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15.1.1
Chapter 15. CERTIFICATES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Part 15.1 CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION
15.1.1
Statutory provisions.
I.
When registration has been made "the person recorded as the claimant of the copyright shall be entitled to a certificate of registration under seal of the copyright office,..." (17 U.S.C. §209)
II.
The certificate shall contain the name and address of the claimant, the citizenship of the author, the place or domicile of an alien author domiciled in the United States, the author's name "(when the records of the copyright office shall show the same)," the title, "the date of publication if the work has been reproduced in copies for sale, or publicly distributed," and "such marks as to class designation and entry number as shall fully identify the entry." A certificate of book registration shall also state the receipt of the affidavit, and "the date of the completion of the printing, or the date at publication of the book." (17 U.S.C. §209)
III.
The Register of Copyrights shall prepare a printed form for the said certificate, to be filled out in each case as above provided for in the case of all registrations made after July 1, 1909, and in the case of all previous registrations so far as the copyright office record books shall show such facts, which certificate, sealed with the seal of the copyright office, shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, be given to an, person making application for the same." (17 U.S.C. §209)
IV.
"Said certificate shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein." (17 U.S.C. §209)
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