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S-31
2)
On copies:
Words and Music by William Stein;
Arranged by Stanley L. Bernheim
On application:
Words, music, and arrangement
by Stanley L. Bernheim
Action:
Refer, except where work is obviously adapted from or based on the original composer's work.
6.
"Author of Original Work which has been Reproduced" (Form B)
A case should not be referred even if this space has been left blank. or is in apparent conflict with the copies.
F
Publication and Manufacture
1.
Date of Publication
a.
A case should be referred if the application for a work registered as published does not include a full statement (month, day, and year) of the date of publication.
b.
A case should be referred if the ;year in the copyright notice is either earlier or later than the date of publication given in the application, unless:
1)
The variance has been reflected on the application byannotation or otherwise); or
2)
The variance is explained by the sact that the work now being registered is the first publication of a work previously registered in unpublished form, or the first U.S. edition of a work originally registered ad interim.
c.

A case should be referred if, when it reaches the cataloger, the application states a date of publica­tion that is still in the future. It should not be referred when the date is in the past, even though the application stated an advanced date when it was

originally received in the Copyright Office.
Examples:
1)
Application stating publication date of August 1 received in the Copyright Office on July 25 and reaches cataloger on August 5; do not refer.