New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-11
THE CHROMO AMENDMENT.
FRIENDS OF TIE COPYRIGHT BILL
AROUSED
THEY SAY THAT THE PROPOSED cHANol
STRIKES AT THE PRINCIPLE OF THE BILL
PAINTERS WILL GO To WASHING
TON TO OPPOSE 1T.

TON TO OPPOSE II
The chrome amendment to the Copyright Dill
gives the friends Of that measure much co"'o."
Richard Watson Glider said Tribune reporter !c
terday when the matter brought TO his attention
The lithorraphers In their amendment have sU"'"
at the very principle Of the Copyright BILL wmoh va"
intended TO grant copyright 10 WORKS oil H'er"'! o."
pictorial art They now demand virtually that WORKS
OF pictorial art should be legally open to piracy Inns
is most unfortunate. most astoundins outcome Va
the copvrteht agitation. The amendment requires UNA"
all works Of reproductive art-cngrlvngs. cuts e''
shld be ,nadc in this country In order to Obtain coPl
right This cuts the American public OH ro'h "
the beautiful work done by foreign etohers. eneTaVcrS
and photo graphcs. For instance, the American en
graver Coles engraving Of a Titan made In iofe'sn
gallery I'm the presence If the original could not DC
conyrirht,.d I'm Mr.. Coles own country. cosby PAM
ing By Geromc In a foreign gallery OF III INC "'"''
stadio would have to remain virtually unhho"H !" s
of its finest qualities the American public Doc'uS'
no engraving OF 4, even photograph Oh It, n'',''
directly from the original and under the eye VI VIC
artist could be Copyrighted in this country AZ "o"u
he necessary in order to obtain a cop T'e'' w $50"
fe work reexccuted here. away from the on-'h'' ",
ure and far from the criticism Anu ''''''"''O " "
artist who painted tie original.
The necessity If rcengIav ing all The PICTURES CIV
y, an illustrated wOrG would immensely Increase inc
cost to the American public OF such books Moie
over if this provision made reciprocal Aniero.
artists and American enGravcrs would ali"e Do Gu. y"
from foreign markets. The mistake hh hthoer"P"ci'
have made in this Amendments il to put themselves !"
the same category with printers. NO h"Fm ic6u'''
to the thought Of a writer whose work appear III
another couvtry in a new set Of types but great
harm IS done TO the work Of an artist wnch MS """
must he re-enEraved away from his own shpcrlH'c"u
a., 80 .,,orod
Il am sorry TO say that it IS generally coh'iuerer
that This provison is simply in the interest OF pic'oi
pirocy ard should be resisted TO the DEATH a. F."
att "A
Of honest and honorable copyright
This is the Objectionable section, as amenucu y
Mr.. Frye: - chart
provided in the case Of book mat ai G p4nt
@ ph. chrome or thoeraph, the two copies , "
The anne required to he delivered or az 'i, f A..
iai d - STATE or from plate, mad lhcrefr'in or 9G
engravings. cut, nesauNe>, or orr t or from
transfer, made thercirom D"Fihs imn,rtai,on
ence H., Of rrite st States of any book. map! chart
dramatic or musical compostion GU ;i''lnr. IN, cd or
Photograph. chrome or li'host"Pn ~ rratrs of the
same not made from type .et OF tf m" limit Of
lives or dra~lns' 81 Ii H. and are here pr hbicl
I'm, IL, the Gaze. specified IN section -'oy' VI . 81
vsed statutes # the lniitH s'ac> ,u and not f,r
saIc Who import not more than tYI G'p c,n'.itioa.
book map, chart. dramatic %. H"1 rLr,mn ~ II ho.
r - any one time IN each OF when 60
written consent Of the propris3.r 81 Shall Ire inr
ni,hed with each importation .. and
,,i.t arc mn in arms a,anst tho amendment ana
some Of the leading painters are gong 70 "t'.',nN
| ~ oppose IT, ". Lewis Frazer manager !" wv -"
| dep,rtmcrt Of "The Century SAID
| :. such an amendment to the Copyright bl'l a' u'''
u.o,,sod bv the photographers. 1t seems {" me- WIN
| nroye destructive should II become Jaw !" ''' :"
| interests Of reproductive art. IL would '''npN "
mat as II would be impossible in great i'''N va
n send the original design picture or u'a"'"-
,t,Ih he rom
| America reproductions MADE mere "'"'" y" ~ 80.
