Ch. 8
8.4.4
8.4.4
8-20
8.4.3
Requirements for ad interim registration.(cont'd)
II.
Copy and fee.(cont'd)
b.
The waiver-of-fee option, permitting registration on the basis of an application, two copies, and a catalog card, applies to ad interim registration where neither the author nor the copyright proprietor is a U.S. citizen or domiciliary.
III.
Works published in installments. Where a work is first published abroad in installments, a separate ad interim registration must be made for each installment. However, where an American edition of the entire work is published before all the foreign installments have been published, only those published abroad before the date of U. S. publication may be registered ad interim.
8.4.4
Notice of Copyright.(See Part 3.2 and topic 4.1.3.I.)
I.
Notice on copies first published abroad.
a.
Works subject to ad interim registration need not bear a notice at the time of first publication abroad, and ad interim registration will be made whether the copies bear a good notice, a defective notice, or no notice.
b.
Where the copy or copies deposited for ad interim registration bear no notice, registration will ordinarily be made without correspondence., Where the notice is defective (e,g., year date lacking; initials rather than name used; notice at end of book) registration should be made but a cautionary letter should be cent pointing out the necessity for correcting the notice before any copies are published in the U. S. Where the name in the notice differs from the name given as copy~ right proprietor in the ad interim application, the variance will be questioned, but registration in a name other than that in the notice will not be refused, (See topic 8.2.2.11.2.)
II.
Notice on U. S. edition.
a.
Where the U. S. edition of a work originally registered ad interim contains no new matter, registration will be refused unless the notice contains the year date of first publication abroad "(See topic 8.2.2.II.e.2)."
