not specifically granted by statute, in accordance with the established rule that no rights or remedies will be allowed by the courts unless specifically granted. But the common law right of the author is recognized by the courts notwithstanding the publication of his work, if that is done without the author's consent. In 1896, in the case of Press Pub. Co. v. Monroe, the doctrine was specifically held by the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals through Judge Lacombe, that the unauthorized publisher may be restrained and damages obtained by civil action, and recovery in such an action will not divest the author of any of his rights or invest any of his rights in the infringer or the public.
General
rightsThus the owner of a copyrightable work may (before publication), as with other personal property, preserve his work exclusively for his own use, or he may (i) print, (2) reprint, (3) publish, (4) copy, or
(5) vend it; or
If it be a literary work he may (6) translate it, or (7) make any other version thereof, or (8) dramatize it; or
If a work for oral delivery he may (9) deliver or authorize delivery in public for profit; or
If it be a dramatic work he may (10) convert it into a novel or other non-dramatic form or (il) perform or represent it, or (as in 5) vend any manuscript or record thereof, or (12) make or caus6 to be made any transcription or record thereof; or (13) exhibit, perform, produce, or reproduce it in any manner or by any method; or
If it be a musical work he may (14) arrange or (15) adapt it, or (as in 11) perform it publicly for profit, or (16) make any arrangement or (17) setting of the melody in any notation or by any form of record (the last subject to the license provision of the statute); or