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2.8.2

Classification of works of art(cont'd)

I.

Nature of of the material(cont'd)

c.

Multi-page works. A multi-page work of art is one whose content appears on two or more pages, sheets, or their equivalent.

1.

Published pictoral or graphic ma­terial. Class A is generally appro­priate for the registration of claims to copyright in published multi-page collections and compilations of pictorial or graphic works of art which have been published together as a unit and are identified by a common title, such as, for example: a portfolio of twenty original paint­ ingsselected by the artist from his own previously unpublished work and reproduced in color with a textual introduction. NOTE: A single regis­tration in Class-G may also be appro­priate in cases where the copyright claim is based essentially upon original artwork, such as, a set of

original watercolor prints published in a portfolio without any apprecia­ble amount of text.

(a)

Copyright notice insufficient for Class A. If a multi-page pictorial or graphic work of art has been published with a copy­right notice which fails to satisfy the notice requirements prescribed by the law for "books," registration in Class A will not be possible. Neverthe­less, if such a work bears a

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