Re: linking and copyright

On Fri, 24 Mar 2000, Tyler Ochoa <tochoa[_at_]law.whittier.edu> wrote:
>
> Under the 1976 Act, "publication" is defined as "the distribution of
> copies ... to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or
> by rental, lease or lending." Your argument is that deposit of a work
> in the Library of Congress amounts to "lending" of that copy.

I believe that the Library of Congress deposit copy is only made at time of publication (and, at least in theory, is made regardless of whether registration is sought). The copy sent with a registration for an unpublished work is an examination copy, and just goes into the Copyright Office's files, not the Library of Congress, I think.

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