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1317
Renewal claimants: proprietors.(cont'd)
1317.05

Individual contributions.(cont'd)

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If a renewal application covering an indi­vidual contribution is received too late for registration, the Copyright Office will inform the applicant of the facts of renewal registration for the composite work because the contribution may be protected by the renewal of the general copyright in the composite work in which the contribution was first published.
1317.06
Corporate body. In the case of a "work copyrighted by a corporate body otherwise than an assignee or licensee of the author," the statute gives the proprietor the right to claim renewal.
1317.06(a)
Questionable claim. This basis of claim is always questioned unless it has been estab­lished by previous correspondence.
1317.06(b)

When not acceptable. This basis of claim is not acceptable when:

1)
The original copyright claimant was not a corporation.
2)

The individual author of an unpublished work transferred his common-law literary property, or his right to secure copy­right, to a corporation.

i)
The corporation is regarded as the author's assignee.
ii)
The fact that the corporation also purchased the author's manuscript does not change its status as assignee.
3)
The work is posthumous, composite, or was made for hire.
[1984]