Copyright Basics by United States;Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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software, and any manual(s) accompanying it. If registration is
sought for the computer program on the CD-ROM, the deposit should also include a printout of the first 25 and last 25 pages of source code for the program. In the case of works reproduced in three-dimensional copies, identifying material such as photographs or drawings is ordinarily required. Other examples of special deposit requirements (but by no means an exhaustive list) include many works of the visual arts such as greeting cards, toys, fabrics, oversized materials (request "Deposit Requirements for Registration of Claims to Copyright in Visual Arts Material" [http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ40a.pdf]); video games and other machine-readable audiovisual works (request Circular 61 [http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ61.pdf]); automated databases (request Circular 65 [http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ65.pdf] , "Copyright Registration for Automated Databases"); and contributions to collective works. For information about deposit requirements for group registration of serials, request Circular 62 "Copyright Registration for Serials." [http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/circ62.pdf] , If you are unsure of the deposit requirement for your work, write or call the Copyright Office and describe the work you wish to register. Unpublished Collections Under the following conditions, a work may be registered in unpublished form as a "collection," with one application form and one fee: + The elements of the collection are assembled in an orderly form; |
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