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2.11.2

Classification of photographs(cont'd)

I.

Origin of the material (cont'd)

b.

Foreign works(cont'd)

1.

Definition(cont'd)

(b)

(cont'd)

Note:A photograph which is en­titled to registration in unpub­lished form is always considered of domestic origin for purposes of registration, even if the work was produced by an author who is neither a citizen of, nor domiciled in. the United States. (See topic 2.ll.2.I.a.l(c).2)

2.

Registration designator. Claims to copyright in foreign photographs are assigned registration numbers pre­ceded either by the letters Jf or

Jfo. The terminal letters "f" and "fo" signify registration under Option A and Option B, respectively. (See topics 2.11.3.III.b.3 and 2.II.3.III.c.2)

II.

Nature of the material

a.

Single photographs. Class J is the appropriate category for the registra­tion of all individual photographic prints and film slides, in either published or unpublished form.

b.

Multiple photographs. Class J is the appropriate category for the registra­tion of collections of two or more

[1973]