Musical Copyright and the U.S. Copyright Act of 1909

Abstract

I wish to relate an incident which occurred in our store this evening, which I considered the highest compliment that has ever been paid to a talking machine. I was exhibiting a Home [phonograph], with a 24-inch silk horn. Among other Records, I put on No. 8656, The Flogging Scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin. When the Record was ended, a man sprang out of his chair, wiped the tears from his eyes, and said, I'd give ten dollars for the privilege of hitting that damned slave driver just once.