Chapter 97. To amend section fifty-five of “An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respecting copyright,” approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine
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CHAP. 97.— An Act To amend section fifty-five of “An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respecting copyright,” approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine.March 2, 1913.[[H. R. 23568](/us/bill/62/hr/23568).][[Public, No. 405](/us/pl/62/405).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Copyrights.Vol. 35. p. 1036, amended. That section fifty-five of the Act entitled “An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts respecting copyright,” approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, be amended to read as follows:
" “Sec. 55. Certificate of registration.Additional details to appear in. That in the case of each entry the person recorded as the claimant of the copyright shall be entitled to a certificate of registration under seal of the copyright office, to contain the name and address of said claimant, the name of the country of which the author of the work is a citizen or subject, and when an alien author domiciled in 725the United States at the time of said registration, then a statement of that fact, including his place of domicile, the name of the author (when the records of the copyright office shall show the same), the title of the work which is registered for which copyright is claimed, the date of the deposit of the copies of such work, the date of publication if the work has been reproduced in copies for sale, or publicly distributed, and such marks as to class designation and entry number as shall fully identify the entry.
In the case of a book, the certificateAffidavit.Vol. 35. p. 1079. shall also state the receipt of the affidavit, as provided by section sixteen of this Act, and the date of the completion of the printing, or the date of the publication of the book, as stated in the said affidavit. The register of copyrights shall prepare a printed form for the said certificate, to be filled out in each case as above provided for in the case of all registrations made after this Act goes into effect, and in the case of all previous registrations so far as the copyright office record books shall show such facts, which certificate, sealed with the seal of the copyright office, shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, be given to any person making application for the same.
Said certificateLegal effect of. shall be admitted in any court as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. In addition to such certificate the register of copyrightsReceipt for deposited copies. shall furnish, upon request, without additional fee, a receipt for the copies of the work deposited to complete the registration.”" Approved, March 2, 1913.