Chapter 1500
CORRECTIONS AND AMPLIFICATIONS
OF COPYRIGHT OFFICE RECORDS:
SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTRATIONS
Outline of Topics
1501 Applicability of this chapter.
1502 Basic registrations.
1503 Means used for correcting and amplifying Copyright
Office records.
1503.01 Supplementary registrations.
1503.02 Recordation of documents.
1503.03 Additional basic registrations.
1504 Supplementary registrations: procedures used for correcting and amplifying Copyright Office records.
1504.01 Supplementary registrations: corrections.
1504.02 Supplementary registrations: amplifications.
1504.03 Supplementary registrations: correcting or
amplifying information in another supple-
mentary registration.
1504.04 Supplementary registrations: when not
appropriate.
1504.05 Supplementary registrations: basic regis-
tration a prerequisite.
1504.06 Supplementary registrations: time limits.
1504.07 Supplementary registrations: persons entitled
to submit application.
1504.08 Supplementary registrations: their effect.
1505 Recordation of documents: procedures used for
correcting and amplifying copyright Office
records.
1505.01 Recordation of documents: corrections or
amplifications of completed registrations.
1505.02 Recordation of documents: correction of error
in recorded document.
1505.03 Recordation of documents: effect.
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CORRECTIONS AND AMPLIFICATIONS
COPYRIGHT OFFICE RECORDS:
SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTRATIONS
Outline of Topics -2 –
1506 New basic registration: procedures used for
correcting and amplifying Copyright Office records.
1506.01 New basic registration: time limits.
1506.02 New basic registration: effect.
1507 Special situations relating to corrections and
amplifications of Copyright Office records.
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L507.01 Special situations relating to ownership.
L507.02 Change in name or address of author or
claimant.
L507.03 Change of domicile, citizenship, and place of
publication.
L507.04 Problems relating to title of work.
L507.05 Problems relating to authorship.
L507.06 Problems relating to nature or extent of
authorship.
L507.07 Problems relating to status of work.
L507.08 Problems relating to deposits.
~507.09 Problems relating to extent of claim.
L507.10 Problems relating to recorded documents.
.507.11 Examining Division error.
L507.12 Earlier registration not authorized.
.507.13 Problems relating to minor errors.
L507.14 Abandonment of copyright or copyright claim.
Completion of Form CA.
L508.01 Completion of Form CA: identification of work.
.508.02 Completion of Form CA: correction space.
L508.03 Completion of Form CA: amplification space.
.508.04 Completion of Form CA: information not con-
tained in appropriate space.
L508.05 Completion of Form CA: single form sufficient
for correction and amplification.
Effective date of supplementary registration.
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Chapter 1500
CORRECTIONS AND AMPLIFICATIONS
OF COPYRIGHT OFFICE RECORDS:
SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTRATIONS
1501 Applicability of this chapter. This chapter
contains the practices to be followed in cor-
recting or amplifying Copyright Office records:
these practices are general in nature, and each
case should be dealt with on its own merits.
Moreover, this chapter does not deal with those
errors in the record of a basic registration
that the Office itself should have recognized at
the time the registration was made: in such
cases the Office will take appropriate measures
to rectify its error. See 37 C.F.R. 201.5(a)
(2) .Nor does this chapter deal with adverse
contentions incident to registration. See
section 108.06 of Chapter 100: BASIC POLICIES:
see also sections 1318.04 and 1318.05 of Chapter
1300: RENEWAL OF COPYRIGHT.
1502 Basic registrations. Most such corrections and
amplifications involve "basic registrations." A
"basic registration" means any of the following:
(A) a copyright registration made under section
408 of the copyright law: (B) a renewal regis-
tration made under section 304 of the copyright
law: (C) a registration of claim to copyright
made under the copyright law as it existed
before January I, 1978: or (D) a renewal regis-
tration made under the copyright law as it
existed before January I, 1978. See 37 C.F.R.
201.5(a)(I)(i) .Once a basic registration has
been made in the Copyright Office for a work,
that basic registration will ordinarily stand as
the fundamental copyright record on which other,
later records relating to the particular work
can be built.
