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1302
Time limits for renewals. (cont'd)
1302.01
Informal applications. (cont'd)
(1)
the message is received in the Copyright Office within the specified time limits;
(2)
the applicant adequately identifies the work involved, the date of first publication or original registration, the name and address of the renewal claimant, and the statutory basis of the renewal claim;
(3)
the fee for renewal registration, if not already on deposit, is received in the Copyright Office before the time for renewal registration has expired; and
(4)
a formal application for renewal (Form RE) (and in the case of works in which U.S. copyright subsists by virtue of section 9(c) of title 17, U.S.C., in effect on December 31, 1977, as provided in 37 C.F.R. 202.17(d)(2), an accompanying affidavit and submission relating to subsistence of the first-term copyright) are also received in the Copyright Office before February 1 of the following year.
See 37 C.F.R. 202.17(c)(3).
1303
Computing term for published works. Copyright for works published before January I, 1978, generally began on the date of first publication. However, under the current Act the original term does not expire until the end of the last day of the 28th calendar year measured from the year of first publication. See 17 U.S.C. 305.
1303.01
Antedated notice. In cases where the year date in the copyright notice appearing on the copies as first published was earlier than the actual date of publication, the original term of copyright is computed from the last day of the year given in the notice, and not the date of publication. The actual date of publication should be given in the renewal application, and
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