TITLE 3--THE PRESIDENT PROCLAMATION 2953

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• Publication Date: November 20, 1951
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TITLE 3-THE PRESIDENT
PROCLAMATION 2953
COPYRIGHT EXTENSION: FINLAND
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS the President is author-
ized, in accordance with the conditions
prescribed in section 9 of title 17 of the
United States Code, which includes the
provisions of the act of Congress ap-
proved March 4, 1909, 35 Stat. 1075, as
amended by the act of September 25,
1941, 55 Stat. 732, to grant an extension
of time for fulfillment of the conditions
and formalities prescribed by the copy-
right laws of the United States of Amer-
ica, with respect to works first produced
or published outside the United States of
America and subject to copyright or to
renewal of copyright under the laws of
the United States of America, by na-
tionals of countries which accord sub-
stantially equal treatment to citizens of
the United States of America; and
WHEREAS satisfactory official assur-
ances have been received that since
January 1, 1929, citizens of the United
States have been entitled to obtain copy-
right protection for their works in Fin-
land on substantially the same basis as
citizens of Finland without the need of
complying with any formalities, provided
such works secured protection in the
United States; and
WHEREAS, by virtue of a proclama-
tion by the President of the United States
of America, dated December 15, 1928 (45
Stat. 2980), citizens of Finland are, and
since January 1, 1929, have been, en-
titled to the benefits of the aforemen-
tioned act of March 4, 1909, including
the benefits of section y(e) of that act;
. NOW, THEREFOR I, HARRY S.
TRUMAN, President of the United States
of America, under and by virtue of the
authority vested in me by the aforesaid
title 17, do declare and proclaim:
That with respect to (1) works of citi-
zens of Finland which were first pro-
duced or published outside the United
states of America on or after September
3, 1939, and subject to copyright under
the laws of the United States of America,
and (2) works of citizens of Finland sub-
ject to renewal of copyright under the
laws of the United States of America on
or after September 3, 1939, there has
existed during several years of the time
since September 3, 1939, such disruption
or suspension of facilities essential to
compliance with the conditions and for-
malities prescribed with respect to such
works by the copyright laws of the United
States of America as to bring such works
within the terms of the aforesaid title
17, and that, accordingly, the time within
which compliance with such conditions
and formalities may take place is hereby
extended with respect to such works for
one year after the date of this proclama-
tion.
It shall be understood that the term
of copyright in any case is not and can-
not be altered or affected by this procla-
mation, and that, as provided by the
aforesaid title 17, no liability shall attach
under the said title for lawful uses made
or acts done prior to the effective date of
this proclamation in connection with the
above-described works, or in respect to
the continuance for one year subsequent
to such date of any business undertaking
or enterprise lawfully entered into prior
to such date involving expenditure or
contractual obligation in connection with
the exploitation, production, reproduc-
tion, circulation, or performance of any
such work.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have here-
unto set my hand and caused the Seal of
the United States of America to be af-
fixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this
sixteenth day of November in the year
of our Lord nineteen hundred
[SEAL] and fifty-one and of the Inde-
pendence of the United States
of America the one hundred and seventy-
sixth.
HARRY S. TRVMAN
By the President:
JAMES E. WEBB,
Acting Secretary of State,
IF. R. Doc. 51-13950; Filed, Nov. 19, 1951;
12:12 p. m.]
FEDERAL REGISTER
20 November 1951
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