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SATURN RETURNS

Copyright © 2009, Noah Haidle

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CAUTION: Professionals and amateurs are hereby warned [hat performance of SATURN RETURNS is subject ro paymem of a royalty. It is fully pro[ecred under [he copyright laws of the United States of America, and of all countries covered by the International Copyright Union (including the Dominion of Canada and the rest of the British Commonwealth), and of all coumries covered by rhe Pan­ American Copyright Convemion, the Universal Copyright Convenrion, rhe Berne Convemion, and of all coumries with which the United States has recipro­ cal copyright relations. All rights, including without limitation professional/ama­ teur stage rights, motion picture, recitation, lecturing, public reading, radio broadcasting, television, video or sound recording, all other forms of mechanical, electronic and digital reproduction, transmission and distribution, such as CD, DVD, the Internet, private and file-sharing networks, information srorage and retrieval systems, photocopying, and the rights of translation imo foreign lan­ guages are strictly reserved. Particular emphasis is placed upon the matrer of read­ ings, permission for which musr be secured from the Author's agenr in wriring.

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