Renewal term registration. A type of registration created by the Copyright Renewal Act of 1992 in which claims to the renewal copyright may be registered after the renewal filing period, i.e. after the renewal copyright has vested. Such registrations may include a Form RE/Addendum to demonstrate that the work complies with all requirements of the Copyright Act of 1909 with respect to the existence, ownership, or duration of the copyright for the original term of copyright, if no registration was made for the original term.
Rule of doubt. The U.S. Copyright Office policy under which it resolves a doubtful case in favor of registration. For example, when a claim presents reasonable doubt about the ultimate action that might be taken under the same circumstances by an appropriate court with respect to whether the legal or formal requirements of the statute have been met, the Office will generally register the claim under the rule of doubt.
Separate work or element of authorship. A separate, distinct work first published in a larger work that is not a published collection. For example, a preface to a literary work, illustrations in a children's book, artwork or a photograph on a dust cover of a book, or a filmstrip in a multimedia kit.
Sound recordings. '"Sound recordings' are works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, but not including the sounds accompanying a
motion picture " 17 U.S.C. § 101. A sound recording is fixed when the complete series
of sounds is first produced on a final master recording that is later reproduced in published copies. Sound recordings do not include motion picture soundtracks.
Special relief. A procedure established by regulation under 37 C.F.R. § 202.20(d) to authorize the U.S. Copyright Office to accept an optional deposit under Section 408(c) of the Copyright Act of 1976. It allows the Register of Copyrights to grant the applicant the option of depositing less than, or other than, that which is required under the general deposit regulations. In certain circumstances, this procedure may be applied to renewal registrations.
Source country. A nation other than the U.S that is an eligible nation under the URAA. With regard to unpublished works, it is the eligible nation of which the author or rightholder, or the majority of the foreign authors or rightholders are nationals or domiciliaries or which has the "most significant contacts with the work." 17 U.S.C. § 104A(h)(8)(B). For published works, it is the eligible country in which the work was first published or if published on the same day in two or more eligible countries, the country which has the "most significant contacts with the work." Id. § 104A(h)(8)(C). Applies only to works eligible for registration under the URAA; is not applicable to renewal registration.
Stateless author. A person who has no nationality, either as the result of never having acquired nationality in any nation, or as the result of having effectively renounced or been deprived of his or her former nationality without having, as yet, become a national of any nation.
Statutory renewal claimant. A party entitled by law to claim the renewal copyright.
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