Section 16. No person with knowledge or notice that a dramatic or musical composition is unpublished or undedicated shall, without the consent of the proprietor thereof, cause it to be publicly performed or represented or permit a public performance or representation of it, in any public place of amusement, licensed or unlicensed, of which he is in control, or take part in any public performance or representation thereof.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title XV - Regulation of Trade
Chapter 110 - Labels, Trade Marks, Names and Registration Thereof
Section 4 - Use of Name of Person Formerly Connected With Business
Section 4a - Use of Word ''corporation'' or ''incorporated'' by Individual or Partnership
Section 5 - Certificates of Persons Conducting Businesses; Contents; Filing; Fees; Index
Section 6 - Certificates; Application of Sec. 5
Section 16 - Unauthorized Performances of Unpublished Compositions
Section 17 - Registration of Bottles; Description of Name on Bottles; Fees; Publication
Section 18 - Unlawful Use of Registered Bottles; Application of Section
Section 19 - Prima Facie Evidence of Unlawful Use
Section 21 - Registration of Milk Cans; Description of Name; Fees; Publication
Section 22 - Use of Registered Cans Without Consent of Owner
Section 23 - Destruction or Mutilation of Registered Cans
Section 24 - Defiling Registered Cans
Section 25a - Registration of Articles
Section 25b - Unauthorized Use or Disposition of Registered Articles
Section 25c - Unauthorized Destruction or Mutilation of Registered Articles
Section 26 - False Trade Marks, Dies; Sale of Falsely Marked Goods
Section 27 - Unauthorized Performance of Unpublished Composition