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2.11.3

Registration requirements(cont'd)

III.

Formalities of registration(cont'd)

b.

Deposit of Copy or copies(cont'd)

4.

Best edition(cont'd)

simultaneously, deposit of a copy or copies of the "best edition" will be required. Thus, if a "photo­graph" is published in both black and white and color versions, the color version would ordinarily be considered the "best edition." If two copies are required for deposit, both copies should be duplicates. For further explanation of the re­quirements relating to "best edition," see Part 5.3,

c.

Fee prescribed

1.

Generally, The fee for each regis­tration is six dollars ($6.00).

2.

Waiver-of-fee option. Published "photographs" of foreign origin may be entitled to registration without payment of the customary fee, pro­vided all of the following elements are received in the Copyright Office

within six months after the date of first publication outside the United States: (1) a completed application Form J, (2) two copies of the work as first published, and (3) a com­pleted catalog card. (See also topic 2.11.3.III.b.3(b).) NOTE: Payment of the registration-fee is always required if:

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