1600-15
1612
Other formal requirements. (cont'd)
1612.01
Freedom from obvious errors. (cont'd)
in such cases, the Copyright Office will suggest the desirability of having any changes in the document initialed by all the persons who executed the document.
Examples:
1)
A document submitted for recordation in a particular year gives a later year as the date of execution.
2)
The names of the tranferor and transferee are accidentially reversed.
NOTE: Although names and titles will generally be indexed exactly as they appear in the document, where there is a minor typographical error made in the document, the document will be indexed under the correct name or title.
Examples:
1)
"Great Russiand Short Stories"
2)
"Macame Du Barry"
1612.02
Date of execution. The document to be recorded need not bear a date. However, if it does state a date of execution, this information will be transcribed on the catalog entry. While 17 U.S.C. 205 provides certain consequences for failure to record a transfer within one month after its execution in the United States or within two months after its execution outside the United States, the Copyright Office will record a document at any time after its execution.
1612.03
Certificate of acknowledgment. A certificate of acknowledgment is not required for the validity of a transfer, but is prima facie evidence of the execution of the transfer if:
1)
In the case of a transfer executed in the United States, the certificate is issued by a person authorized to administer oaths within the United States: or
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