It means that someone has filed a renewal application. Whether it is a valid renewal depends on a number of things, includindg the right of the "renewer" to claim copyright. For example a copyright cannot be filed in the name of a deceased person. The estate of such person could claim copyright, however, assuming they were the legal representatives etc. If a book has not been renewed the illustrator could claim copyright for his illustrations etc. They might even have precedence over the author's estate. The legal niceties are enormous. nwolcott2@post.harvard.edu ----- Original Message ----- From: Gutenberg9443@aol.com To: nwolcott2@post.harvard.edu Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 12:05 PM Subject: question re copyright I've never done a copyright search, so want to be sure I am right. I take it that ODAT means original registration, RREG means reregistration, and the book is under copyright. Is that correct? ODAT: 24SSep26 OREG: A950565 DREG: 24Sep53 RREG: R118070 RCLM: Howard Pease Anne