Where,  however,  the  motion  pictm'e  for  which  entry  is
sought  is  merely  an  infringement  of  the  copyright  in  a
work,  which  itself  is  not  a  motion  picture,  the  cop^Tight
proprietor  may  not  avail  himself  of  the  benefit  of  this
section.^

1  Riding  of  the  Treasury  Dc-  virtue  of  paragraph  D  of  §  1  of
partment  dated  December  21 ,  1912,  the  Copyright  Act  have  the  ex-
on  the  importation  of  the  motion  elusive  right  to  make  all  moving
picture  "The  Miracle."  "The  pictures  representing  this  dra-
Department  is  in  receipt  of  your  matic  composition;  that  the  Mir-
Icttcr  of  the  18tii  instant  in  rcla-  acle  Company  by  certain  con-
tion  to  the  importation  at  New  tra(;ts  have  ac^iuired  the  sole
York  on  the  9th  idem  of  a  moving  rights  in  the  said  dramatic  corn-
picture  film  which  is  claimed  to  i);)sition  and  also  the  moving
be  a  reproduction  of  a  drama  i)icturc  right  therein  for  the
entitled  'The  Minutlc'  United  States,  and  that  the  film

"  It  is  rcpresent(!d  that  Messrs.  belonging  to  the  Miracle  C/om-

]']d.  Bote  and  (1.  liock  of  Herlin,  pany  was  advertised  on  theSthof

Germany,  are  the  proprietors  of  this   month   to   be   exhibited   in

the    copyright    of    the    dramatic  London,    England,    on    the    21st

composition    entitled    'The  Mir-  instant.
acle';    that   Bote  and   Bock   by  "  I   inclose  herewith   for  your


AD    IXTERIM    PROTECTION


641


Section  180. — Ad  interim  protection.
Sections    twenty-one    and    twenty-two    providing    for
ad  interim  protection  of  works  published  abroad  in  the


iiiforiiKition  a  copy  of  tlio  De-
IKirttueiit's  letter  of  tlie  IStli
instant  to  the  collector  of  customs
at  New  York  authorizing  the
release  of  tlie  film  in  (luestion.
