Where  the  author  or  proprietor  of  the  work  wishes
to  resers'e  the  dramatic  rights,  the  usual  arrangement  is
for  him  to  make  a  contract  with  the  publislier  granting
the  exclusive  publication  rights  to  the  publisher  and  au-
thorizing him  to  copyright  the  work.  The  pubhsher  on
his  part  agrees  to  assign  the  copyright  when  secured  by
him  to  the  author  or  proprietor  of  the  work.  This  enables
the  publisher  to  copyright  the  entire  periodical  or  news-
paper and  at  the  same  time  obtain  the  benefit  of  a  first
publication.  The  publisher  then  assigns  his  copjTight  to
the  author  or  proprietor  of  the  work,  who  now  becomes
possessed  of  all  the  rights  incidental  to  copjTight,  in-
cluding, of  course,  the  right  to  dramatize.
In  this  way  there  is  no  dedication,  the  magazine  ])ub-
lisher  is  the  first  one  to  publish  the  work,  and  the  author
or  proprietor  of  the  work  now  has  the  dramatization
rights  which  include  the  motion  picture  rights.--

the   copyrlRht   of   a   l)0()k   wliich  and   Express   v.    Life   Pitbl.    Co.
belongs  to  the  author  is  entered  (1912),  192  Fed.  (C.  C.  A.)  S99.
in    the    name   of   the    pubhsher.  *'  Section  2.
In  such  case,  a  court  of  ecjuity,  ^' Ford  v.   Blawy   (190G),  HS

if    called    upon,    may    decree    a  Fed.   (C.  C.)  642;  Dom  v.  Kirk

transfer  of  the  copyrip;ht  to  be  La  Sheik  (1910),  17.')  Fed.  (C.  C.
made  by  the  owner."     See  al.so:  A.)  902;  Fitch  v.   Young  (1911),

Dam  V.   Kirk  La  Shellc   (1910),  2.30  Fed.  (D.  C.)  743;  aflf'd  239

175  Fed.  (C.  C.  A.)  902,  and  Mail  Fed.  (C.  C.  A.)  1021.
