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2.3.4

Contributions to Periodicals (cont'd)

I.

Separate registration. (cont'd)

c.

A contribution bearing no separate notice of copyright is not registrable separately. If the author of a contribution bearing no separate notice requests separate registration, the Office may suggest the possibility of his obtaining and recording an assignment from the publisher of the periodical.

II.

Classification.

a.

A print advertising articles of merchandise, pub­lished with separate notice in a periodical, is not registrable in Class B as a contribution to a periodical, but is to be registered on Form KK as a commercial print.

b.

Except for commercial prints, copyrightable con­tributions to a periodicals bearing separate notice, may be registered in Class B (on Form BB).

c.

A contribution consisting of a particular class of copyright matter (e.g., a drama, a piece of music, a map, a photograph, etc.), if it bears an appropriate notice, may be registered in that particular class (a drama in Class D, etc.) if the applicant so desires. However if book material is filed with Form A, Form BB will be

suggested.

d.

Copyrightable matter (e.g., a pictorial emblem) to be reproduced in each issue of a periodical as part of the format is not registrable in Class B as a contribution. But if it bears a

separate notice, it may be registered separately in the appropriate class (e.g., a pictorial emblem in Class K).

End of Part 2.3.

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