machine or device. The term 'copies' includes the material object, other than a phonorecord, in which the work is first fixed." 17 U.S.C. § 101.
Copyright Act: See "1976 Copyright Act."
Copyright Card Catalog: A physical archive located at the U.S. Copyright Office that may be used to search for completed registrations and recorded documents made before January 1, 1978.
Copyright claimant: See "claimant."
Copyright notice: A statement placed on copies or phonorecords of a work to inform the public that a copyright owner is claiming ownership of the particular work. A copyright notice consists of three elements:
• The copyright symbol © (or for phonorecords, the symbol ®), the word "Copyright", or the abbreviation "Copr.";
• The year of first publication of the work; and
• The name of the copyright owner.
A copyright notice is no longer legally required to secure copyright on works first published on or after March 1, 1989, although it does provide legal benefits.
Copyrightable: A term used to describe a work that is original and sufficiently creative to be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office.
Created: "A work is 'created' when it is fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the first time; where a work is prepared over a period of time, the portion of it that has been fixed at any particular time constitutes the work as of that time, and where the work has been prepared in different versions, each version constitutes a separate work." 17 U.S.C. § 101.
Database: For purposes of copyright registration, a database is defined as a compilation of digital information comprised of data, information, abstracts, images, maps, music, sound recordings, video, other digitized material, or references to a particular subject or subjects. In all cases, the content of a database must be arranged in a systematic manner and it must be accessed by means of an integrated information retrieval program or system with the following characteristics: (i] a query function must be used to access the content; and (if) the information retrieval program or system must yield a subset of the content or it must organize the content based on the parameters specified in each query.
Date of recordation: 1] For the recordation of transfers of copyright ownership and other documents pertaining to copyright under Section 205 of Title 17 of the United States Code, "[t]he date of recordation is the date when a proper document under [37 C.F.R. § 201.4(c)] and a proper fee under paragraph (d] of this section [37 C.F.R. § 201.4] are all received in the Copyright Office." 37 C.F.R. § 201.4(e). 2) For the recordation of a
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