Page:Compendium of US Copyright Office Practices, II (1984).pdf/236

1000-4

1004

Form of the copyright notice. (cont'd)

1004.04

Limitations in juxtaposition to the copyright notice. (cont'd)

is sufficient, e.g., "Introduction and Illustrations Copyright 1981 by popular Publishing Co.," or "Arrangement Copyright 1981 by Newstyle Music Co.". If such limita­tions are not reflected on the application for registration, the Copyright Office will corres­pond to establish the extent of the claim and to have the application amended, if necessary. If the limitation is incorrect, the Copyright Office will annotate the application as follows: "On copyright deposit: [quote statement on deposit]. Application correct: see corres­pondence file."

1004.05

Restricted notice. Even though a statement in juxtaposition to the notice refers only to noncopyrightable matter, the claim will be registered if the application clearly shows that the claim is based on copyrightable subject matter. The same is true where the position of the copyright notice itself indi­cates restriction of the claim to a noncopy­rightable element. In such cases the Copyright Office will send a cautionary letter. If the application does not clearly refer to copy­rightable subject matter, the Copyright Office may either refuse registration or, in appropriate cases, correspond to determine the basis of the claim. For works published before January 1, 1978, however, see topic 4.4.4.II.b of Compendium I.

1005

Variants of word, symbol, or abbreviation. Unacceptable variants of the symbol © or the word "Copyright," or of the abbreviation "Copr.," will be treated as an omission of notice. See section 1008 of this chapter. An acceptable variant will be treated as if the correct symbol, word, or abbreviation appeared as a part of the notice.

NOTE: In the case of an acceptable variant of the symbols © or ℗, where registration is sought more than five years after first publication, the claim will be registered under the rule of doubt.

[1984]