Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition
Material Excluded field. Likewise, space 6(b) of the paper application should be completed only if material has been excluded from the claim in space 6(a).
621.8(C)(1) The Online Application: New Material Included Field
When completing an online application, the applicant should identify the new authorship that the applicant intends to register on the Limitation of Claim screen by checking one or more of the boxes in the New Material Included field that accurately describe the new authorship that is owned by the copyright claimant. The options for each type of work are listed below:
Literary Works
- Text
- Editing
- Artwork
- Compilation
- Photographs
- Computer program
Works of the Visual Arts
- Text
- 2-D artwork
- Photograph(s)
- Jewelry design
- Architectural work
- Sculpture
- Technical drawing
Works of the Performing Arts
- Music
- Lyrics
- Editing
- Musical arrangement
- Text (screenplay, scripts, other)
Sound recordings
- Sound recording
- Production
- Performance
- Music
- Lyrics
Motion Pictures and Audiovisual Works
- Editing
- New narration
- Additional new footage
- Revisions / additions to script
- Production as a motion picture
- All other cinematographic material
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