What does Sargent (1916, Ch. LXVIII paras 10-19, 26, 29-30) tell a writer about copyright claims on his own script, the word "copyrighted" on a typescript, and reserving rights when selling?
1916 practice, Sargent only. A manuscript cannot be copyrighted as such; writing "copyrighted" on it does not deter theft and risks a fine if untrue. Copyright, to him, is a right to sue under an enactment rather than common law. On sale the author signs a release, which controls over the script note; reserving rights tends to bar a sale. No legal conclusion drawn.
1916 practice, Sargent only. A manuscript cannot be copyrighted as such; writing "copyrighted" on it does not deter theft and risks a fine if untrue. Copyright, to him, is a right to sue under an enactment rather than common law. On sale the author signs a release, which controls over the script note; reserving rights tends to bar a sale. No legal conclusion drawn.
Curator qualifications: Manuscript-copyright, 'copyrighted' marking and release statements verified as his claims.
Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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- [sourced_fact] 1916 practice, Sargent only. A manuscript cannot be copyrighted as such; writing "copyrighted" on it does not deter theft and risks a fine if untrue. Copyright, to him, is a right to sue under an enactment rather than common law. On sale the author signs a release, which controls over the script note; reserving rights tends to bar a sale. No legal conclusion drawn. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.txt Ch. LXVIII lines ~22880-23130 source
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