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Procedure for correcting and amplifying Copy-
right Office records. The following means are
available for correcting or amplifying Copyright
Office records.
L503.01 Supplementary registrations. A supplemen-
tary registration to correct certain errors
in a copyright registration or to amplify
the information given in a copyright regis-
tration is a special type of copyright
registration provided for in the copyright
law. See 17 U.S.C. 408(d). One supple-
mentary registration may correct or amplify
information in only one basic registration.
L503.02 Recordation of documents. A document to
correct certain errors in a copyright
registration or to amplify the information
given in a registration may be recorded in
the Copyright Office, provided that the
requirements for recordation are met. See
Chapter 1600: RECORDATION OF TRANSFERS AND
OTHER DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO A COPYRIGHT.
.503.03 Additional basic registrations. Certain
kinds of errors may-be corrected only by
making an additional basic registration.
See also sections 1506 and 1507 below.
" Supplementary registrations: procedures used for
correcting or amplifying Copyright Office records.
A supplementary registration may be made either to
correct or to amplify information given in a basic
registration. The appropriate form prescribed by
the Copyright Office for a supplementary regis-
tration is Form CA.
~
504.01 Supplementary registrations: corrections. A
"correction" is appropriate if the infor-
mation in the basic registration was
incorrect at the time that basic registra-
tion was made, and the error is not one
that the Copyright Office itself should
have recognized. See 37 C.F.R. 201.5(b)
(2)(i) .
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1504 Supplementary registrations: procedures used for
correcting and amplifying Copyright Office records.
(cont'd)
1504.01 Supplementary registrations: corrections.
(cont'd)
Examples:
1) A basic registration identified someone
incorrectly as the author of the work.
2) A work was registered as published when
publication had not actually taken
place.
3) The statement of the extent of the
claim is inaccurate.
1504.02 Supplementary registrations: amplifications.
An "amplification" is appropriate in order
to accomplish the following purposes:
1) To reflect additional information that
could have been given, but was omitted,
at the time basic registration was made
(~.~., a co-author's name was omitted)~
or
2) To reflect changes in facts, other than
those relating to transfer, license, or
ownership of rights in the work, that have
occurred since the basic registration was
made (e.g., a change in the title of
the work-or a change in an author's or
claimant's name)~ or
3) To clarify information given in the basic
registration (e.g., the statement of
changes or additions in the version being
registered was not sufficiently explicit)~
or
See 37 C.F.R. 201.5(b)(2)(ii).
4) To have individual titles in a collection
indexed separately in the Copyright Office
catalogs.
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Supplementary registrations: procedures used for
correcting and amplifying Copyright Office records.
(cont'd)
)04.03 Supplementary registrations: correcting or
amplifying information in another supple-
mentary registration. Although a supple-
mentary registration may be made to correct
or amplify the information in any completed
basic registration, a supplementary regis-
tration cannot be made to correct or amplify
the information contained in another supple-
mentary registration. Where a supplementary
registration contains an error, a new
supplementary registration should be made to
correct or amplify the information contained
in the basic registration in question.
)04.04 Supplementary registrations: when not appro-
priate. Supplementary registration is not
appropriate:
1) As an amplification to reflect the owner-
ship, division, allocation, licensing, or
transfer of rights in a work, whether at ~
the time the basic registration was made or ,
thereafter (see also section 1507.01(b)
below); or
2) To correct errors in statements or notices
on the copies or phonorecords of a work; or
3) To reflect changes in the content of a work;
or;
4) As a substitute for renewal registration;
or
5) To add a renewal claimant; or
6) To change the basis of claim or change
the renewal claimant after the renewal
period has expired; or
7) As a substitute for recording a transfer
or other document pertaining to copy-
right ownership.
See 37 C.F.R. 201.5(b)(2)(ii), (iii), and
( iv) .
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1504 Supplementary registrations: procedures used for
correcting and amplifying Copyright Office records.
(cont'd) -
1504.05 Supplementary registrations: basic registration
a prerequisite. Supplementary registration can
be made only if a basic copyright registration
for the same work has already been completed.
