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. (cont’d) display. 17 U.S.C. 101. This sentence is generally recognized as including motion picture distribution practices. Inherent within the definition as a whole is the presumption that copies are in existence and ready for distribution before a work can be published. Thus, offers in the form of advertising, and catalog or other distribution offers made before or during production of the motion picture, do not constitute publication. For a general discussion of fixation, see Chapter 100: BASIC POLICIES.

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