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 COPYRIGHT OFFICE REGULATIONS 507

the date stated on the title-page. The application should state the day on which the issue is "first placed on sale, sold, or publicly distributed," which may be earlier or later than the date printed on the title-page.

AD INTERIM APPLICATIONS (fORM A*)

38. Where a book in the English language has been Ad interim printed abroad, an ad interim copyright may be secured by copyright depositing in the Copyright Office one complete copy of the

foreign edition, with an application containing a request for the reservation and a money order for f i. Such appli- cations should state: (i) Name and nationality of the au- thor; (2) Name and nationality of the copyright claimant; (3) Exact date of original publication abroad.

The deposit must be made within thirty days from pub- lication abroad. Whenever, within the thirty days' period of ad interim protection, an edition manufactured in the United States is published, and two copies are deposited, the copyright claim therein may be registered the same as any other book (Form A^),

MAILING APPLICATIONS AND COPIES

39. All mail matter intended for the Copyright Office Address of should be addressed to the "Register of Copyrights, Li- mail matter brary of Congress, Washington, D. C." No letters dealing

with copyright matters should be addressed to individuals in the office.

Copyright matter designed for deposit in the Copyright Office will be transmitted by the postmaster free of charge when requested. The postmaster will also, when requested, give a receipt for matter so delivered to him for transmis- sion.

No franking label is issued by the Copyright Office for this purpose.

FEES

40. The fee required to be paid for copyright registra- Copyright tion is $1, except that in case of photographs it is only 50 ^^^^ cents when no certificate of registration is desired.