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11.1.2

Unpublished works.(cont'd)

II.

Presumption of new matter. When a work originally registered in unpublished form is later published, the date of publication will not affect the duration of copyright in the unpublished work or the time-limits for renewal registration. However, independent renewal registration for the published version will be made on the irrebuttable presumption that it contains new matter.