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1102
Definitions. (cont'd)
1102.03
First publication. The date of "first publication" is the earliest date on which, by authority of the copyright owner, (a) copies or phonorecords of a work are distributed to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending, or (b) an offer is made to distribute copies or phonorecords to a group of persons for further distribution, public performance, or public display. If a work is first published on the same date in more than one country, ordinarily the application for registration may give the name of any such country as the nation of first publication of the work. However, if one of the countries is the United States, the application should give "United States" as the nation of first publication. The Copyright Office will generally not question a statement in an application giving, as the nation of first publication, a country which is one of those where first publication provides a basis for eligibility, even though the Office is informed that the work was also first published on the same date in one or more other countries where first publication would not offer a basis for eligibility.
1102.04
National. In general, the term "national" means (a) a citizen of a nation, or (b) a person who, although not a citizen, nevertheless owes permanent allegiance to a nation. Citizens of the United States are those persons who are citizens in accordance with the U.S. Constitution or Federal statutes, including persons born in Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico; certain persons are by Federal statute nationals but not citizens of the United States, including persons born in the outlying possessions of the United States; in addition, all U.S. citizens are also nationals of the United States. See 8 U.S.C. 1101.
[1984]
