1600-9
1605
Formal sufficiency of document. (cont'd)
1605.06
Authority to sign. (cont'd)
1605.06(a)
Signer is not copyright owner. In certain cases, where it seems clear from correspondence
or other material in the file that the person signing the document is not the copyright owner, the Copyright Office will call the discrepancy to the attention of the sender, but will not refuse to record the document if the sender continues to request recordation.1605.06(b)
Contribution to a periodical. No question will ordinarily be raised in the case of a transfer of copyright in a contribution to a periodical signed in the name of the periodical rather than that of its publisher.
Example:
Transfer of copyright in a magazine article is signed in the name of The Saturday Evening Post rather than its publisher, Curtis Publishing Company.
1605.07
Signature of individual. As a rule, the signature should be the actual handwritten signature of an individual person, and should give the individual's own name rather than that of the person or organization he or she may represent.
Examples:
1)
A pencil signature is acceptable.
2)
A hand-printed signature is acceptable.
3)
A printed, typewritten, rubber-stamped, or facsimile signature will be questioned.
4)
A person's mark is acceptable if accompanied by another person's signature attesting to its authenticity.
5)
The signature need not be legible or include the full name of the signer, if the name is sufficiently identified elsewhere in the document: but initials or a monogram will generally not be regarded as a signature.
[1984]
