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2.14.3

Procedure for Registration.(cont'd)

I.

Copies.(cont'd)

a.

Published motion pictures. (cont'd)

3.

In addition to the actual prints of the film, the Copyright Office requires the deposit of a description of a published motion picture. This may take the form of a shooting script, a synopsis, a press book, a continuity, or other identifying matter.

4.

A contract for the return of deposited copies may be made between the copyright claimant and the Librarian of Congress, under terms and conditions prescribed by the Librarian.

(a)

In the absence of such a contract, copies are either held pending the execution of an agreement or are trans­ferred to the Libretry's Exchange and Gift Division.

(b)

When such a contract exists, the copies may be returned to the applicant immediately following examination.

(c)

Such contracts are not encouraged in the case of foreign claimants, but requests for such contracts should be forwarded to the Library's Exchange and Gift Division.

b.

Unpublished motion pictures.

1.

Photoplays. Section 12 (17 U.S.C.) requires the deposit " ...of a title and description, with one print taken from each scene or act, if the work be a motion-picture photoplay."

2.

Motion pictures other than photoplays. Section 12 (17 U.S.C) requires the deposit "...of a title and description, with not less than two prints taken from different section of a complete motion picture, if the work be a motion picture other than a photoplay."

[1973]