1.  Registering the work in the name of the true owner;

or

2.  Recording a document in the Copyright Office executed by the person
   named in the notice that shows the correct ownership.  Otherwise,
   anyone who innocently infringes the copyright and can prove that he
   or she was misled by the notice and obtained a transfer or license
   from the person named in the notice may have a complete defense
   against the infringement.

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MANDATORY DEPOSIT

    All works under copyright protection and published in the United
    States on or after March 1, 1989, are subject to mandatory deposit
    whether published with or without a notice.

Works first published before March 1, 1989, are subject to mandatory deposit if they were published in the United States with notice of copyright.  In general, within 3 months of publication in the United States, the owner of copyright or of the exclusive right of publication must deposit two copies (or, in the case of sound recordings, two phonorecords) of the work in the Copyright Office for the use or disposition of the Library of Congress.

The Copyright Office has issued regulations exempting certain categories of works entirely from the mandatory de-posit requirements and reducing the obligation for other categories.  If copyright registration is sought, the same deposit may be used for the mandatory deposit and for registration.  For further information about mandatory deposit, request Circular 7d, “Mandatory Deposit of Copies or Phonorecords for the Library of Congress.”

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FOR MORE INFORMATION

Information via the Internet:  Frequently requested circulars, announcements, regulations, other related materials, and all copyright application forms are available via the Internet.  You may access these via the Copyright Office homepage at [http://www.loc.gov/copyright].

Information by Fax:  Circulars and other information (but not application forms) are available from Fax-on-Demand at (202) 707-2600.

Information by telephone:  For information about copyright, call the Public Information Office at (202) 707-3000.  The TTY number is (202) 707-6737.  Information specialists are on duty in the Public Information Office from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays.  Recorded information is available 24 hours a day.  Or, if you know which application forms and circulars you want, request them from the Forms and Publications Hotline at (202) 707-9100 24 hours a day.  Leave a recorded message.

Information by regular mail: 
Write to: 

Library of Congress
Copyright Office
Public Information Office
101 Independence Avenue,
S.E.  Washington, D.C. 20559-6000