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ST/AI/189/Add.9/Rev.2 Page 6 (c) Advance distribution of copies to the press will be arranged by the Department of Public Information or by the Sales Section for the purposes of having the work critically reviewed. Such copies and any accompanying press release will carry an embargo against distribution before the agreed publication date and a notice indicating that, although copyrighted, the publication may be freely quoted by newspapers, magazines, radio and television.

17. The additional measures necessary to obtain copyright are as follows:

(a) In order to secure copyright protection in the United States of America (and hence all countries signatory of the Universal Copyright Convention), while at the same time encouraging the desired dissemination, each copy of a United Nations publication to be copyrighted must bear on the title-page or the verso thereof the notice:


 * "Applications for the right to reproduce this work or parts thereof are welcomed and should be sent to the Secretary of the Publications Board, United Nations Headquarters, New York, N.Y. 10017, U.S.A. Member States and their governmental institutions may reproduce this work without application, but are requested to inform the United Nations of such reproduction."; 3 /

(b) Immediately after copies have been placed on sale, two copies of the best edition of the work in question must be sent to the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 20559, together with the appropriate form ("Application for copyright registration") duly completed and a fee.

18. The copyright notice applicable in the United States will also be effective to secure copyright protection in the approximately 80 countries signatory to the Universal Copyright Convention. That Convention contains special provisions allowing the United Nations to copyright, and so it is advantageous to use the copyright notice set out in paragraph 17(a). This notice will be effective for United Nations publications first published at Headquarters, Geneva, Vienna or Santiago. Thailand is not a party to the Universal Copyright Convention but is party to the Berne Convention, which does not require any particular notice formalities, so the copyright notice in paragraph 17(a) will also be effective there.

19. If material is to be published only in Baghdad or Addis Ababa, then advice on copyright procedures in these locations will have to be obtained, since neither Iraq nor Ethiopia is party to either the Universal Copyright Convention or the Berne Convention. This potential problem can be avoided by publishing at those locations and also at one of the other major duty stations within 30 days of first publication so that protection under the Universal Copyright Convention or the Berne Convention can be obtained. The notice in paragraph 17 (a) would then be appropriate to achieve protection. Rh