Ch. 8
8.4.6
8.4.6
8-22
8.4.5
Importation of copies.(cont'd)
II.b.1
(cont'd).
It applies to popular works issued periodically to a general readership, but is not considered to apply to scholarly, technical, or professional periodicals issued to a specialized readership. Import statements are issued tor this latter type of material.
2.
Issuance of import statements is also withheld for contributions to periodicals, but for a different reason. In that case the importation and limitations apply, and to issue import statements for several contributions to the same issue, of a periodical could result 1n the importation of considerably more than 1,500 copies.
8.4.6
Extension of ad interim copyright to full term.
I.
Statutory provision. "Whenever within the period of such protection an authorized edition of such books or periodicals shall be published within the United States, in accordance with the manufacturing provisions specified in section 16 of the title, and whenever the provisions of this title as to deposit of copies, registration, filing of affidavits, and the printing of the copyright notice shall have been duly compiled with, the copyright shall be extended to endure in such a book or periodical for the term provided in this time." (17 U.S.C § 23.)
a.
Where the first U. S. edition of a work originally registered ad interim contains no copyrightable new matter, registrations will be made only if the following four requirements are met:
1.
The U. S. edition was produced in compliance with the manufacturing requirements. (see Chapter 6.)
2.
It was published in the U. S. within the five-year ad interim term as computed from the date of first publication abroad.
3.
The copies as published bear the required statutory copyright notice, including the year date of first publication abroad (See Chapter 4.)
