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2.14.3

Procedure for Registration.(cont'd)

III.

Information contained in application.(cont'd)

a.

Authorship. (cont'd)

2.

(cont'd)

3)

The statement of authorship given on the application will ordinarily not be questioned unless there is a clear conflict with the facts appearing in the descriptive matter.

b.

New matter. To be registrable as a "new version," a motion picture should contain new visual elements or substantial revisions.

Examples of copyrightable new matter:

(1)

English subtitles on a previously published foreign film.

(2)

An explanatory prologue added to an Italian film version of an opera.

(3)

An edited version of War and Peace, running 100 minutes rather than 200.

IV.

Unit registrations. Related Works, such as consecutive installments of a series, must be registered separately under individual titles unless they were actually first published as a unit.

End of Part 2.14

[1973]