Acceptable alternative designation. A generally known alternative name by which the copyright proprietor can be recognized. It may be either part of the full name or a completely different name or well-known initials. If the alternative designation in the notice reasonably identifies the copyright proprietor to those who come in contact with the copies, the notice is acceptable.
Ad interim copyright. Ad interim copyright was a short-term U.S. copyright available for English language books and periodicals that were manufactured and first published abroad prior to 1978. Its purpose was to secure temporary U.S. protection for a work pending the manufacture and publication of an edition in the United States. For works published abroad between 1949 and 1977, it was secured by registration within six months of first publication abroad and lasted for a maximum of five years from first publication. If the work was manufactured and published in the United States before ad interim copyright expired, copyright was then extended to the full term of twenty-eight years. Ad interim copyright was also automatically extended to the full original term if it was subsisting when the country where the author was a national joined the U.C.C.
Administrator (c.t.a. or d.b.n.c.t.a.). A person appointed by a court who performs the identical functions of an executor [administrator cum testamento annexo - administrator c.t.a.]. When an estate has been settled and the executor discharged, or when the executor is removed before the estate is completely administered, the court may appoint an administrator de bonis non cum testamento annexo (administrator d.b.n.c.ta.] to deal with the remaining or after-acquired property under the will.
Adverse renewal claim. A claim to the renewal copyright that is in conflict with another renewal claim in process or already on the record.
Anonymous work. "An 'anonymous work' is a work on the copies or phonorecords of which no natural person is identified as author." 17 U.S.C. § 101.
Assignee. A party that has acquired the renewal copyright in a work by assignment or other written document of transfer from the vested owner in whose name no renewal registration was previously made.
Author. See "individual author."
Berne Union. The International Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works established under the Berne Convention of 1886 and its revisions (Paris, 1896; Berlin, 1908; Rome, 1926; Brussels, 1948; Paris, 1971]. Countries that adhere to one or more of the conventions are members of the Berne Union. Protection under these conventions is extended without formalities to works on the sole condition that first publication take place in a country that belongs to the Berne Union. It is administered by the World Intellectual Properly Organization (WIPO]. The United States did not become a member of the Union until 1988 and its provisions did not take effect in the United States until March 1, 1989. Therefore, eligibility for renewal registration cannot be based on the Berne Convention. Protection of U.S. works in member countries prior to that date could be obtained by first or simultaneous publication in a Berne Union country.
Buenos Aires Convention of 1910. See "Pan-American Conventions."
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