Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition
| 611.4 | Year of Completion Apparently Incorrect | 58 |
| 611.5 | Year of Completion Omitted | 59 |
| 611.6 | Year of Completion Unknown | 59 |
| 612 | Date of Publication | 60 |
| 612.1 | General Policy | 60 |
| 612.2 | What Constitutes Publication? | 60 |
| 612.3 | Determining whether the Work Is Published or Unpublished | 60 |
| 612.4 | What Is the Date of First Publication? | 61 |
| 612.5 | What Is the Nation of First Publication? | 61 |
| 612.6 | Completing the Application: Date and Nation of First Publication | 61 |
| 612.6(A) | Date of First Publication | 61 |
| 612.6(B) | Nation of First Publication | 62 |
| 612.6(C) | ISBN, ISRC, and ISSN Numbers | 62 |
| 612.7 | Examination Guidelines: Date and Nation of First Publication | 62 |
| 612.7(A) | Claim in a Published Work Contradicted by Information Provided Elsewhere in the Registration Materials | 63 |
| 612.7(B) | Claim in an Unpublished Work Contradicted by Information Provided Elsewhere in the Registration Materials | 63 |
| 612.7(C) | Nation of Publication Given in a Paper Application without a Date of Publication | 64 |
| 612.7(D) | Extraneous Statements Concerning Publication | 64 |
| 612.7(E) | Month, Day, and Year Required for the Date of First Publication | 65 |
| 612.7(F) | Exact Date of Publication Unknown | 65 |
| 612.7(G) | Multiple Dates of Publication | 66 |
| 612.7(H) | Future Date of Publication | 66 |
| 612.7(I) | Impossible or Impractical Date of Publication | 66 |
| 612.7(J) | Nation of First Publication: Works Published in Multiple Countries | 66 |
| 612.7(K) | Nation of First Publication Unclear | 67 |
| 612.7(L) | Nation of First Publication Unknown | 67 |
| 613 | Name of Author(s) | 68 |
| 613.1 | Who Is the Author? | 68 |
| 613.2 | When Authorship Is Determined | 69 |
| 613.3 | Identifying the Authors Who Should Be Named in the Application | 69 |
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