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806
Quantity and content of material deposited: special situations. (cont'd)
806.13
Motion pictures. (cont'd)
806.13(a)
Unpublished motion pictures. (cont'd)
806.13(a)(1)
Deposit of complete copy. If the applicant chooses to deposit an actual copy of the work, the copy must be complete. A copy is complete if the reproduction of the visual and sound elements is clean, undamaged, undeteriorated, and free of splices, and if the copy and physical housing have no defects which would interfere with performance of the motion picture or cause mechanical, visual, or audible defects or distortions. See 37 C.F.R. 202.20(b)(2)(vi). The copy must be accompanied by a separate description of its contents, which may be a continuity, a pressbook, or a synopsis. See 37 C.F.R. 202.20(c)(2)(ii). However, when the Copyright Office is asked, it will encourage the deposit of a shooting script as the description.
806.13(a)(2)
Deposit of identifying material. If the applicant chooses to deposit identifying material instead of an actual copy, two things must be deposited:
1)
A description which may be a continuity, a pressbook, or a synopsis but which must include the title or continuing title of the work and the episode title, if any; the nature and general content of the program; the date of first fixation and whether it took place simultaneously with first transmission; the date of first transmission, if any; running time; and credits, if any, appearing on the work; and
2)
Either an audio cassette or other phonorecord reproducing the entire soundtrack or other sound portion of
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