1500-15
1507
Special situations relating to corrections and amplifications of Copyright Office records. (cont'd)
1507.05
Problems relating to authorship. (cont'd)
1507.05(c)
Problems relating to authorship: employment for-hire statement omitted, given in error,or stated erroneously. Where an employment-for-hire statement was either omitted, given in error, or stated erroneously, the Copyright Office will accept an application for supplementary registration which should include in appropriate cases a new or corrected transfer statement.
1507.06
Problems relating to nature or extent of authorship. Where an applicant wishes either to correct or to amplify the statement of the nature of authorship on a basic registration, an application for supplementary registration may be submitted. In certain instances, it will be necessary to examine the work either by obtaining the deposited material or by requesting additional material from the applicant or from the collections of the Library of Congress.
Examples:
1)
The original registration limited the claim to compilation. An application for supplementary registration is submitted to make "editing" the basis of the claim. If statements on the copy suggest that there is substantial editing, the supplementary claim will be registered.
2)
An application for supplementary registration is submitted adding a new author whose only contribution is "cover art." Examination of the copy reveals that the artwork on the cover is not registrable. Supplementary registration will be refused.
[1984]