The application for supplementary registration
must clearly identify the registration to be
corrected or amplified. See 17 U.S.C. 408(d).
1504.06 Supplementary registrations: time limits.
The following are time limits for making a
supplementary registration.
1504.06(a) To correct or amplify a basic original
registration. As a general rule, supple-
mentary registration to correct or amplify
an original basic registration may be made
at any time. However, for works which were
published or registered or both before
January 1, 1978, and are still subject
to renewal registration, a supplementary
registration affecting the original term
of copyright can only be made during the
first 28-year term.
Example:
A work is published and registered in
1954. An application for supplementary
registration is submitted in 1983 to
change the year date of publication to
1955. The application for supplemen-
tary registration will be refused.
1504.06(b) To correct a renewal registration.
Supplementary registration to correct a
renewal claimant or basis of claim in a
basic renewal registration may be made
only if the application for supplemen-
tary registration and fee are received
in the Copyright Office within the
statutory time limits for renewal. If
the error or omission in a basic renewal
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Supplementary registrations: procedures used for
correcting and amplifying Copyright Office Records.
(cont'd) ---
504.06 Supplementary registrations: time limits.
(cont'd)
504.06(b) To correct a renewal registration.
(cont'd) -
registration is extremely minor, and
does not involve the identity of the
renewal claimant or the legal basis of
claim, supplementary registration may be
made at any time. See 37 C.F.R. 201.5(b)
(2)(iv) .
504.07 Supplementary registrations: persons
entitled to submit application. After a
basic copyright registration has been
completed, any author or other copyright
claimant of the work, or the owner of any
exclusive right in the work, or the duly
authorized agent of any such author, other
claimant, or owner, who wishes to correct or ~
amplify the information given in the basic
registration for the work may file an
application for supplementary registration.
See 37 C.F.R. 201.5(b)(1).
504.08 Supplementary registrations: their effect. The
following are effects of making a supplementary
registration.
504.08(a) New registration number and certificate.
...
The Copyright Office will assign to a
supplementary registration a few regis-
tration number in the appropriate class,
and issue a certificate of supplementary
registration under that number. See 37
C.F.R.201.5(d)(1).
504.08(b) Augmenting basic registration. The
information contained in a supplementary
registration augments but does not super-
sede that contained in the basic regis-
tration. The basic registration will not
be expunged or cancelled. See 17 U.S.C.
408(d) and 37 C.F.R. 201.5(d)(2).
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1504 Supplementary registrations: procedures used for
correcting and amplifying Copyright Office records.
(cont'd)
1504.08 Supplementary registrations: their effect.
(cont'd)
1504.08(c) Cross-referencing. If the person who,
or on whose behalf, an application for
supplementary registration is submitted is
the same as the person identified as the
copyright claimant in the basic registra-
tion, the Copyright Office will place a
note referring to the supplementary
registration on its records of the basic
registration. See 37 C.F.R. 201.5(b)(1),
note 3. The Office will follow the same
practice with respect to an application
for supplementary registration submitted
by the duly authorized agent or successor
in interest of the copyright claimant in
the basic registration.
NOTE: Successors in interest, for this
purpose, are those who derive their title
from the claimant, as for example, an
assignee.
1505 Recordation of documents: procedures used for
correcting and amplifying Copyright Office records.
In certain cases a document may be recorded either
to correct or to amplify information given in a
basic registration. Such a document may be
recorded at any time. See also Chapter 1600:
RECORDATION OF TRANSFERS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
PERTAINING TO A COPYRIGHT.
1505.01 Recordation of documents: corrections or
amplification of completed registration.
Ordinarily, when a person who is entitled to
file an application for supplementary regis-
tration wishes to correct or amplify a copy-
right registration, an application for supple-
mentary registration should be submitted. See
section 1504.07 above. However, if an appli-
cation for supplementary registration is not
appropriate, or if the application for supple-
mentary registration is appropriate but the
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1505 Recordation of documents: procedures used for
correcting and amplifying Copyright Office records.
(cont ' d)
1505.01 Recordation of documents: corrections or
amplifications of completed registrations.
