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2.11.3

Registration requirements(cont'd)

II.

Publication with notice(cont'd)

b.

Notice of copyright(cont'd)

4.

U.C.C. notice(cont'd)

located on the work in such manner and position as to give reasonable notice of the copyright claim.

(a)

Defective U.C.C. notice acceptable under U.S. law. If the registrabi1ity of a work depends upon the availability of the U.C.C. exemptions granted under the copyright law [17 U.S.C. sec. 9(c)], the copies as first published should bear the above-mentioned U.C.C. notice. However, in such a case, where the notice satisfies the require­ments of Section 19 of the statute, but not the U.C.C. requirements of Section 9(c), registration will be made under the rule of doubt, and a cau­tionary letter will be sent. (See also Part 8.2.)

c.

Exception to the general rule. A "photograph" by a foreign author which was first published outside the United States before June 18, 1959 may be considered for registration, even if the copyright notice was omitted or defective. However, a cautionary letter will be sent in every such case. (See topic 4.1.3.II.b; see also topics 8.2.1.I.a and 8.2.1.III.a.)

[1973]