Chapter II What Works Are Entitled to Copyright
In order to acquire copyright in the United States the work must fulfil the following conditions:
1. It must be an original literary or artistic work.
2. The (owner/author) must be a citizen of the United States (or resident therein), or of a foreign country proclaimed to that intent by the President.1253
3. It must have complied with the formalities prescribed by the statutes of the United States.1254
4. It must be innocent.1255