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Deposit for registration: identifying material. (cont'd)
"identifying portions" shall mean either the first and last 25 pages or equivalent units of the program if reproduced on paper, or at least the first and last 25 pages or equivalent units of the program if reproduced in microform, together with the page or equivalent unit containing the copyright notice, if any. See 37 C.F.R. 202.20(c)(2)(vii). If the computer program is less than 50 pages in length, the entire program should be deposited. For registration of a derivative computer program, identifying portions of the new material should be included in the deposit.
NOTE: Works fixed or published in both machine-readable and visually-perceptible form are not considered machine-readable works for purposes of deposit for registration. The appropriate deposit requirements for the visually-perceptible form apply. See section 806.12 of Chapter 800: DEPOSIT FOR REGISTRATION.
324.01
Title on identifying material. The identifying material deposited should bear a title clearly identifying the work for which registration is sought. Where the title is given on the application but not on the identifying material (for a published or unpublished work), the Copyright Office will add the title to the identifying material if it is clear that the identifying material represents the work specified on the application.
324.02
Notice on identifying material. The identifying material should include the page or equivalent unit containing the copyright notice if copies of the computer program were published with notice. Where the copyright notice is encoded within the object
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