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- tion after the termination of other derivative works based upon the copyrighted work covered by the terminated grant.
- (B) The future rights that will revert upon termination of the grant become vested on the date the notice of termination has been served as provided by clause (4) of this subsection.
- (C) Where the author’s rights revert to two or more persons under clause (2) of this subsection, they shall vest in those persons in the proportionate shares provided by that clause. In such a case, and subject to the provisions of subclause (D) of this clause, a further grant, or agreement to make a further grant, of a particular author’s share with respect to any right covered by a terminated grant is valid only if it is signed by the same number and proportion of the owners, in whom the right has vested under this clause, as are required to terminate the grant under clause (2) of this subsection. Such further grant or agreement, is effective with respect to all of the persons in whom the right it covers has vested under this subclause, including those who did not join in signing it. If any person dies after rights under a terminated grant have vested in him, his legal representatives, legatees, or heirs at law represent him for purposes of this subclause.
- (D) A further grant, or agreement to make a further grant, of any right covered by a terminated grant is valid only if it is made after the effective date of the termination. As an exception, however, an agreement for such a further grant may be made between the author or any of the persons provided by the first sentence of clause (6) of this subsection, or between the persons provided by subclause (C) of this clause, and the original grantee or such grantee’s successor in title after the notice of termination has been served as provided by clause (4) of this subsection.
- (E) Termination of a grant under this subsection affects only those rights covered by the grant that arise under this title, and in no way affects rights arising under any other Federal, State, or foreign laws.
- (F) Unless and until termination is effected under this subsection, the grant, if it does not provide otherwise, continues in effect for the remainder of the extended renewal term.
§ 305. Duration of copyright: Terminal date
All terms of copyright provided by sections 302 through 304 run to the end of the calendar year in which they would otherwise expire.
Chapter 4.—COPYRIGHT NOTICE, DEPOSIT, AND REGISTRATION
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- Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies.
- Notice of copyright: Phonorecords of sound recordings.
- Notice of copyright: Publications incorporating United States Government works.
- Notice of copyright: Contributions to collective works.
- Notice of copyright: Omission of notice.
- Notice of copyright: Error in name or date.
- Deposit of copies or phonorecords for Library of Congress.
- Copyright registration in general.
- Application for registration.
- Registration of claim and issuance of certificate.
- Registration as prerequisite to infringement suit.
- Registration as prerequisite to certain remedies for infringement.
§ 401. Notice of copyright: Visually perceptible copies
(a) General Requirement.—Whenever a work protected under this title is published in the United States or elsewhere by authority of the copyright owner, a notice of copyright as provided by this section shall be placed on all publicly distributed copies from which the work can be visually perceived, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device.
(b) Form of Notice.—The notice appearing on the copies shall consist of the following three elements:
- (1) the symbol © (the letter C in a circle), or the word “Copyright”, or the abbreviation “Copr.”;
- (2) the year of first publication of the work; in the case of compilations or derivative works incorporating previously published material, the year date of first publication of the compilation or derivative work is sufficient. The year date may be omitted where a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work,
