2116.2(B)
2116.3
2116.3(A)
2116.3(B)
2116.4
2116.4(A)
Nationality and Domicile of Eligible Author
Both the nationality and domicile of the eligible author at the time of first publication are required. For works made for hire, when the employer is an individual, both nationality and domicile at the time of first publication is required. When the employer is a corporation, the country of incorporation is required in lieu of nationality or domicile. For posthumous works, eligibility may be based on either the nationality of the deceased author at the time of death, or the nationality and domicile of the original copyright claimant at the time of first publication.
Publication Information
The complete date (month, day, and year) and the nation (as then known) of first publication are required.
Date of First Publication Unknown
When the actual date of publication is unknown, the applicant should still provide a complete date to the best of his or her knowledge, along with a separate written statement explaining the basis for determining the date given.
Simultaneous Publication in the United States
For renewal registration purposes, a work was simultaneously published in the United States when it was published in this country on the same day as it was published abroad. Such works are considered to be first published in the United States.
Exception: For information regarding the effect of simultaneous publication in the United States on renewal registration of books and periodicals that would be otherwise eligible as U.C.C. works, or through ad interim copyright and compliance with manufacturing requirements, see Section 2118.3. For works of foreign origin that are published in the United States within thirty days of first publication abroad, see Part VII regarding restoration of copyright under the URAA.
Manufacture Information
This space of Form RE/Addendum must be completed for all nondramatic literary works and two-dimensional prints and labels in the English language. Information as to where and how such works were manufactured is required. See Section 2124. This information is also required for foreign language books when the eligible author was a national or domiciliary of the United States at the time the work was first published.
Acceptable Terms to Describe Manufacturing Process
The processes by which a work was manufactured may be described in general terms, such as "typeset," "printed from plates," "photoengraving process," "lithographic process," "offset," "photo-offset," or "binding."
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