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S-84 No. 23

As a general rule, when no reply is received to Copyright Office correspondence and the case is closed, the deposit copies will be retained in the Copyright Office files. This rule applies to both published and unpublished material.

If the applicant later requests the return of his copy or copies and we have two copies in our file, one copy will be returned. The applicant will be advised that the second copy has been retained as a part of the Copyright Office file in the cue in accordance with our usal practice. If there is one copy in our files, we will not return that copy unless it reasonably appears that the work may not have been published, or the Section Head or Assistant Section Head approves its return after considering all of the circumstances.

In the case of unpublished material, the deposit copy will be returned if the applicant requests it. 1-67