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Ch. 13
13.3.1
13.3.1
Part 13.3 FORMAL SUFFICIENCY AND RECORDATION OF A NOTICE OF USE
13.3.1
Form. A notice of use should be filed on Form U. The second half of the form, which is a duplicate of the first half, is returned to the sender as an acknowledgment that his notice has been recorded.
13.3.2
Copyright owner.
I.
Line 1 of the notice of use should contain only the name and address of the present owner of the copyrights in all the compositions listed on the notice.
a.
Where the compositions are owned jointly or in common by two or more owners, who are the same for all the compositions listed, the names and addresses of all joint or co-owners should be given in line 1.
b.
Where all the compositions are owned jointly or in common by two or more owners, who are the same for the compositions listed, a notice filed in the name of only one or part of the owners will be recorded without question.
II.
Where two or more owners and two or more titles are given in the notice, the Copyright Office records may be spot-checked to determine whether all the owners listed actually own copyright in all the compositions listed. Where different owners are involved, separate notices of use should be filed.
13.3.3
Title.
I.
As a rule, the notice of use should list the title of each separate copyrighted musical composition that has been recorded.
II.
The title given should ordinarily be that under which the recordings were made, even though it differs from the title under which a copyright claim in the work was registered. It is desirable that the title under which registration was made should also be given, for clear identification of the copyrighted work in question.
Examples:
(1)
Title on notice: "Bye Bye Blues by Buddy Bomb (registered as So Long Blues, Eu-12345, June 30, 1956)".