(cont'd)
sender insists on the recordation of a docu-
ment, an affidavit or signed statement out-
lining the error or amplification may be
recorded in the Copyright Office. In some
instances, recordation of a document supporting
the basis for registration of a claim to
renewal copyright is required before regis-
tration can be made.
Example:
Where a renewal claim is submitted by an
author whose name neither appears in the
records of the original registration nor in
a supplementary registration which has been
cross-referenced to the original regis-
tration and the omission cannot be satis-
factorily explained, registration of a
renewal claim in that author's name will
generally be made only if a document
supporting the claim of authorship is
recorded.
1505.02 Recordation of documents: correction of error
in recorded document. Where errors in a
document are discovered following recordation,
no changes in the completed record can be made,
but the sender may adopt one of three
alternatives:
I) Submit the corrected document for
recordation.
2) Submit a completely new document for
recordation.
3) Record an affidavit or other signed
statement describing the error in the
previously recorded instrument.
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1505 Recordation of documents: procedures used for
correcting and amplifying Copyright Office records
(cont'd)--
1505.03 Recordation of documents: effect. Generally,
where a supplementary registration is prefer-
able, but the sender submits a document for
recordation, the Copyright Office will corres-
pond with the sender, pointing out that no
annotation will be made on the application for
the basic registration. If the sender persist
in requesting recordation, the document will b
recorded.
1506 New basic registration: procedures used for
correcting and amplifying Copyright Office records
Ordinarily, when an applicant wishes to correct or
amplify a copyright registration, a supplementary
registration is suggested. However, in some
instances, a supplementary registration is not
appropriate, as explained in section 1507 below,
and the Copyright Office will suggest that a new
basic registration be made.
1506.01 New basic registration: time limits. A new
basic original registration may be made, if
otherwise appropriate, at any time within the
life of the copyright. A new basic renewal
registration must generally be made within one
year prior to the expiration of the original
term of copyright. See Chapter 1300: RENEWAL
OF COPYRIGHT.
1506.02 New basic registration: effect. A basic
registration generally stands by itself.
Where, however, a new basic registration is
made to correct an earlier basic registration
the earlier basic registration will be anno-
tated to reflect the later registration.
1507 Special situations relating to corrections and
amplifications of Copyright Office records. The
following are examples that present problems
relating to corrections and amplifications of
Copyright Office records.
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1507 Special situations relating to corrections and
amplifications of Copyright Office records.
( cont ' d) 1507.01 Special situations relating to ownership. As
explained in section 1504.01 above, a supple-
mentary registration is generally the appro-
priate method for either correcting or
amplifying the statement of ownership of an
earlier registration. However, in some
instances, a new basic registration may be
acceptable.
Example:
Where someone other than the author is
incorrectly identified as copyright
claimant in a registration, another basic
registration for the same version may be
made by the author in his or her own name
as copyright claimant.
1507.01(a) Supplementary registration acceptable:
additional authors or claimants. Where the
basic original registration was made in the
name of one author who is also listed as
sole claimant, the Copyright Office will
accept an application for supplementary
registration from additional authors who
now want the record to show their author-
ship and ownership. However, in such cases
a new basic registration may be made if the
applicant so desires.
1507.01(b) Supplementary registration not appropriate.
As explained in section 1504.04 above, a
supplementary registration is not appro-
priate as an amplification to reflect the
ownership, division, allocation, licensing,
or transfer of rights in a work, whether at
the time basic registration was made or
thereafter.
Examples:
1) Authors A and B are identified as
co-claimants on the basic registration
but they wish to reflect an allocation
of ownership of 25 percent to A and 75
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~
1507 Special situations relating to corrections and
amplifications of Copyright Office records.
(cont'd)
1507.01 Special situations relating to ownership.
(cont'd)
1507.01(b) Supplementary registration not appropriate
(cont'd)
Examples: (cont’d)
I) (cont’d)
percent to B. A supplementary regis-
tration is not acceptable. An appro-
priate document may be submitted for
recordation.
