Copies of works published before March 1, 1989, that consist primarily of one or more works of the U.S.  Government should have a notice and the identifying statement.

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Position of notice

The copyright notice should be placed on copies or phonorecords in such a way that it gives reasonable notice of the claim of copyright.  The notice should be permanently legible to an ordinary user of the work under normal conditions of use and should not be concealed from view upon reasonable examination.  The Copyright Office has issued regulations, summarized below, concerning the position of the notice and methods of affixation (37 C.F.R., Part 201).  To read the complete regulations, request Circular 96 Section 201.20, “Methods of Affixation and Positions of the Copyright Notice on Various Types of Works,” or consult the Code of Federal Regulations in your local library.

The following locations and methods of affixation are examples of appropriate position of notice.  These examples are not exhaustive.

Works Published in Book Form
  + Title page
  + Page immediately following the title page
  + Either side of the front or back cover
  + First or last page of the main body of the work Single-leaf Works
  + Front or back

Works Published as Periodicals or Other Serials
  + Any location acceptable for books
  + As part of, or adjacent to, the masthead or on the page containing
    the masthead
  + Adjacent to a prominent heading, appearing at or near the front of
    the issue, containing the title of the periodical and any
    combination of the volume and issue number and date of the issue

Works Published as Separate Contributions to Collective Works

For a separate contribution reproduced on only one page: 
  + Under the title or elsewhere on the same page For a separate
    contribution reproduced on more than one page: 
  + Under a title appearing at or near the beginning of the contribution
  + On the first page of the main body of the contribution
  + Immediately following the end of the contribution
  + On any of the pages where the contribution appears if the
    contribution consists of no more than 20 pages, the notice is
    reproduced prominently, and the application of the notice to the
    particular contribution is clear

Works Reproduced in Machine-Readable Copies
  + With or near the title or at the end of the work, on visually
    perceptible printouts
  + At the user’s terminal at sign-on
  + On continuous display on the terminal l Reproduced durably on a
    gummed or other label securely affixed to the copies or to a
    container used as a permanent receptacle for the copies

Motion Pictures and Other Audiovisual Works