1600-12
1615
Recordation. (cont'd)
1615.03
Amendments in document submitted for recordation. (cont'd)
Example:
Sender requests Copyright Office to change the year date of execution from "1968" to "1978."
1615.04
Recordable document returned. When a request to return or change the document is received from the sender, if the Office has not yet assigned a volume and document number, it may return the document to the sender, suggesting that any change be initialed by the persons who executed it. In such cases the date the returned document is received in the Copyright Office will be the date of recordation.
1615.05
Recording fees. A basic recording fee is charged for a single document of any length covering no more than one title. An additional fee is charged for each group of 10 or fewer titles. For specific fee amounts, see 17 U.S.C. 708; see also 37 C.F.R. 201.4(d).
1615.06
Separate transfers. A fee is required for each separate transfer or other document, even if two or more transactions or documents appear on the same page. 37 C.F.R. 201.4(d)(1).
Examples:
1)
"A" hereby transfers all right, title, and interest in a musical composition to "B," "C", and "D". This is a single transfer for the purpose of computing the recordation fee.
2)
On a single page, but in separate paragraphs: "A" hereby transfers a one-third interest in the copyright in a musical composition to "B". "A" hereby transfers a one-third interest in the copyright in the same musical composition to "C". "A" hereby transfers a one-third interest in the copyright in the same musical composition to "D". The document is signed once. This is a single transfer for the purpose of computing the recordation fee.
[1998]