2) A and B are named as co-authors and
co-claimants of the words and music
to three songs covered by a single
unpublished registration. A wishes
the records of the Copyright Office,
to reflect that he was the sole author
and claimant of the words and music to
two of the songs and that he and B are
co-authors and co-claimants of only the
third song. The Office will accept a
application for supplementary regis-
tration to correct the authorship and
ownership of the two songs authored b
A, and to show that the claim covers
only those two songs in the original
collection. Also, a new basic regis-
tration should be made for the song
which was co-authored by A and B.
1507.01(c) Transfer of ownership. Where an appli-
cation for supplementary registration is
submitted to reflect a transfer of copy-
right ownership, the Copyright Office wil
refuse registration but will suggest the
recordation of the document of transfer.
The Office will not make a supplementary
registration as a means of reflecting a
transfer of ownership.
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1507 Special situations relating to corrections and
amplifications of Copyright Office records.
(cont'd) 1507.01 Special situations relating to ownership.
(cont'd) 1507.01(d) Supplementary registration requested to
correct statement as to rightful claimant.
An application for supplementary regis-
tration may be accepted to correct a
statement as to the rightful claimant in
an unpublished registration effective on
or after January 1, 1978, or a work first
published after that date. See also
section 1507.01(a) above.
NOTE: Thus, where a registration was
authorized but the wrong name was given as
claimant, the Copyright Office will accept
an application for supplementary registra-
tion.
1507.01(e) Statutory copyright secured before 1978.
Where statutory copyright was secured
before 1978, and the allegation is that a
different claimant owned the copyright at
the time of basic registration, the
Copyright Office will refuse an application
for supplementary registration. A document
conveying rights from the original claimant
of record may be recorded.
1507.02 Change in name or address of author or claimant.
Where an applicant wishes to correct an error
or have the records of the Copyright Office
reflect a change in the name or address of the
author or claimant in a basic registration, the
Copyright Office will accept an application for
supplementary registration. If the applicant so
requests, the Office will record a document
reflecting such correction or change.
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~ 1507 Special situations relating to corrections and
amplifications of Copyright Office records.
(cont'd) 1507.02 New name or address of author or claimant
Example:
The basic registration indicates that Jane
Adams is the claimant. An application for
supplementary registration is submitted to
change the claimant's name to her married
name, Jane Adams Morgan. A supplementary
application reflecting such a change is
appropriate.
1507.02(a) Change or error in name of corporate entity
or other organization. When an applicant
wishes to have the records of the Copyright
Office reflect a change in the name of a
corporate entity or other organization, the
Copyright Office will accept an application
for supplementary registration, and where
it is likely that an official document,
changing the name exists, the Office may
suggest that the document be recorded.
1507.03 Change of domicile, citizenship, and place of
publication. Where an applicant wishes to
correct an error in the basic registration wit"
respect to the domicile or citizenship of an
author or the place of publication of a work,
the Copyright Office will generally accept an
application for supplementary registration.
If, however, the correction would affect the
eligibility of the work for U.S. copyright
protection, the Office will write and point
out to the sender the consequences. If the
work was not eligible for U.S. copyright
protection on the effective date of the basic
registration, that registration will be
cancelled. The application for supplementary
registration will be filed without action.
NOTE: In no case will the acceptance by the
Copyright Office of an application for
supplementary registration result in the
cancellation of a preexisting basic
registration, unless the applicant on the
supplementary registration is the same as
the applicant on the basic registration.
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1500-14
1507 Special situations relating to corrections and
amplifications of Copyright Office records.
(cont'd)
1507.04 Problems relating to title of work. Where
an applicant wishes to reflect a change or
correction of title or the addition of a sub-
title in a basic registration, the Copyright
Office will accept an application for supple-
mentary registration. The recordation of a
document should not be suggested for the
purpose of reflecting a change of title.
Nevertheless, the Office will record such
a document if the sender insists, after the
sender has been notified that no annotation
will be made on the application or catalog
entries of the basic registration.
1507.05 Problems relating to authorship. Problems
relating to authorship include the following.
1507.05(a) Problems relating to authorship: name of
author omitted. Where the name of an
author was omitted from the application
for the basic registration, supplementary
registration is appropriate. In those
cases where a transfer statement would have
been required on the application for the
basic registration, if that author's name
had been included, a transfer statement
will be required on the application for
supplementary registration. Where the name
of the person being added did not appear
anywhere on the records of registration,
some documentation confirming that the
person is an author may be requested.
