAT.]
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