1000-8
1006
Year date in the copyright notice. (cont'd)
1006.03
Earlier than year of publication (antedated. (cont'd)
have. These rules apply equally to those works which do not require a year date in the notice but which contain a year date earlier than the year in which first publication occurred.
1006.04
Later than year of publication (postdated). Where the year date in the notice on copies or phonorecords is no more than one year later that the year in which publication first occurred, the claim will be registered without annotation or correspondence. Where the year is more than one year later than the year in which publication first occurred, the work is considered to have been published without any notice under 17 U.S.C. 406(c) and is governed by 17 U.S.C. 405. See section 1008 of this chapter. Thus, if the application is submitted within five years of first publication, the claim will be registered without annotation: however, a warning letter will be sent. If registration is requested after five years measured from the date of first publication, registration will be refused. These rules apply equally to those works which do not require a year date in the notice, but which contain a year date which is later than the year in which first publication occurred. 17 U.S.C. 40l(b)(2): see also section 1010 of this chapter.
1006.05
Dispersed notice: year date. The elements of notice, including the year date when required, should preferably appear together as a single continuous statement, e.g., © 1981 ABC Corporation. However, a year date that is present but separated from the rest of the notice is acceptable if it is an appropriate date and is reasonably identifiable as part of the notice. Such a year date is clearly acceptable if it is the
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