1507.05(b) Problems relating to authorship: deletion
of name. Where applicant states that the
application for basic registration errone-
ously included a name as author which the
applicant wishes to delete, the Copyright
Office will accept an application for
supplementary registration. In certain
instances, the Office may request addi-
tional supporting statements.
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1507 Special situations relating to corrections and
amplifications of Copyright Office records.
(cont'd)
1507.05 Problems relating to authorship. (cont'd)
1507.05(c) Problems relating to authorship: employment-
for-hire statement omitted, given in error,
or stated erroneously. Where an employ-
ment-for-hire statement was either omitted,
given in error, or stated erroneously, the
Copyright Office will accept an application
for supplementary registration which should
include in appropriate cases a new or
corrected transfer statement.
1507.06 Problems relating to nature or extent of
authorship. Where an applicant wishes either
to correct or to amplify the statement of the
nature of authorship on a basic registration,
an application for supplementary registration
may be submitted. In certain instances, it
will be necessary to examine the work either
,c by obtaining the deposited material or by
requesting additional material from the
" ,', applicant or from the collections of the
Library of Congress.
Examples:
1) The original registration limited the claim
to compilation. An application for supple-
mentary registration is submitted to make
"editing" the basis of the claim. If
statements on the copy suggest that there
is substantial editing, the supplementary
claim will be registered.
2) An application for supplementary regis-
tration is submitted adding a new author
whose only contribution is "cover art."
Examination of the copy reveals that the
artwork on the cover is not registrable.
Supplementary registration will be
refused.
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)7 Special situations relating to corrections and ~
amplifications of Copyright Office records.
(cont'd)
1507.07 Problems relating to status of work. The
following problems relate to the status of a
work.
1507.07(a) Published work registered as unpublished.
Where a published work was incorrectly
registered as unpublished, a supplementary
registration is generally inappropriate,
since the deposit requirements will not
ordinarily have been met. In such cases,
a new basic registration should be made.
See also section 1507.08(d) .
1507.07(b) Unpublished work registered as published.
Where an unpublished work was registered as
published, the Copyright Office will accept
an application for supplementary registra-
tion.
1507.07(c) Incorrect date of creation. Generally, the
Copyright Office will accept an application ~
for supplementary registration to correct ~
the statement of the date of creation of a
work. However, the date of creation given
in the supplementary registration must be
the same as, or earlier than, the year date
of the effective date of the basic regis-
tration, or if the work is published, the
year date must be the same as, or earlier
than, the year of first publication.
1507.07(d) Incorrect date of publication. Generally,
the Copyright Office will accept an
application for supplementary registration
to correct the date of publication of a
work. However, in the case of a work
published before January I, 1978, the
Office will refuse to accept an application
for supplementary registration correcting
the date of publication if, according to
the records of the basic registration, the
original term of copyright has expired.
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1507 Special situations relating to corrections and
amplifications of Copyright Office records.
(cont'd)
1507.07 Problems relating to status of work. (cont'd)
1507.07(d) Incorrect date of publication. (cont'd)
NOTE: In all cases involving a change in
the date of publication, the Examiner must
also consider the deposit requirements
applicable on the effective date of the
basic registration. See section 1507.08
below.
1507.07(d)(1) Applicable notice requirements. If
the work was published before 1978,
the Examiner must also consider the
applicable notice requirements. See
the provisions of Chapter 4 of
Compendium I, including situations
where no notice was required, under
the Regulations of the Copyright
Office then in effect, for certain
works first published outside the
United States. In the case of works
published before 1978, the following
practices apply:
* If the change in the date of publi-
cation makes the notice antedated,
the application for supplementary
registration will be annotated to
reflect the date in the notice.
The applicant must be notified as
to the effect upon the term of
copyright.
* If the change in the date of publi-
cation makes the notice postdated
by more than one year, supplementary
registration will be refused, and
the original registration will be
cancelled.
