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1013
Affixation and position of the copyright notice. (cont'd)
1013.08

Contributions to collective works. For a separate contribution to a collective work to be considered to "bear its own notice of copyright," as provided by 17 U.S.C. 404, a notice reproduced on the copies in any of the following positions is acceptable:

1)
Where the separate contribution is repro­duced on a single page, a notice is accept­able if it appears: i) under the title of the contribution on that page: ii) adjacent to the contribution: or iii) on the same page, if through format, wording, or both, the application of the notice to the particular contribution is made clear:
2)
Where the separate contribution is repro­duced on more than one page of the collec­tive work, a notice is acceptable if it appears: i) under a title appearing at or near the beginning of the contribution: ii) on the first page of the main body of the contribution: iii) immediately following the end of the contribution: or iv) on any of the pages where the contribution appears, if: i) the contribution is reproduced on no more than 20 pages of the collective work: ii) the notice is reproduced prominently and is set apart from other matter on the page where it appears: and iii) through format, wording, or both, the application of the notice to the particular contribu­tion is made clear.
1013.08(a)
Musical work. Where the separate contri­bution is a musical work, in addition to any of the locations listed above in para­graphs 1 and 2, a notice is acceptable if it is located on the first page of music of the contribution.
[1984]