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2.11.3

Registration reguirements(cont'd)

III.

Formalities of registration(cont'd)

b.

Deposit of copy or copies(cont'd)

3.

Published foreign works (cont'd)

(b)

Option B. Two complete copies of the "best edition" of the photographic work as first pub­lished (together with the required catalog card) will suffice for purposes of deposit under Option B, provided the

copies (together with the re­quired application and catalog card) are received in the Copyright Office within six months of the date of first publication outside the United States. Option B is not avail­able if either the author, co­-author, or copyright proprietor of the work is a U.S. citizen, domiciliary, or resident on the date the application is filed. In all other respects the deposit requirements are the same as those specified for published domestic works in topic 2.11.3.III.b.3

4.

Best edition. In the case of a pub­lished "photograph," the copy or copies submitted for deposit should represent the form in which the work was first made available to the pub­lic without restriction. Where two

or more editions or issues of dif­ferent quality are pulished

[1973]