Books. Published nondramatic literary works, with or without illustrations. Common examples are fiction, nonfiction, poetry, compilations, directories, catalogs, dissertations, theses, reports, and tables of information, when such works have been published. Books may take the form of bound or loose-leaf volumes, pamphlets, brochures, leaflets, cards, and single pages containing solely text. For renewal registration purposes, unpublished manuscripts are not considered "books." Also, unpublished works prepared for oral delivery, such as sermons, lectures, addresses are not "books" for renewal registration purposes.
Child or Children. The progeny of an author. A renewal claim maybe registered in the name of an author's illegitimate child, whether acknowledged or not, or in the name of an adopted child, but not in the name of a step-child or grandchild of an author.
Composite work. For renewal registration purposes, an original literary publication in which a proprietor is entitled to claim the renewal copyright. The work must incorporate contributions from a number of different authors on a variety of subjects. Composite works may contain distinct and separate contributions, as in a periodical or published collection, or indistinguishable contributions, as in a dictionary. A unitary work such as a song or a motion picture is not a composite work.
Computer program. For renewal registration purposes, a set of operating instructions for a computer including perhaps a compilation of reference information to be drawn upon by the computer in solving problems. In most cases, the preparation of computer programs involves substantial elements of gathering, choosing, rejecting, editing, and arranging material. Some programs also embody verbal material which is written by the programmer and can be considered literary expression.
Contribution. For renewal registration purposes, a separate, distinct work of authorship first published in a periodical or collection that can be exploited independently for the renewal term.
Corrective registration. An entirely new registration that was made in certain instances to correct an error in an original registration record that could not have been known by the U.S. Copyright Office. A corrective registration required the same application, deposit copy(ies), and filing fees as required for the original registration it corrected. Under the Copyright Act of 1976, supplementary registration generally, but not exclusively, replaced this registration option.
Current owner (of the renewal copyright). An assignee or successor that acquired all U.S. rights in the renewal copyright either directly or indirectly from the vested owner.
Date of (first) publication. "[T]he earliest date when copies of the first authorized edition were placed on sale, sold, or publicly distributed by the proprietor of the
copyright or under his authority " Copyright Act of 1909, amended by Pub. L. No. 80-
281, § 26, 61 Stat. 652, 659-60 (1947].
Derivative work. "A 'derivative work' is a work based upon one or more preexisting works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation,
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