# Compendium of US Copyright Office Practices, II (1984)/1100

Chapter 1100
ELIGIBILITY
Outline of Topics
1101Applicability of this chapter. 1101.01Sound recordings.
1102Definitions. 1102.01Author. 1102.02Domicile. 1102.03First publication. 1102.04National. 1102.05Producer of phonograms. 1102.06Sovereign authority of a foreign nation. 1102.07Stateless. 1102.08United States. 1102.09Universal Copyright Convention.
1103Statutory provisions. 1103.01Unpublished works. 1103.02Published works. 1103.03Copyright law extended to certain terri­tories.
1104Multilateral copyright treaties to which the United States is a party. 1104.01Mexico City Convention of 1902. 1104.02Buenos Aires Convention of 1910. 1104.03Universal Copyright Convention. 1104.04Phonogram Convention.
1105Presidential proclamations. 1105.01Proclamations issued under the current Act. 1105.02Continuance of earlier proclamations. 1105.03Coverage of earlier proclamations. 1106Existence of copyright relations unclear. 1107Copyright Office policy.
1108Authors: particular situations. 1108.01More than one author. 1108.02More than one nationality. 1108.03Work made for hire. 1108.04Nationality and domicile of corporations and similar organizations. 1108.05Compilations and derivative works. 1108.06Stateless. 1108.07United States 1108.08Territorial areas of the united States. 1108.09Anonymous and pseudonymous works. 1108.09First publication after death of author. 1109Time when eligibility is determined. 1109.01Registered as unpublished: ineligible when published. 1109.02Change in nationality or domicile after publi­cation. 1109.03Works distributed only in the form of phono­records before 1978. 1110Acceptable statements of nationality, domicile, and nation of first publication. 1111Some general examples illustrating basic principles.
Chapter 1100
ELIGIBILITY
Sovereign authority of a foreign nation. A "sovereign authority of a foreign nation" is a governmental agency or subdivision of
Copyright Office policy. In general, the nationality, domicile, or nation of first publication given by the applicant will be accepted at face value unless it is clearly inconsistent with facts stated by the applicant or with information of which the Copyright Office has knowledge. The Copyright Office generally does not attempt to settle questions of nationality or domicile.
Examples:
Registered as unpublished: ineligible when published. Even though a work may have been registered as unpublished, it must be eligible at the time of first publication to be registrable as a published work.
Example:
Acceptable statements of nationality, domicile, and nation of first publication. Generally, the application for registration should desig­nate the name of the nation of which the author is a national, domiciliary, and in the case of a published work the name of the nation of first publication of the work. An application listing a territory or other political subdivi­sion, rather than the name of the nation itself, is generally not acceptable as a basis for determining registrability. However, where it is obvious, from the statement given, what the name of the nation is, the application will be accepted without correspondence.
Examples of acceptable statements:
England Great Britain Wales Swiss French
Examples of unacceptable statements:
British Protected Person
Some general examples illustrating basic prin­ciples. The following general examples reflect some of the principles of eligibility.
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