Ch. 2.3
2.3.1
2.3.1
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COPYRIGHT
OFFICE
PRACTICES
OFFICE
PRACTICES
2.3.1
General Rules (cont'd)
II.
Manufacturing requirements. (cont 'd)
b.
No affidavit of U. S. manufacture is required for periodicals, but the application requires information concerning any portions of the work manufactured abroad.
III
Registration.
a
Domestic periodicals. Registration is required for periodicals of U. s. origin which comply with the statutory formalities. The claim should be filed on Form B, accompanied by two complete copies the periodical and a $6.00 of registration fee.
b,
Foreign periodicals.
1.
Ad Interim registration
(a)
Claim to ad interim copyright in a periodical manufactured and first published outside the U.S.A. in the English language should be filed within six months of publication abroad, on Form. A-B Ad Interim, unless copyright has been secured by virtue of the U.C.C. exemptions of Sec. 9(e), in which event registration is optional but if applied for should be on Form A-B Foreign. Concerning deposit requirements, see 17 U.S.C., § 215, and topics 5.1.5 and 5.2.2 of this compendium.
(b)
After ad interim registration, an edition of the same periodical manufactured and published in the U. S. (within 5 years) may be registered on Form B. When portions of the foreign periodical are published with notice in the U. S. Within the 5-year period. (e.g., a novel first published serially abroad), registration may be made in the appropriate class.
[1973]
