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613.10&emsp;Examination Guidelines: Name of Author

This Section discusses the U.S. Copyright Office’s practices and procedures for examining the Name of Author field/space.

For a discussion of the Office’s practices and procedures for examining the Name of Author field/space in an application to register a, an work, or a  work, see , , and.

613.10(A)&emsp;Name of Author Unclear

The author(s) of the material that the  intends to register should be clearly identified in the application. As a general rule, the will accept the information contained in the application unless it is contradicted by the information found elsewhere in the registration materials or information that is known to the U.S. Copyright Office.

The specialist will communicate with the applicant if it is unclear whether the person named in the application is the author of the work that has been submitted for registration. For example, the specialist may communicate if the applicant indicates that the work was created by a project manager, project coordinator, project head, financier, underwriter, researcher, reviewer, commentator, printer, artistic consultant, or any other term that suggests that the person named in the application may not be the actual author of the work. For the same reason, the specialist may communicate if the applicant indicates that the person named in the application merely reviewed, or transcribed the work, or merely suggested revisions or edits without contributing copyrightable authorship.

613.10(B)&emsp;Name of Author: Variances

As a general rule, the person(s) named in the application as the author(s) of the work should be consistent with the information that appears on the or elsewhere in the registration materials. Ordinarily, the will give greater weight to the information that appears in the application. If appropriate, the registration specialist may add an to the registration record, or a note to the  to clarify the information given in the application, or to add information that appears in the deposit copy(ies) or elsewhere in the registration materials. The registration specialist may communicate with the if the information provided in the application is substantially inconsistent with the information that appears on the deposit copy(ies) or elsewhere in the registration materials. Chapter 600 : 76