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2.
Duplicate Registrations(cont'd)
are exact duplicates, the possibility of making a correction in the Copyright Office records will ordinarily depend upon whether the work is published or unpublished. In any case where the original numbered certificate is enclosed with the remitter's letter, the certificate should be returned.
Example:
The author (or publisher) inadvertently applies for two registrations of a particular work at different times, and the facts listed on each registration are identical.
3.
Registrations Which Are Not Duplicates in Every Respect. Where two registrations have been made for the same work, but they are not duplicate registrations, the point at which the two registrations differ should be analysed.
a.
If the two registrations differ only with respect to the remitter and/or the person to whom the certificate is to be mailed, the case should be treated as if it were a duplicate registration.
Example:
The author submits an application for his unpublished work listing himself as author and claimant and giving his name in lines 7, 8 and 9 of the application. Later his publisher sends in an application for the unpublished work listing the author as author and claimant, but giving the publisher's own name in lines 7,8 and 9.
Part IV
