(c) Omission of Name or Date. -- Where copies or phonorecords
publicly distributed by authority of the copyright owner contain no
name or no date that could reasonably be considered a part of the notice,
the work is considered to have been published without any notice and is
governed by the provisions of section 405.


Section 407. Deposit of copies or phonorecords for Library of Congress.

(a) Except as provided by subsection (c), and subject to the provisions
of subsection (e), the owner of copyright or of the exclusive right of
publication in a work published with notice of copyright in the United
States shall deposit, within three months after the date of such
publication-

(1) two complete copies of the best edition; or

(2) if the work is a sound recording, two complete phonorecords of
the best edition, together with any printed or other visually
perceptible material published with such phonorecords. Neither
the deposit requirements of this subsection nor the acquisition
provisions of subsection (e) are conditions of copyright protection.

(b) The required copies or phonorecords shall be deposited in the Copyright
Office for the use or disposition of the Library of Congress. The Register
of Copyrights shall, when requested by the depositor and upon payment of
the fee prescribed by section 708, issue a receipt for the deposit.

(c) The Register of Copyrights may be regulation exempt any