* If the change in the date of publi-
cation makes the notice postdated
by one year, supplementary regis-
tration will be made and the
applicant will be notified of the
doubtful validity of the claim.
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17 Special situations relating to corrections and ~
amplifications of Copyright Office records.
(cont'd)
1507.07 Problems relating to status of work. (cont'd)
1507.07(d) Incorrect date of publication. (cont'd)
1507.07(d)(1) Applicable notice requirement. (cont'd)
" NOTE: If the work was published before
1978 without the required notice, supple-
mentary registration will be refused
and the original registration will be
cancelled.
1507.08 Problems relating to deposits. Supplementary
registration can be used only to correct errors
or amplify facts stated in an earlier
application for a registration that has been
completed. An application for supplementary
registration is not appropriate to correct a
defect in the deposit, changes in the content
of the work, or errors in statements or notices
on the copies or phonorecords of the work in ~
question. Also, where a change in the date of ~
publication results in the applicable deposit
requirements not being satisfied, a new basic
registration would be in order, since an
appropriate deposit should be submitted.
1507.08(a) New versions. If a work has been changed
since registration was made, and if the
changes are sufficient to be the basis of
a registration, the proper procedure would
be to make a basic registration for the
revised version to reflect the additions
or revisions.
1507.08(b) Addenda and errata sheets. Where the
applicant voluntarily deposits addenda or
errata sheets for published works to be
included and/or attached to the deposit
copies after registration has been com-
pleted, such items should be referred with
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1507 Special situations relating to corrections and
amplifications of Copyright Office records.
( cont I d) 1507.08 Problems relating to deposits. (cont'd)
1507.08(b) Addenda and errata sheets. (cont'd)
a memorandum of transmittal to the Chief,
Acquisitions and processing Division of the
Copyright Office. Where the material to be
substituted or added to the deposit copy of
an unpublished work contains sufficient
copyrightable new matter "to support a new
registration, the Copyright Office will
suggest that a new basic registration be
made for the revised version.
1507.08(c) Addition or correction of copyright notice.
Neither a supplementary registration nor a
new basic registration is appropriate to
reflect the addition or correction of a
copyright notice on copies or phonorecords
deposited to make an earlier registration.
1507.08(d) Applicable deposit requirements not met.
Where the applicable deposit requirements
were not met, a new basic registration is
in order.
Examples:
I) The basic registration indicates that
the work was unpublished: the applicant
now states that on the effective date
of registration the work was actually
published. A new application for a
basic registration should be submitted
with the required deposit and fee.
2) The basic registration states that the
work was first .published in 1979. The
applicant now asserts that the work was
actually first published in 1977. Since
copies as first published are required
for works first published before 1978,
an application for a basic registration
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amplifications of Copyright Office records.
(cont'd)
1507.08 Problems relating to deposits. (cont'd)
1507.08(d) Applicable deposit requirements not met.
(cont'd)
Examples: (cont'd)
2) (cont'd)
accompanied by the required deposit
should be submitted. If, however, the
work was first published without an
acceptable copyright notice, the basic
registration will be cancelled.
3) A published registration made in 1978
gives the date of publication as
December 27, 1977. The applicant now
states that the work was actually
published on November 5, 1978. If
the copies or phonorecords deposited
in connection with the earlier regis-
tration were not of the best edition
as of the effective date of that regis-
tration, a new basic registration
should be made. If, however, the
copies deposited earlier are the best
editions as of the date of the first
registration, a supplementary regis-
tration may be made to correct the
date of publication.
1507.09 Problems relating to extent of claim. The
Copyright Office will accept an application for
supplementary registration in order to add,
correct, or amplify a statement relating to the
extent of claim which was omitted or given in
error on the basic registration. Ordinarily,
examination of the original deposit will be
necessary.
1507.10 Problems relating to recorded documents. A
supplementary registration is not appropriate
to change the contents of a document previously
recorded in the Copyright Office. See section
1505.02 above. ~
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amplifications of Copyright Office records.
