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III.
Specific Practices for Form U.
A.
In General. By nature a notice of use is an entirely different type of legal instrument from an application for original or renewal registration. It is generally recorded without any effort on the part of the Copyright office to check the facts it states, and the cataloger should ordinarily not refer a notice of use even if he recognizes or discovers an error in the information included in it.
B.
Name of Copyright Owner. A notice of use should be referred where it is apparent on the face of the notice that the owership of copyright in some of the compositions listed is different from that of others.
C.
Omission of Date of Receipt, Title, or Claimant. A notice of use should be referred where the date of receipt in the Copyright Office, title, or name of the copyright claimant has been omitted.
IV.
Specific Practice for Form R.
A.
Claimant
1.
Name of Claimant
a.
A case should be referred where the name of the renewal claimant has been omitted from the application.
b.
A case should be referred where the renewal claimant is identified so inadequately that it would be very difficult or impossible to single him out as an individual.
Examples:
1)
Mr. de Rais., claiming as widower of the author.
2)
The Sperryville Literary Society, claiming as authors.
3)
Lord Shootingstick, claiming as next-of-kin.
