300-22
324
Deposit for registration: identifying material. (cont'd)
324.06
Specific deposit examples. (cont'd)
2)
Object code only. When the identifying material is deposited only in object code, the Copyright Office will correspond with the applicant requesting either the deposit of source code or, as a prerequisite to registration under the rule of doubt, the applicant's written confirmation that the computer program represented by the object code deposit contains copyrightable authorship.
3)
Object code plus other clearly copyrightable material. If the deposit consists of identifying material in object code for a computer program plus other clearly copyrightable material (such as a user's manual) and the single claim is in the entire work, there is still doubt as to the presence of copyrightable authorship in the computer program even though the claim includes clearly copyrightable text in the manual. The Copyright Office will communicate with the applicant about the deposit of object code and request either the deposit of source code or, as a prerequisite to the computer program portion of the claim being registered under the rule of doubt, the applicant's written assurance that the computer program as deposited represents copyrightable authorship.
4)
Incomplete deposit of identifying material. If the identifying material is less than 50 pages in length, the Copyright Office will consider that the deposit constitutes the entire program for which registration is sought. However, if there is information to the contrary (such as missing page numbers or obvious wide gaps in line numbers), the Office will inquire as to the completeness of the deposit.
[1984]
