1200-8
1209
Situations where the manufacturing requirements are not applicable. (cont'd)
1209.03
Employment for hire. If a substantial part of the nonexempt text of a work made for hire was prepared for an employer or other person who is not a national or domiciliary of the United States or a domestic corporation or enterprise, the manufacturing requirements do not apply.
Example:
If a U.S. citizen prepares an English language book as an employee for hire of a French citizen or French corporation,
unlimited importation would be allowed.
1209.04
Manufacture in Canada. If a copyrighted nondramatic literary work in the English language was printed or reprinted in Canada, copies could be imported into the United States in unlimited numbers on or after January 1, 1978, since Canadian manufacture satisfies the manufacturing requirements of the current Act.
1210
Manufacturing processes covered. Copies produced by one or more of the processes mentioned below are subject to the requirement of manufacture in the United States or Canada.
1210.01
Copies printed from type. If copies are printed directly from type that has been set, or directly
from plates made from such type, the setting of the type and the making of the plates must be performed in the United States or Canada.1210.02
Lithographic or photoengraving process. If the making of plates by a lithographic or photoengraving process is a final or intermediate step preceding the printing of the copies, the plates must be made in the United States or Canada. The law permits the making of reproduction proofs ("repro proofs") abroad, provided that the plates from which the copies are printed are made in the United States or Canada and are not themselves imported. Similarly, the importation of computer tapes from which plates can be prepared is permitted.
[1984]
