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1504
Supplementary registrations: procedures used for correcting and amplifying Copyright Office records. (cont'd)
1504.05
Supplementary registrations: basic registration a prerequisite. Supplementary registration can be made only if a basic copyright registration for the same work has already been completed. The application for supplementary registration must clearly identify the registration to be corrected or amplified. See 17 U.S.C. 408(d).
1504.06
Supplementary registrations: time limits. The following are time limits for making a supplementary registration.
1504.06(a)
To correct or amplify a basic original registration. As a general rule, supplementary registration to correct or amplify an original basic registration may be made at any time. However, for works which were published or registered or both before January 1, 1978, and are still subject to renewal registration, a supplementary registration affecting the original term of copyright can only be made during the first 28-year term.
Example:
A work is published and registered in
1954. An application for supplementary registration is submitted in 1983 to change the year date of publication to 1955. The application for supplementary registration will be refused.1504.06(b)
To correct a renewal registration. Supplementary registration to correct a
renewal claimant or basis of claim in a basic renewal registration may be made only if the application for supplementary registration and fee are received in the copyright Office within the statutory time limits for renewal. If the error or omission in a basic renewal
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