400-30
486
Deposit requirements for motion pictures. (cont’d)
486.02
Unpublished motion pictures. (cont'd)
2)
(cont'd)
b)
A set of prints consisting of one frame enlargement or similar visual reproduction from each ten-minute segment of the motion picture. Where the work is a videorecording, prints taken from the viewing monitor are the preferred form of deposit.
486.03
Published motion pictures. The deposit required to accompany an application for registration of a claim to copyright in a published motion picture, in addition to the written description, is one complete copy of the best edition.
486.04
Definition of "best edition." The "best edition" is that edition published in the United States at any time before the date of deposit that the Library of Congress determines to be most suitable for its purposes. 37 C.F.R. 202.20(b)(1) and 202.19(b)(1). The criteria, listed in descending order of preference, are:
1)
Film rather than any other medium.
a)
Preprint material, by special arrangement
b)
Most widely distributed film gauge
c)
35 mm rather than 16 mm
d)
16 mm rather than 8 mm
e)
Special formats (for example, 70 mm) only in exceptional cases
f)
Open reel rather than cartridge or cassette
[1984]
