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, Third Edition 618.8(G)&emsp;Copyrightable Material in the Deposit Copy(ies) That Has Not Been Claimed in the Application

As discussed in and, the  should identify all of the  authorship that the applicant intends to register in the Author Created field or the Nature of Authorship space.

"Example:


 * Masai Designs intends to register a website containing articles, illustrations, photographs, and animated graphics. In the Author Created / Other field, the applicant asserts a in “text, 2-D artwork, photographs, and audiovisual material.” The will register the claim."

In the case of a or a  the registration specialist may register the claim without communicating with the applicant if the  contain a substantial amount of copyrightable material that is not mentioned in the application and if the author of that material is not specified in the deposit copy(ies). In this situation, the specialist will conclude that the applicant only intends to register the authorship that is specifically claimed in the application.

If the work was created by a single author, and if there is a specific statement on the deposit copy(ies) indicating that the author created all of the copyrightable material that appears in the work, the specialist may communicate with the applicant or may add an to the registration record if the copy(ies) contain a substantial amount of copyrightable material that has not been claimed in the application.

"Example:


 * An application is submitted for a musical work naming Greg Gardner as the author of “lyrics.” A statement on the deposit copy reads “music, lyrics, and performance by Greg Gardner.” The registration specialist may communicate with the applicant to determine whether the claim is intended to cover a musical work and a."

618.8(H)&emsp;Nature of Authorship Statement Omitted from a Paper Application

If the fails to complete the Nature of Authorship space in a paper application, the  may register the  if the applicant completed spaces 6(a) and 6(b), provided that those spaces clearly identify the  material that the applicant intends to register and provided that the author named in the application appears to be the author of that material. In this situation, the claim to copyright is defined by the information provided in space 6(b) of the application.

In all other cases, the specialist will communicate with the applicant to request an appropriate authorship statement. Chapter 600 : 154