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3.1.2
3.1.2
3.1.2
Limited publication.(cont'd)
II.
Examples of Limited Publication.(cont'd)
Examples:(cont'd)
accepted when the applicant indicates that, although printed professional copies have been distributed to various orchestra leaders and singers, he does not regard this as publication.
(2)
An application on Form G stating no date of publication will be accepted when the applicant explains that only 40 of his hand made Christmas cards were sent out to personal friends.
(3)
Registration for a printed text book will not be foreclosed by previous classroom distribution of mimeographed copies of the various chapters, when the applicant states that he does not regard the earlier distribution as publication.
III.
General policy with respect to limited publication. As a rule, the Copyright Office will not attempt to decide whether a publication is limited or general, but may indicate the probabilities in fairly clear cases. When there is virtually no room for doubt that general, rather than limited, publication has oocurred without statutory notice, registration may be refused.
3.1.3
Public disclosure by means other than distribution of copies.
I.
Performance or Rendition.
a.
The performance, rendition, or presentation or a literary, dramatic, or musical work, whether or not it is in public or for profit, is not regarded as publication of the work.
