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. An indi­vidual contribution that was written indepen­dently and not as a "work made for hire" is considered a separately copyrightable work. See 17 U.S.C. 201(c). Where the owner of copyright in a collective work has not obtained ownership of all rights initially belonging to the author of a particular contribution, such person cannot be the "claimant" of copyright in that contribu­tion. See 37 C.F.R. 202.3(a)(3). To register [1984]