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Ch. 4.
4.4.1
4.4.1
Part 4.4 MISCELLANEOUS
4.4.1
Manuscript notice. Where the deposit copies bear a manuscript notice which appears to have been inserted as an afterthought (e.g., a rubber-stamped or handwritten notice or a typewritten notice on a printed work), the Office records will be checked in appropriate oases to see whether the work was previously submitted and rejected as having been published without notice. If not, the Office will assume (unless otherwise informed) that the manuscript notice appeared on all published copies. In those relatively infrequent cases where it seems clear that such a notice could not have been placed on all published copies (e.g., a hand written notice on a printed label), the notice will be questioned.
4.4.2
Legibility and visibility.
I.
Blurred notice. A blurred notice may be accepted as long as it is legible. But a notice so badly blurred as to be illegible will not be accepted.
II.
Microscopic notice.
a.
Except as noted in the following paragraph b., a notice so microscopic that it cannot be read without a magnifying glass is not aooeptable.
b.
Where the work itself requires magnification for its ordinary use (e.g., a microfilm, miorocard, or motion picture film), a notice which will be readable when so magnified may be accepted.
III.
Concealed notice.
a.
A notice which is permanently covered up so that it cannot be seen without tearing the work apart is not acceptable.
Examples:
(1)
A notice which the Office is told is on the margin or back of a painting but which is
concealed under a permanent frame or mat