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1507
Special situations relating to corrections and amplifications of Copyright Office records. (cont'd)
1507.01
Special situations relating to ownership. As explained in section 1504.01 above, a supplementary registration is generally the appropriate method for either correcting or amplifying the statement of ownership of an earlier registration. However, in some instances, a new basic registration may be acceptable.
Example:
Where someone other than the author is incorrectly identified as copyright claimant in a registration, another basic
registration for the same version may be made by the author in his or her own name as copyright claimant.
1507.01(a)
Supplementary registration acceptable: additional authors or claimants. Where the basic original registration was made in the name of one author who is also listed as sole claimant, the Copyright Office will accept an application for supplementary registration from additional authors who now want the record to show their authorship and ownership. However, in such cases a new basic registration may be made if the applicant so desires.
1507.01(b)
Supplementary registration not appropriate. As explained in section 1504.04 above, a supplementary registration is not appropriate as an amplification to reflect the ownership, division, allocation, licensing, or transfer of rights in a work, whether at the time basic registration was made or thereafter.
Examples:
1)
Authors A and B are identified as co-claimants on the basic registration but they wish to reflect an allocation of ownership of 25 percent to A and 75
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