Ch. 11
11.10.2
11.10.2
11-30
11.10.2
Statutory claimants. The Copyright Office can register renewal claims only in the names of claimants listed as acceptable in the statute.
I.
Failure to qualify. It none of the claimants listed in the statute exists or can be identified, registration must be refused.
II.
Successors or representatives. The successors or representatives of a person who could have claimed it still living have no right, as such, to claim renewal.
Example:
the executors of the author's widow are unacceptable claimants.
III.
Assignment of renewal interest. Registration must be made in the name of a statutory claimant, even though he has assigned all of his interest in the renewal term.
Examples:
registration cannot be made in the names of an "assignee," "proprietor," "attorney-in-fact," or "owner per agreement."
11.10.3
Material covered. A renewal claim in a work can cover only the material which was first published in that particular version of the work.
I.
Later version. The original author of a published work cannot claim renewal in a later version of that work unless he himself contributed to the new matter on which copyright in the later version was claimed.
Example:
Where it appears from the record that an author's original composition was published before an arrangement of it by another person, a renewal claim in the arrangement by the author, based on his original composition, is unacceptable.
II.
Revised published version. But where an author's original unpublished work was first published with an arrangement or other new matter by another person, the author's claim to renewal in the published work may be accepted.
