1300-6
1306
Date of receipt. (cont'd)
1306.01
Delay in delivery caused by disruption of postal or other services. (cont'd)
such services has terminated, shall be considered timely. 17 U.S.C. 709. No regulation has yet been issued by the Copyright Office under this provision.
1307
Application received before the renewal year. A renewal application received at any time before the beginning of the renewal year will not be accepted. An entirely new application must be submitted during the proper year.
1308
Application received after the renewal year. If an application or fee is received after the renewal year has expired, the claim will be refused.
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When the applicant filed too late in reasonable reliance on a record created, or original certificate issued, by the Copyright Office, or an official Copyright Office search report, which contained an error, omission, or patent ambiguity with respect to the term, the Copyright Office will register the renewal claim as a doubtful case.
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When the Copyright Office records state a date of publication which has not been questioned or corrected, renewal registration will not be made after the 28th year from that date, even when the renewal applicant asserts that the date was erroneous. Concerning the procedure for correcting a date of publication, see Chapter 1500: CORRECTIONS AND AMPLIFICATIONS OF COPYRIGHT RECORDS: SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTRATIONS.
Examples:
1)
Where the renewal applicant has relied on a certificate of original registration which lacked an annotation showing that the year date in the copyright notice was antedated, a renewal application will be accepted during the 28th year measured from the date of publication.
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