400-31
486
Deposit requirements for motion pictures. (cont'd)
486.04
Definition of "best edition."
2)
Videotape rather than videodisk
a)
Most widely distributed tape gauge
b)
Two-inch tape
c)
One-inch tape
d)
Three-quarter-inch tape cassette
e)
One-half-inch tape cassette
See generally Appendix, 43 Fed. Reg. 763-771 (1978).
486.05
Definition of "complete." A copy of any published or unpublished motion picture is "complete" if the reproduction of all of the visual and aural elements comprising the copyrightable subject matter in the work is clean, undamaged, undeteriorated, and free of splices, and if the copy itself and its physical housing are free from any defects that would interfere with the performance of the work or that would cause mechanical, visual, or audible defects or distortions. 37 C.F.R. 202.20(b)(2)(vi).
486.06
Motion picture Agreement. The Copyright Office Regulations permit copyright depositors of published motion pictures to enter into an agreement with the Library of Congress allowing for the return of deposit copies to such depositors under certain conditions. 37 C.F.R. 202.20(c)(2)(ii). The Motion Picture Agreement provides that after copyright registration has been completed, the deposit copy will be returned to the depositor (upon written request and at the depositor's expense) and is subject to recall for the collections of the Library of Congress within a period of two years. The depositor, in signing the Motion Picture
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