Page:Compendium of US Copyright Office Practices (1973).pdf/426

This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
a.
If the new copy is the same as the earlier copy in content, but differs only in information about the author, copyright owner, title and the like, the new copy should be given th earlier date of May 15,1967.
a.
If the copyrightable contents of the new copy are in any way different from the contents of the earlier copy, the new copy should be given the later date, that is, the date of its actual receipt in the office, namely, June 5, 1967.

4. In any post registration case involving deposit of a new copy, the date of receipt appearing on the new copy and in the "copy received" box on the appllication must be made to correspond.

5. The above mentioned procedures are not applicable to published works because the term of copyright protection for published works is computed from the date of first publication rather than from the effective date of registration.