5.35 — Copyright date
Contents:
5.35.1 Element information
5.35.1.2 Sources of information
5.35.2 RDA definition and scope
5.35.2.1 A timespan associated with a claim of protection under copyright or a similar regime.
5.35.2.2 A copyright date includes a phonogram date associated with a claim of protection for an audio recording.
5.35.3 General rule
5.35.3.1 Transcribe a copyright date or a date of deposit as Copyright date. Follow the instructions in Date of publication for the transcription of such dates.
5.35.3.2 If a Date of publication does not appear on a published manifestation and it is likely that the date of copyright or deposit represents the Date of publication, supply the date in square brackets as the Date of publication (see 5.23.33.1). Include a question mark if the supplied date is conjectural. Always indicate the copyright date as the basis for the conjecture in a Note on publication statement (see 5.24.36.7).
Example:
Date of publication: [1866]
Note on publication statement: Date of publication based on copyright date. Copyright statement on title page verso reads: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by J.R. Jones, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Example:
Title proper: Odd Fellows Hall. The Victors Temperance Brigade, Election Day, Dec. 8, 1906. Corbin, Ky.
Date of publication: [1908?]
Note on publication statement: “Photo copyrighted by J.C. Lay 1908”(Ingest comment: example needs review)
5.35.3.25.Y.Y If a Date of production does not appear on an unpublished manifestation and it is likely that the date of copyright or deposit represents the Date of production, supply the date in square brackets as the Date of production (see 5.13.SOMETHING.SOMETHING). Include a question mark if the supplied date is conjectural. Always indicate the copyright date as the basis for the conjecture in a Note on production statement (see 5.14.SOMETHING.SOMETHING).
5.35.3.3 If a Date of publication does not appear on a published manifestation, and the date of copyright or deposit does not represent the probable date of publication, record it in Copyright date, and supply a more accurate date of publication in square brackets (see 5.23.33.1). Provide an explanation for the supplied date in a Note on publication statement (see 5.24.36.7).
5.35.3.35.Y.Y If a date of production does not appear on an unpublished manifestation, and the date of copyright or deposit does not represent the probable date of production, record it in Copyright date, and supply a more accurate date of production in square brackets (see 5.13.SOMETHING.SOMETHING 33.1). Provide an explanation for the supplied date in a Note on production statement (see 5.14.SOMETHING.SOMETHING).
5.35.3.4 If a published manifestation bears both a Date of publication and a date of copyright or deposit, the latter information may be recorded in Copyright date if considered important.
5.35.3.45.Y.Y If an unpublished manifestation bears both a Date of production and a date of copyright or deposit, or both are known, the latter information may be recorded in Copyright date if considered important.
