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Amount of dramatic content necessary. (cont'd)
left unspecified. Also, a recorded narration coupled with directions for the dramatic repre sentation of some story incidents is registrable as a drama.
Example:
The script for a children's radio program narrating a visit to the zoo, containing detailed instructions to actors for characterizations of various animal antics.
434
Works not registrable as dramas. Simple directions for using scenery, stage settings, or ideas for sound effects do not in themselves constitute dramatic content. Where the version submitted is not an acting version, the work will not be registered as a drama. However, a work that does not meet the criteria for registration as a dramatic work may contain enough copyrightable content in another category to be registrable on some other basis.
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Embodiment of dramatic works. A drama may be embodied in manuscript, typescript, or printed copy, on a video-recording, such as a video cassette, or another form of copy, or in a phonorecord. The fixation of a drama may be made simultaneously with its transmission or
live performance.436
Dramatic derivative works. Copyrightable additions or other changes to dramatic works may be made in one or more of several categories. Where a drama is translated, the work remains dramatic in nature and can be described as such on the application. Since the copyrightable addition is not dramatic, the new claim is on translation and not on drama. Where a drama is made into a novel, the addition is not dramatic and thus neither is the new work. Where a novel is made into a drama, the copyrightable new material is dramatic. Where a preexisting drama has been
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