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Ch. 3
3.2.3
3.2.3
3.2.3
Unacceptable dates of publication.(cont'd)
VI.
Application in Advance of Date of Publication.(cont'd)
b.
Where the date of publication given in the application is more than one month in advance of the date of receipt, the application will be retained but the copies and fee will be returned and the case will be closed. The applicant will be asked to submit a new application, copies, and fee after publication.
c.
Where the date of publication is the same as, or a few days earlier than, the date of receipt in the Copyright Office, and the circumstances clearly indicate that the application left the applicant's hands before the date of publication stated in it, a new application will be requested.
Example:
An application received March 2, 1962 gives March 1, 1962 as the date of publication, but was mailed in an
envelope postmarked from Honolulu on February 27.d.
In the case of well-established daily newspapers, application on Form P may be accepted if received not more than one month in advance of the date of publication they state.
