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1105
Presidential proclamations. Presidential proclamations are governed by the following provisions:
1105.01
Proclamations issued under the current Act. The president of the united states may by proclamation extend U.S. copyright protection to works of which one or more of the authors is, on the date of first publication, a national, domiciliary, or sovereign authority of a foreign nation as to which such proclamation has been issued, or to works which were first published in such a nation. See 17 U.S.C. 104(b)(4): see also section 104, Transitional and Supplementary Provisions of the current Act.
1105.02
Continuance of earlier proclamations. The current law provides that all proclamations issued by the President under section 1(e) or 9(b) of title 17 as it existed on December 31, 1977, or under previous copyright statutes of the United States, shall continue in force until terminated, suspended, or revised by the President. See section 104, Transitional and Supplementary Provisions of the current Act.
1105.03
Coverage of earlier proclamation. Presidential proclamations issued before January 1, 1978, extend eligibility only to the works of authors who were a "citizen or subject" of a proclaimed nation. Such proclamations confer no eligibility on the basis of domicile or publication in a proclaimed nation. See 17 U.S.C. 1(e) and 9(b), as it existed on December 31, 1977: see also section 13 of the Act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1106.
1106
Existence of copyright relations unclear. In some instances the status of copyright relations between the United States and a particular nation is unclear. Registration will be refused in any case where eligibility depends upon the existence of copyright relations with that nation. See also section 1109 below.
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