| lions ~ a rcpr ,duction-a something wh'h any ".
| ho has an intimate knowledge of icpio"n'''''
| nroccsses knows is never a really good arr "o'H'
| arolo for example a frcSco by Raphael II Rc'
! without saving that this could not be Ien''c" ~"
| the walls Of the stanzi Of the vatican II ono WIZ
! Illustrating such work A. GRO" ana ''' -,
Itis,orv II Italian Art In the same mciINd a. Inv
Century MAGAZINE employs I'm its series 81 "'o ''"''
.ho e,raver would make hi engraving from IN.
tsco .eetcd in front Of IT, Under this amendment II
r,at hook were published in the United S"'en' '''
.nrraving would have 10 DE transferred % ""''
hlock hcre and rccut and In this operation e'al
deal of the tuthulness and beauty "a the "'F'"'
would be lost ., .,o ,,-.,,
| o,or, e,cbcrs such ma seymour Hayden. Whistler.
| r,,,ocrc etc This would have Ia be REPRODUCED III
! this country by a photo craving or ph'" lu''
! craphic process and BE- no longer an e'cnhS' "
have 70 be@copied by some Other et'hcr on anplne'
Mate and therefore lose the touch Of the master |
| came oualty Of loss in this double Reproduction mp
nlies think 10 every reproductive method whc'"c,
II be steel engraving moGotnt or Autographs "''1
| am sprc would be felt 20 such degree Nv any
| ,oroi-n author that he wond not for his own c~u'
publl,h such reproductions in the United states
| II Il TO me arrant nonsense % speak 81 pn''nS
artistic reproduction in the category AZ type. ITO
cl,uec ~ the Copyright bill which provides for tVp"
setting in this country has u do with pur'! nc
| cI.nical nrocess II Is a matter Of great wonder ~
me that any cass Of photographers or engTaVer' can
bo found who are willing 30 place the work 81 tI''i
! brains and hands on par with purely ihoo"a"
a.
"Sprclv ttis amendment hos come from tho
practical workers that Is, from the who enrraN'
| blocks and plates, or the men who max" tho a''na
drawings on stone but rather from the capitalists WHO
employ these artists There is In the production
! OF a good engraving. etching, or any other produ'
tim a very much larger measure Of the artistic tIah
! The nee hanica; in fact. the latter Is almost NIL
Carroll Bccbwith spoke with authority, since no
* president Of tile society Of Painters stone. ana
the adjective he uAed most frequently IN an lh'er
| view on the subject "dastaNily.7 This society
| Numbers among It's members some Of the best known
New oFK afs,S' In1, CoIr pt,cy and R"nger
| MIR BeckSth regards the anicndmcEt fatal blow
NJ nm WI socety.n said he has in embryo nm album
which promises ~ be fine work of art. II tho
provisions Of this bll rs amended ar made reciprocal
which cern TO- se the . ose VIII nr a TN ht
win lav, IL prat.d al Europe. That is only al
Illustration Of the way the Law would opcrat" II Is
da.talyily dastaTdly. The amendment appears 10 b.
i'm the Interest ~ labor but Il Is not. II emnnatcs not
from the Industrial photographer, themsclvc,. but from
thcir employers. Tho photographers In this country
arr mostly { =, igucr~. paid very small wages
and whose wages growing less all the time. The
no1r fellows aa housed up "a, II toy were IN jail Their
employers get them mp In those Dig buildings and
don't Let them know what they are worth. II this
amendment p9Ssr> ~" workman I, the loser and the
ONLY galncr that ! can is tie pirate
NH #. Low. whose works have been frequently
reproduced by various processes thnn those Of most
American artists. said
Charity beginning at home. IL higher motive.
should make every American artist disapprOvc Of this
amendment. for the reciprocal principle embodied I'm 1t
will most surely - their Disadvantage Tie higher
motive (stil lc'plng within bounds ~ scfntccs Of
announcement 10 native production +, another motive
oil ppO- itiOn for where thousands Of bad repro
duc'On, from foreign originals made. I'm the event
Of true copyright thousands Of original designs for
manufacturing purposes would naturally fan into the
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