(cont'd)
1507.13 Problems relating to minor errors. (cont'd)
3) Name on certificate: John Munroe
Name on deposit: John D. Munroe
Name as amplified on Form CA: John Drummond
Munroe
4) Name on certificate: John Francis Bacon
Name on deposit: John F. Bacon
Name as corrected on Form CA: John Francis
Bacon
5) "Material Added" statement on certificate:
additional words and music.
New matter as amplified on Form CA: words
in chorus added and 16 bars of new music. -'4
1507.14 Abandonment of copyright or copyright claim.
There is no provision in the copyright statute
for abandoning a copyright or copyright claim
or any of the rights therein. However, the
Copyright Office will record an affidavit or
other statement, signed by all of the copyright
owners, purporting to abandon the copyright,
without expressing any opinion concerning its
legal effect. In such cases, the Copyright
Office will request the return of the original
certificate of registration.
)8 Completion of Form CA. The information provided on
Form CA should agree exactly with the information
as it already appears in the basic registration
that has been made for the work. Generally, the
Form CA should be compared with the basic regis-
tration to be corrected or amplified.
1508.01 Completion of Form CA: identification of work.
To identify the work, the following information
should be given:
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1508.01 Completion of Form CA: identification of work.
(cont'd) -
I) The title of the work as it appears in the
basic registration, including previous or
alternative titles, if they appear:
2) The registration number of the basic
registration:
3) The year when the basic registration was
completed: and
4) The name or names of the author or authors
of the work, and the copyright claimant or
claimants in the work, as they appear in
the basic registration.
See 37 C.F.R. 201.5(c)(I)(i) to (iv).
1508.01(a) Minor error. If certain information
given on the Form CA is incorrect, and the
error is minor, the Copyright Office may
correct the error without correspondence.
1508.01(b) Missing information. If less than all the
information requested above in section
1508.01 is given, but sufficient infor-
mation (more than a title) is given to
identify the basic registration with
certainty, the Copyright Office will add
by annotation the missing information from
its records at the appropriate space on the
application form. Where the information
given on the Form CA is insufficient to
identify the basic registration, the Office
will communicate with the applicant.
1508.02 Completion of Form CA: correction space. This
space should be completed only if the infor-
mation in the basic registration was incorrect
at the time the basic registration was made.
The following information should be given:
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1508.02 Completion of Form CA: correction space.
(cont'd)-
I) The line number and heading or description
of the part of the basic registration where
the error occurred:
2) A transcription of the erroneous infor-
mation as it appears in the basic regis-
tration:
3) A statement of the correct information as
it should have appeared: and
4) If applicant so desires, an explanation of
the error or its correction.
See 37 C.F.R. 201.05(c)(I)(v) .
1508.03 Completion of Form CA: amplification space.
This space should be completed only for the
following reasons:
I) To reflect additional information that 4
could have been given, but was omitted at
the time basic registration was made: or
2) To reflect changes in facts, other than
those relating to transfer, license, or
ownership of rights in the work, that have
occurred since the basic registration was
made: or
3) To clarify information given in the basic
registration.
1508.03(a) Amplification space: information required.
The following information should also be
given:
I) The line number and heading or descrip-
tion of the part of the basic registra-
tion where the information to be
amplified appears:
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1508 Completion of Form CA. (cont'd)
1508.03 Completion of Form CA: amplification space.
(cont'd)
1508.03(a) Amplification space: information required.
(cont'd)
2) A clear and succinct statement of the
information to be added: and
3) If applicant so desires, an explanation
of the amplification.
See 37 C.F.R. 201.5(c)(1)(vi).
1508.04 Completion of Form CA: information not con-
tained in appropriate space. Where the
corrected or amplified information is not
contained in the appropriate space, but appears
elsewhere on the application form, the claim
will generally be registered without corres-
pondence.
1508.05 Completion of Form CA: single form suffi-
cient for correction and amplification. A
single Form CA may be used both to amplify
and to correct a particular basic registra-
tion.
Example:
A single Form CA may be used to show a
change of title and to correct the name
of an author.
1509 Effective date of supplementary registration. The
effective date of a supplementary registration is
the date when the Copyright Office receives the
required fee and a request for a correction or
amplification which reasonably identifies the
work.
[END OF CHAPTER 1500]
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