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, Third Edition : those facts, rather than the text and  of information that appear in the work. The registration specialist may communicate with the applicant or may register the claim with an annotation such as: “Regarding author information: research itself not copyrightable. Registration extends to text deposited.”
 * An application is submitted for a website containing old photographs with text explaining the significance of each image. The applicant states that Betsy Liu “researched photos and wrote explanation” and that Linda Chan “researched photos and provided information.” The registration specialist will communicate with the applicant. Betsy apparently wrote the text, but it is unclear whether Linda contributed any copyrightable authorship. The specialist will ask the applicant for permission to replace Betsy’s authorship statement with a more appropriate term, such as “text.” If Linda contributed only facts or research, the specialist will ask for permission to remove all of Linda’s information from the registration record.

618.8(A)(10)&emsp;Unclear Terms for Musical Works and Sound Recordings

As a general rule, the terms “music” and/or “lyrics” should be used to describe the authorship in a musical work, and the terms “sound recording,” “performance,” “production,” “music,” or “lyrics” should be used to describe the authorship in a sound recording. The should not use the following terms in the Author Created field or the Nature of Authorship space, because they are unclear:


 * Song
 * Ballad
 * Cancion
 * Vocals
 * Musical Instruments
 * Rap, Hip Hop, Beats, Loops
 * Transcription, Narration, Spoken Words
 * Sound Effects

For a discussion of U.S. Copyright Office’s practices and procedures regarding these terms, see and.

618.8(A)(11)&emsp;Entire Work and Other Unspecific Terms

As a general rule, the should use one or more of the terms set forth in  in the Author Created field or the Nature of Authorship space.

The applicant should not use the term “entire work,” because it does not identify the specific form of authorship that the applicant intends to register. Instead, it suggests that the applicant may be asserting a in both the  and uncopyrightable elements of the work It also suggests that the applicant may be asserting a claim in any previously  material, previously registered Chapter 600 : 142