Ch. 3
3.2.2
3.2.2
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3.2.2
Choice of a date.(cont'd)
II.
Consignment or Release. Books and other works are frequently sold or consigned before the date set for their "publication" or release to the general public. In such cases, the Copyright Office will accept the date chosen by the applicant without question.
III.
Publication of Separate Parts or Installments.
a.
Where various parts or installments of a work are first published separated, each part or installment is regarded as a separate work, subject to its own registration on the basis of its own publication date.
b.
An application giving more than one date of publication will not be accepted.
c.
Where a work is first published as a unit, the fact that parts of the work are later
distributed separately will not preclude a single registration for the work.
Example:
Syndicated cartoons first published by distribution in "book" form to newspapers.
IV.
Previous Registration and New Versions.
a.
Where the work in question is the first published edition of a work previously registered in unpublished form, the application should give the date of first publication. This is true even if the published edition contains no new matter and the copyright term is not computed from the date of publication.
b.
Where the work is a new version of a previously published work, the application should give the date of publication of the new version, rather than that of the previously published edition.
