# 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?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T18:05:12.948Z
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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.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt",
      "note": "sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate; sar.txt Ch. LXVIII lines ~22880-23130"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [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: https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt

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