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Ch. 7.
7.2.1
7.2.1
Part 7.2 WORKS BY FOREIGN AND STATELESS AUTHORS DOMICILED ABROAD
7.2.1
In General
I.
Conditions for U. S. Copyright. A work by an author who is neither a citizen of the U. S. nor domiciled in the U. S. is registrable only if:
a.
The author is a citizen of a country with which the U.8. has copyright relations; or
b.
The work was first published in a U.C.C. country (other than the U. S.); or
c.
The author is stateless.
II.
Citizens of countries with which the U. S. has copyright relations.
a.
In general, a published or unpublished work by a citizen of a "proclaimed country," or of a country which is a party to the Universal Copyright Convention or the Buenos Aires Copyright Convention of 1910, is eligible for registration, regardless of the domicile of the author or the place of first publication.
b.
A work whose author is a citizen of a country with which the U. S. has copyright relations only through the U.C.C. and that is first published in the U. S. may be registered under the rule of doubt, assuming the formalities applicable to non-U.C.C. works have been complied with. A cautionary letter should be sent in such cases.
III.
Citizens of countries with which the U. S. has no copyright relations.
a.
An unpublished work by a citizen of a country that does not have copyright relations with the U. S. cannot be registered if the author is domiciled abroad (unless he is a refugee who has his habitual residence in a state party to Protocol I of the U.C.C.).
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