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2.6.3

Requirements of registration for musical compositions.(cont'd)

I.

Unpublished musical compositions.(cont'd)

c.

Collections of unpublished musical compositions. A collection of two or more unpublished musical compositions may be registered on one applica­tion when all of the following conditions are met:

1.

The collection is assembled in an orderly arrangement; and

2.

The collection bears a single title identifying the collection as a whole; and

3.

The collection as a whole is the subject of a single claim of copyright; and

4.

All the compositions are by the same author; or, if they are by different authors, the collection as a whole represents the work of a single author in its compilation or editing.

2.

Published musical compositions.

a.

In general. Claims to copyright in musical compositions published with the appropriate copyright notice may be registered in Class E. (As to publication, see chapter 3; as to notice, see chapter 4; as to the formalities of regis­tration, see chapters S, 9, and 10.)

b.

Publication of registered manuscript. When a musical composition, previously registered in unpublished form, is published with appropriate notice, registration should again be made to cover the published edition. (17 U.S.C. 112.)

c.

Books of music. See topic 2.b.l.IV.

[1973]