Examples:
- An application is submitted for a painting titled “My Old Ohio Home.” The work is commonly known as “Take Me Back To Cincinnati” among art aficionados. The applicant should provide “My Old Ohio Home” as the Title of Work Being Registered and “Take Me Back to Cincinnati” as the Previous or Alternative Title.
- An application is submitted for a novel titled The Black and the Red, which has been translated from the French novel, Le Noir et Le Rouge. The applicant should provide The Black and the Red as the Title of Work Being Registered, and Le Noir et Le Rouge as the Previous or Alternative Title.
- An application is submitted for a work with the title The United States of America! (The Book) and a subtitle that reads A Guide to Our Democracy. The applicant should provide the Title of Work Being Registered as The United States of America! (The Book): A Guide to Our Democracy.
610.4 Works Containing Separate and Independent Works: Unpublished Collections, Units of Publication, Collective Works, and Contributions to Collective Works
In the case of an unpublished collection, a unit of publication, a collective work that contains a number of separate and independent works (such as an anthology that contains a number of poems or a periodical that contains a number of articles and photographs), or a contribution to a collective work, the applicant should complete the field marked Title of Work Being Registered, which is discussed in Section 610.2 above. In addition, the applicant should complete the Contents Title field and/or the Title of Larger Work field. These fields are discussed in Sections 610.4(A) and 610.4(B) below.
610.4(A) Contents Title: Titles of Separate and Independent Works Included in a Larger Work
If the applicant intends to register any of the separate and independent works that appear in a collective work, unit of publication, or unpublished collection the applicant should enter the titles of each contribution in the field marked Contents Title. These titles will appear in the online public record and certificate of registration under the heading Contents Title. Listing the content titles (i.e., the titles of separate and independent works that are owned by the copyright claimant) is beneficial for various reasons: (i) it provides a clear record of what the larger work contains; (ii) it clearly describes what the registration covers; and (iii) it makes these titles accessible as searchable terms in the online public record.
The total number of characters that may be provided in the Title of Work Being Registered field and the number of characters that may be provided in each Contents Title field is limited. Applicants are strongly encouraged to provide one title in the relevant field, then click the Save button, and then repeat this process in order to prevent loss of data due to space limitations.
