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2.11.2

Classification of photographs(cont'd)

II.

Nature of the material(cont'd)

c.

Photographs and text combined(cont'd)

2.

Unpublished works(cont'd)|

registration. Works prepared for oral delivery and dramas are excep­tions, however. (See Parts 2.4 and 2.5.)

d.

Contributions to "books" or "periodicals." Class J is ordinarily not appro­priate for photographic material first published in the form of a contribution to a "book, II newspaper, magazine or other "periodical," because such contributions are generally photographic reproductions printed by means of lithography, photo­-engraving, rotogravure, collotypy, mezzotinto, or other similar process. (See topic 2.l1.l.II.a.l(a).) However, in-the unusual case where the contribu­tion consists of a photograph itself rather than a printed reproduction, registration may be considered in Class J, provided the contribution con­tains its own separate copyright notice.

1.

Class A. If the contribution to a a substantial amount of text, or consists of many photo­graphs, a single registration in Class A is appropriate, subject to the requirements explained in Part 2.2. (See also topic 2.11.2.II.b.1)

[1973]