1977, inclusive) copyright was extended to the full original term of copyright under the transitional provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976. 11
• Finally, even when the two exceptions listed above do not apply, renewal
registration may still be possible if the work was manufactured and published in the United States while ad interim copyright subsisted, but no registration was made for the U.S. edition. In this last situation a renewal registration for the U.S. edition must be made under the rule of doubt before a renewal registration can be made for the foreign edition that secured ad interim copyright. This requirement ensures that the full original term of copyright was secured through compliance with the manufacturing clause.
When a renewal claim is based on the original registration record for the U.S. edition of a work that was subject to the manufacturing clause and secured ad interim copyright for the foreign edition, the certificate of renewal registration and renewal registration record must refer to the ad interim registration because the term of copyright is determined by the date of first publication abroad, and the renewal registration in the U.S. edition must be limited to the revisions or additions in the U.S. edition unless both editions were identical. In such cases, the U.S. Copyright Office will add an annotation to the certificate of renewal registration and a note in the renewal registration record regarding the ad interim registration record.
NOTE: A renewal claim in the U.S. edition of a work subject to the manufacturing clause for which ad interim copyright was not secured, or in a U.S. edition that was manufactured and published after ad interim copyright expired must be limited to revisions or additions in the U.S. edition. For more information about registration requirements for works subject to the manufacturing clause, see Section 2124.
2115.2(G) Supplementary Registration Information
When a renewal claim is based on an original registration record that was corrected or amplified by a supplementary registration during the original term, the renewal claim should provide the registration number(s) and effective date(s) of the supplementary registrationfs]. For a discussion about how information added to an original registration record by supplementary registration may affect renewal registration, see Section 2131.
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11 Pub. L. No. 94-553, app. A, tit. I, § 107, 90 Stat. 2541 (1976) (Transitional and Supplementary Provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976).
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