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 COPYRIGHT OFFICE REGULATIONS 503

(i) The name and address of the claimant of copyright.

(2) The nationality of the author of the work.

(3) The title of the work.

(4) The name and address of person to whom certificate is to be sent.

(5) In the case of all published works the actual date (year, month, and day) when the work was published.

30. In addition, it is desirable that the application Name of should state for record the name of the author. If, how- author ever, the work is published anonymously or under a pseu- donym and it is not desired to place on record the real name

of the author, this may be omitted. In the case of works made for hire, the employer may be given as the author. By the nationality of the author is meant citizenship, not Nationality race; a person naturalized in the United States should be of author described as an American. An author, a citizen of a foreign country having no copyright relations with the United States, may secure copyright in this country, if at the time of publication of his work he is a permanent resident of the United States. The fact of such permanent residence in the United States should be expressly stated in the applica- tion. Care should be taken that the title of the work, the name of the author, and the name of the copyright claim- ant should be correctly stated in the application, and that they should agree exactly with the same statements made in the work itself.

APPLICATION FORMS

31. The Copyright Office has issued the following appli- Application cation forms, which will be furnished on request, and fornis should be used when applying for copyright registration:

A'- Book by citizen or resident of the United States.

A^ New ed. New edition of book by citizen or resident of the United States.

A^ for. Book by citizen or resident of a foreign country, but manufactured in the United States.

A^. Edition printed in the United States of a book originally published abroad in the English language.

A' Book by foreign author in foreign language.