Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition
- One song containing music.
- One song containing music and lyrics.
- One song containing only lyrics.
- One song containing music, lyrics, and sound recording.
- One sound recording.
- One musical arrangement.
- One screenplay.
- One stage play.
- One video game.
If the applicant intends to register more than one work, the applicant should check the box marked “no.” The following are representative examples of works that do not qualify as a single work:
- Two poems.
- Two photographs.
- Two or more pieces of jewelry.
- Two or more songs.
- A song and liner notes.
- A song and cover artwork.
- Two or more sound recordings.
- Different versions of a sound recording.
- More than one version of a script or treatment.
- More than one version of a motion picture.
- A collective work, such as a periodical, newspaper, magazine, newsletter, journal, anthology, book of poems or short stories, or any other work that contains a number of separate and independent works.
- An unpublished collection. (For a definition and discussion of unpublished collections, see Chapter 1100, Section 1106.)
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