[HPforGrownups] A Copyright Registration Thing

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 15200

Hi --

heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu wrote:

> The request first - can somebody in Washington obtain a copy of BOTH
> pages of hte copyright registration form, so we can see for ourselves
> if JKR signed the second page?
>
> On the second page of the application, at number 8, you can see that
> an  application can be validly, legitimately and legally signed by a
> number of individuals, including the author herself, the copyright
> claimant or an *authorized agent*. The Agent is generally either the
> lawyer or the publishing house, if the author has given power of
> attorney to either, authorizing them to sign things on her behalf.

Heidi probably is guessing what I'm guessing: the copyright application
could have been filled out by a legal assistant & signed by a lawyer for
the publisher.  It would be completely within normal bounds for this
sort of task to be delegated to a legal assistant, who just didn't know
enough about JKR at the time to know that she *wasn't* a US citizen.
Maybe it was an assumption on the part of the paralegal or maybe he/she
flagged that section for the lawyer, asking for verification, & the
lawyer was busy & didn't notice.

I would bet that the application was signed by someone on behalf of JKR,
but it will be interesting to see if that's true or not.

Penny


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