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Show I COPYRIGHT COMES HIGH That for Britt-Nelson Pictures Breaks Pvecord. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23, All records rec-ords for tho cost of obtaining a copyright copy-right havo been broken by tho motion picture Alms of the Brltt-Nelson bat-1 bat-1 tie, which hayo Just been placed In the mall. To get tho Government's protec- tlon for these photographfl, It waa nec- csBary to make two complete films of the whole fight, to be sent to "Washington. "Washing-ton. The coat of each film was $750 or 51500 for the two, and all this Investment will be forever locked up In the archives of the Government. The two films, stretched out from end to end meas-" I urcd upward of 10,000 feet, or a little less than two miles. In each film there 3 are SO.OOO separate photographs, or 160.- O'JO In all. Tho aggregate weight of the five A packages In which tho films were Bent away wa3 fifty-eight pounds. At the I regular rate tho postage would have amounted to more than SO, but the Gov- ernment moJces the concession of ac- I ceptlng copyright material free for I transmission. |