Ch. 8
8.3.1
8.3.1
8-14
PART 8.3 REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRATION
8.3.1
Necessity for registration.
I.
In General works first published abroad are generally subject to the same registration requirements as works first published; in the U. S. (See Chapters 5 and 9). However, it is not: the practice of the Compliance Section to initiate compliance action with respect to foreign publications (see topic 5.4.2.)
II.
U. C. C ,Works.
8.3.2
Copies and fees.(See Chapters 5 and 9).
I.
Unpubi1shed works. For registration in. unpublished form, works of foreign origin must meet the same deposit and see requirements as those applicable to domestic works. (See topic. 5.2.1.)
II.
Published works.
a.
U. S. author. Where the author of a work is a U. S. citizen or domiciliary the statute requires that, except in the case of ad interim registration, deposit be made of two copies of the work as first published abroad and the ordinary reistrat1on fee. For ad interim registration in such cases the statute requires deposit one copy of the foreign edition and the registration fee or $6.00. The waiver-of-fee option is not available to works by U. S. cit1zen's or domiciliarries. (See Part 5.2.)
b.
Fore1gn, or stateiess authors.
1.
In General., Where the author of the work is foreign or stateless and not domiciled in the U. S., and first. publication took place in a foreign country, the statute ordinarily requires the dapos1t of "one complete copy of the best edition then published in such foreign country" (§ 13) and the prescribed registration fee (§ 215). See paragraph c, below, concerning the requirements for waiver-of-fee registrations.
