A Copyright Registration Thing

[rainy_lilac at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 15232


Ever writer I have spoken to who has published a book has told me that 
this would be pretty normal procedure, especially since this was a 
copyright for a foreign edition.

I wondered as well why Stouffer did not include the whole 
application-- I can only assume that she would have if it supported 
her case.


--Suzanne


--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer <pennylin at s...> 
wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> heidi.h.tandy.c92 at a... 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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