1300-15
1311
Works first published abroad in English.(cont'd)
1311.06
No U.S. edition.(cont'd)
1311.06(b)
Effect of the current Act. In the case of any work in which ad interim copyright is subsisting or is capable of being secured on December 31, 1977, under section 22 of title 17 as it existed on that date, copyright protection was extended to endure for the full term or terms provided by section 304 of title 17 of the new law, pursuant to Sec. 107 of Transitional and Supplementary Provisions of the current Act. Thus, for works covered by this provision, a renewal claim will be registered even though there was no registration for a U.S. edition.
1312
Renewal claimants: authors and their successors. In accordance with the copyright law, it is the author, if living, who is entitled to claim renewal copyright with respect to all works other than those enumerated in section 1317 of this chapter. Moreover, if the author is dead, it is the copyright law, rather than the rules of testamentary or intestate succession, that specifies the successive classes of persons entitled to claim renewal copyright. See 17 U.S.C. 304.
1313
Renewal claimants: authors. The author, if living, may claim renewal, whether the work was published in the author's true name, a pseudonym, or anonymously.
1313.01
Author still living. If the author is still living, the renewal application must be filed in the author's own name, even if the author is insane or incompetent.
1313.02
Author's name not in records of original registration. Where an applicant is claiming renewal as the "author", or as any other person entitled to claim renewal if that author is dead, and where that author's name does not appear in the records of the original registration, renewal registration will generally not be made unless that name is placed in the Copyright Office records. The Copyright Office may suggest
[1984]
