400-17
436
Dramatic derivative works. (cont'd)
substantially revised or new dramatic material has been added, the result is a dramatic derivative work.
437
Compilations A collection of dramas can be registered as a collective work. If the individual selections consist of dramatic works, the collection can be registered in Class PA, even though the dramas are not then under copyright protection.
438
Music accompaning dramas.To be a dramatico-musical composltion, a sufficiently substantial part of the dramatic action or dialog should be combined with the music.
Examples:
Singspiel, musical comedy, operetta, and opera, including music drama.
A group of songs with instructions for expressive delivery, however, is not a dramatico musical work. Where music is to accompany a dramatic work, such music must be fixed in the deposit and must be copyrightable on its own to support a claim in music; it need not be inter-woven with drama, however, as long as it is intended to form an integral part of the drama.
439
Components of dramatico-musical works. The music and book of a dramatico-musical work are registrable together as one unit, or they may be registered separately. Components that are not copyrightable cannot be registered separately.
[Numbers 440 through 449 are reserved.]
[1984]
