Ch. 2.6.
2.6.2
2.6.2
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COPYRIGHT
OFFICE
PRACTICES
OFFICE
PRACTICES
2.6.2
Nature and completeness of copies deposited.(cont'd)
III.
Completeness of copies deposited.(cont'd)
a.
Unpublished manuscripts.(cont'd)
1.
(cont'd)
Example:
Where the manuscript contains music for verse and chorus, but includes words for the chorus only, the claim will not be questioned.
2.
Where the applicant states that the work is incomplete, but indicates that he will complete and submit the unfinished work shortly, the Office may suggest that registration be deferred until the work has been completed.
3.
Where the applicant appears to have skipped a page in copying his manuscript, or where the words end in the middle of a sentence, the Office will question the completeness of the manuscript.
b.
Orchestrations, bundstrations, and instrumental parts.
1.
Where the copies deposited in connection with a published work for orchestra or band consist, only of the piano conductor or condensed score, and there are indications on the copies that other instrumental parts or band books have been published with it as a unit, the Office will request deposit or all parts or books. The same practice should be followed where the part originally deposited is a full score, even though a full score contains all the music in the other parts in a different form.
[1973]
