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 400-16 . (cont'd) left unspecified. Also, a recorded narration coupled with directions for the dramatic repre­ sentation of some story incidents is registrable as a drama.

Example: The script for a children's radio program narrating a visit to the zoo, containing detailed instructions to actors for charac­terizations of various animal antics.

. Copyrightable addi­tions or other changes to dramatic works may be made in one or more of several categories. Where a drama is translated, the work remains dramatic in nature and can be described as such on the application. Since the copyrightable addition is not dramatic, the new claim is on translation and not on drama. Where a drama is made into a novel, the addition is not dramatic and thus neither is the new work. Where a novel is made into a drama, the copyrightable new material is dramatic. Where a preexisting drama has been

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