- (Episode 687)” as the Title of Work Being Registered, and The Mike O’Leary Show as the Series Title.
- The applicant intends to register the pilot for a television series titled Star Track. The pilot is titled “The Synod Syndrome.” The applicant should provide “The Synod Syndrome (Pilot)” as the Title of Work Being Registered and Star Track as the Series Title.
- The applicant intends to register a book titled Double Trouble. This is the 56th book in a series of books for teenage girls known as Harper Valley High School. The applicant should provide Double Trouble, No. 56 as the Title of Work Being Registered and Harper Valley High School as the Series Title.
- The applicant submits an application for nine separate books on the planets. The application states that Space Almanac is both the Title of Work Being Registered and the Series Title. The application will be questioned if it appears that the nine books were published separately.
610.6 Examination Guidelines: Title of Work
As a general rule, the title that is specified in the application will be accepted without question. The registration specialist may change or correct any apparent spelling, capitalization, or punctuation mistakes in the title, but only if the misspelling or incorrect use of capital letters or punctuation appears to be unintentional. The specialist will use his or her judgment to determine whether an error was intentional or a typographical mistake.
Examples:
- The applicant submits an application for a rap song. The title on the online application is given as “Let US LeaVe hiM hEre.” The title will appear in the registration record exactly as it appears on the application.
- The applicant files an application to register a multimedia work. The title listed on the application is Boook of Jonah; the title on the copy is Book of Jonah. The registration specialist may correct the spelling of the title that appears on the application to conform to the title on the deposit copy.
610.6(A) Untitled Works
The applicant should not provide “Untitled,” “No Title,” “Working Title,” “No title yet,” or the like as the title of the work. It may be extremely difficult to find a work that has been registered under a generic title.
If the work is unpublished and if the author has not selected a title for the work as of the date that the application is submitted, the applicant should provide a descriptive title
