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. (cont'd) the end of the year in which the copyright was originally secured; no additional renewal is necessary for such works.

. Whenever a renewal applicant has cause to believe that a formal application for renewal (Form RE) (and in the case of works in which U.S. copyright subsists by virtue of section 9(c) of title 17, U.S.C., in effect on December 31, 1977, an accompany­ing affidavit and submission relating to the subsistence of first-term copyright), if sent to the Copyright Office by mail, might not be received in the Copyright Office before expira­tion of the statutory time limits the appli­cant may apply for renewal registration by telegraphic or similar unsigned written communication. An application made by this method only will be accepted if:

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