4) Registration number.
An explanatory note is added to the main entry and includes: whenever it is necessary to indicate a variance in information which relates to the date of publication or the name of the claimant as given in the application and in the copy of the work.
For renewal copyrights, the main entry includes the following information -descriptive of the work when available on the application:
1) Length of the film in reels.
2) Name of the author, which is usually the original producing company.
The information relating specifically to the claim claim of copyright is preceded by the copyright symbol © and includes:
1) Original copyright date.
2) Original copyright registration number.
3) Renewal registration number.
4) Date of receipt in the Copyright Office of the renewal application.
5) Name of the renewal claimant followed by an abbreviation representing the claimant's statement of the basis of his renewal claim—e. g., John Doe (NK) indicates that renewal of copyright is claimed by John Doe as next of kin of the deceased author.
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
The following list includes abbreviations and symbols used in this catalog with specific copyright or bibliographic meanings. Definitions are not given for abbreviations in common use.
ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
The following list includes abbreviations and symbols used in this catalog with specific copyright or bibliographic meanings. Definitions are not given for abbreviations in common use.
| (A) | —author |
| a.k.a. | —also known as |
| appl. | —application |
| b&w | — black and white |
| © | —copyright claimed by |
| (C) | —child or children of the deceased |
| dba — | doing business as |
| (E) | — executor(s) of the author |
| ft. | —feet |
| min. | —minutes |
| mm. | —millimeters |
| (NK) | —next of kin of the author who is not |
| (PCB) | — proprietor of a work copyrighted by a corporate body otherwise than as as signee or licensee of the author |
| (PCW) | ―proprietor of the composite work |
| (PWH) | proprietor of copyright in a work made for hire |
| prev. | —previous. |
| pseud. | —pseudonym |
| reg. | —registration |
| sd. | —sound |
| si. | —silent |
| ta.— | trading as |
| (W) | —widow living, there being no will |
| (Wr) | —widower of the author |
COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS OF MOTION PICTURES AND FILMSTRIPS
July-December 1953
| Class L— | Published motion picture photoplays | 428 |
| Unpublished motion picture photoplays | 31 | |
| Class M— | Published motion pictures other than photoplays | 533 |
| Unpublished motion pictures other than photoplays | 43 | |
| Total | 1, 035 | |
| Renewals of works originally registered in Class L and Class M | 248 | |
The above figures represent the number of registrations for motion pictures for January—June 1953, but do not necessarily represent the exact number of entries in this issue of the Catalog of Copyright Entries. Registration figures for other classes of material may be found in the respective parts.
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