1300-4
1303
Computing term for published works. (cont'd)
1303.01
Antedated notice. (cont'd)
the Copyright Office will add the annotation: "YEAR DATE IN COPYRIGHT NOTICE: 19__" Claims to renewal copyright received more than 28 years from the first day in the year given in the copyright notice will be refused registration. See also section 1308 below.
1303.02
Postdated notice. If the year date in the copyright notice appearing on the copies as published was one year later than the actual date of publication, the original term is computed for renewal purposes from the year date of publication. No annotation respecting a postdated notice will be made to the renewal application.
1304
Computing term for unpublished works. For unpublished works registered in the Copyright Office before January 1, 1978, statutory copyright began on the date of such registration and lasts for an original term of 28 years. Under the new law the original term does not expire for such works until the end of the last day of the 28th calendar year after registration. The date of registration of unpublished works currently renewable under the new law is the date when the last element (application, copy, fee) was received in acceptable form in the Copyright Office.
1305
Amendment after deadline. If an application that contains a title by which the work may be identified and a correct statement of either the renewal claimant or basis of the renewal claim is received within the proper time limits, but correspondence is required, the claim may be entered after expiration of the original term. However, the Copyright Office will make a special effort to obtain a fully acceptable application before the original term expires.
[1984]
