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2.8.2

Classification of works of art(cont'd)

I.

Nature of the material(cont'd)

d.

Contributions to "books" or "periodicals"(cont'd)

provided the contribution contains its own separate copyright notice. However, if the contribution includes a substantial amount of text, or consists of many pictorial or graphic works of art, a single registration in either Class A or in Class B may be more appropriate, depending upon the form of publication.

1.

Class A. A single registration in Class A is appropriate for a work which contains text or other "book" material and was first published in the form of a contribution to a "book," subject to the requirements explained in Part 2.2: see also topic 2.8.2.I.c.1.

Example:

 

Included as a part of a pub­lished educational kit for elementary school children is a set of ten reproductions of original watercolor paintings never pre­viously published which depict the colonial architecture of New England. Each reproduction bears a copyright notice acceptable for 'book" material, together with three or four paragraphs of textual commentary on the parti­cular subject depicted. Practice:

[1973]