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802
Statutory provisions. (cont'd)
NOTE: The Register of Copyrights is authorized by the law to specify by regulation the administrative classes into which works are to be placed for purposes of deposit and registration and the nature of the copies or phonorecords to be deposited in the various classes specified. The regulations may require or permit the deposit of identifying material instead of copies or phonorecords, the deposit of only one copy or phonorecord where two would normally be required, or a single registration and an attendant deposit for a group of related works. See 17 U.S.C. 408(c)(1). The Register is directed by the law to establish regulations specifically permitting, under certain conditions, a single registration for
a group of contributions to periodicals by the same author published within a twelve-month period. See 17 U.S.C. 408(c)(2).803
Quantity and content of material deposited: in general. The statute authorizes the Register of Copyrights to specify by regulation the quantity and content of the material to be deposited. The regulations lessen the requirements in many cases by reducing the necessary deposit for published works from two copies or phonorecords to one, by permitting the deposit of identifying material instead of a copy or phonorecord, and by providing for specially tailored relief from the deposit requirements in cases of unnecessary hardship or in unusual circumstances, through the mechanism of "special relief." These regulations also require, in some cases, the deposit of identifying material instead of the copy or phonorecord otherwise required. Exceptions to the basic deposit requirements are explained in detail in sections 804 through 806 below.
804
Unpublished works. The statute requires for unpublished works that one copy or phonorecord be deposited, and that the single copy or phonorecord be "complete." See 17 u.s.c. 408(b)(l).
804.01
Unpublished works: the meaning of "complete."
Generally, the requirement that an unpublished copy or phonorecord be "complete" means that
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