1300-11
1310
Contributions to periodicals and composite works. (cont'd)
1310.04
Different claimants. A contribution which was published with a separate copyright notice should be separately registered for the original term of copyright before renewal registration is made, if the claimant stated in the notice differs from the claimant given in the notice on the composite work as a whole. The Copyright Office requires original registration as a condition to renewal registration when this fact is known. When the names in the copyright notices appearing on the contribution and the composite work are the same, original registration for the individual contribution is optional.
1310.05
Group registrations. A single renewal registration may be made for a group of works by the same individual author, all first published as contributions to periodicals, including newspapers, upon submisson of a single fee and application, when certain conditions are met. The "author" here means an individual person and not an employer in the case of a work made for hire. Also the class in which the original registrations were made is immaterial and is not limited to Class B (Form BB). The above mentioned conditions, set forth below, must all be met:
1)
The renewal claimant or claimants, and the basis of claim or claims under 17 U.S.C. 304(a), is the same for each of the works and
2)
The works were all copyrighted upon their first publication, either through a separate copyright notice and registration, or by virtue of a general copyright notice in the periodical issue as a whole and a claim to copyright has been registered in the periodical issue and
3)
The renewal application and fee are received not more than 28 or less than 27 years after
[1984]
