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Chapter 2

COPYRIGHTABLE MATTER

Part 2.8

WORKS OF ART
(CLASS G)

2.8.1

In general

I.

Copyrightable matter subject to registration in Class G

a.

Constituent elements

1.

Pictorial or graphic material.

Class G is appropriate for the registration of published and unpub­lished pictorial or graphic works containing original authorship of a copyrightable nature. such as, for example, paintings, drawings, etchings, engravings, and two­dimensional abstract or representa­tional designs.

2.

Sculptural material. Class G is appropriate for the registration of published and unpublished three­ dimensional sculptural works containing original authorship of a copyrightable nature, such as, for

example, statuary, carving in relief, and three-dimensional abstract or representational designs.

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