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Originally Posted by efindel
The big question would be -- are there any penalties for failing to deposit copies with the Library of Congress? If there are none, then there's no actual reason to do so. So I'm off to explore with Google and see if I can find anything about that...
By the way, pet peeve: it's copyright, not copywrite, and therefore this is no such word as "copywritten". The past tense is "copyrighted".
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http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap4.html#407:
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(d) At any time after publication of a work as provided by subsection(a), the Register of Copyrights may make written demand for the required deposit on any of the persons obligated to make the deposit under subsection (a). Unless deposit is made within three months after the demand is received, the person or persons on whom the demand was made are liable —
(1) to a fine of not more than $250 for each work; and
(2) to pay into a specially designated fund in the Library of Congress the total retail price of the copies or phonorecords demanded, or, if no retail price has been fixed, the reasonable cost to the Library of Congress of acquiring them; and
(3) to pay a fine of $2,500, in addition to any fine or liability imposed under clauses (1) and (2), if such person willfully or repeatedly fails or refuses to comply with such a demand.
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As for "copywritten," isn't that what an ad man will have done after he has written copy? As is "Our best copy writer has copywritten for many successful ad campaigns...."
