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2.6.2

Nature and Completeness of copies deposited.(cont'd)

I.

Conventional notation not necessary.(cont'd)

c.

(cont'd)

Examples:

II.

Sound recordings not acceptable. A sound recording of a musical composition is not acceptable for registra­tion in Class E. When a sound recording is deposited, the Office will reject the claim but point out to the applicant the possibility of writing out the composition in manuscript form and then making registration on the basis of the manuscript. (As to the problem of the sale of recordings as publication, see topic 3.1.3.IV.)

III.

Completeness of copies deposited.

a.

Unpublished manuscripts.

1.

As long as the manuscript appears to contain copyrightable music, no effort will generally be made to determine it the words and Music are complete and it the work is in unpublished form. (But see paragraphs 2 and 3, below.)

[1973]