1900-11
1904
Copies of deposits. (cont'd)
1904.02
Nature of copies or phonorecords. (cont'd)}}
photograph can be supplied if such a reproduction is suited to the requester's needs. For the nature of certified copies, see section 1909 below.
1905
Certificates of registration. After the Register of Copyrights determines that the material deposited for registration constitutes copyrightable or mask work subject matter, and that the other legal and formal requirements of the law have been met, the Register will register the claim and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration under the seal of the Copyright Office. The certificate will contain the information given in the application, together with the number and effective date of the registration. See 17 U.S.C. sections 410(a), 908(e). A certificate of renewal registration will be issued for works first published or registered before January 1, 1978, upon compliance with the renewal provisions of the copyright code. See 17 U.S.C. 304(a). Certificates returned to the Copyright Office as undeliverable will be mailed a second time unless they were undeliverable because the addressee moved and left no forwarding address. Certificates returned a second time are destroyed after updating the Office's records to show the status of the mailing was "undeliverable."
1905.01
Nature of the certificate. The certificate of registration or certificate of renewal is a digital image of the application made on a form containing the signature of the Register of Copyrights and the seal of the Copyright Office.
1906
Additional certificates of registration. Additional certificates of an original or renewal registration will be issued to anyone upon request and payment of the fee. See 17 U.S.C. 706(a). Additional certificates are certified copies of the record of registration and have the same legal effect as the original certificate. Certified copies of additional certificates may also be requested from the Certifications and Documents Section upon payment of the appropriate fee. The manner in which additional certificates are prepared may vary, depending upon the date of the original registration. Additional certificates are prepared by the Certifications and Documents Section of the Information and Reference Division. The Copyright Office will not issue additional certificates of cancelled registrations. It will, however, certify a copy of the cancelled registration in the same manner as it certifies any
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