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Examples
1)
Next-of-kin of the author.
2)
Executor of the estate of Edwin Arlington Brunswick.
3)
Son of the author.
4)
Proprietor of a work made for hire.
5)
Arranger.
d.
Ordinarily the cataloger should make no effort to evaluate the legal validity of a renewal claim as stated on the application. If, in the ordinary coarse of cataloging, he notes a clear and irreconcilable conflict, he should refer the case.
Examples of cases where referrals should be made:
1)
U.S. Steel Corporation, claiming as widow of the author.
2)
James T. Franklin Jr., claiming as next-of-kin of James Thayer Franklin.
3)
A renewal claim as "proprietor of copyright in a composite work" in a work identified as a "play in three acts."
B.
Title
1.
A case should be referred where the title of the work. has been omitted from the renewal application.
2.
A case should be referred. where, in the ordinary course of cataloging, the cataloger notes that the title given in the renewal application is so different from that appearing in the official office records that there is doubt as to the work the renewal claim covers.
