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Instructional booklets, flowcharts, and the like. Registration of claims to copyright may be made for instructional booklets, flowcharts, and other material related to the development or explanation of the computer program. Because the authorship in such material is generally visually perceptible rather than machine-readable, identifying materials may not be submitted in lieu of an actual copy or copies.
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Automated data bases. An automated data base is a body of facts, data, or other information assembled into an organized format, suitable for use in a computer and comprising one or more files. Where all the data in an automated database has been previously published or registered, or is in the public domain, the claim would be limited to the authorship involved in the compilation. Where the data is substantially or wholly new, the claim could include additional text, compilation and revised text, updates, or the like.
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