803.9
803.9(A)
803.9(B)
803.9(C)
Application Tips for Sound Recordings
This Section provides basic information on how to complete the online and paper applications for a sound recording, as well as terms to use and terms to avoid when describing sound recording authorship.
For detailed information on how to complete an application, see Chapter 600.
Type of Work
If the applicant intends to register a sound recording or a sound recording combined with the underlying musical work, dramatic work, or literary work embodied in that recording, the applicant must select "Sound Recording" when completing the online application or must use Form SR when completing a paper application. 37 C.F.R. § 2 02.3 (b)(2) (if) (C).
NOTE: If the applicant attempts to register a sound recording as a "Work of the Performing Arts" or with Form PA (or selects any other Type of Work other than "Sound Recording" or uses any paper application other than Form SR), the registration specialist will change the Type of Work to "Sound Recording" or change the application to a Form SR without communicating with the applicant.
Title of Work
The applicant should give the title of the work being registered. When registering the following types of sound recordings, the applicant should follow these guidelines:
• Registering a single track contained on an album: When completing the online application, the applicant should give the individual track title as the "Title of work being registered" and give the album title as the "Title of larger work." When completing a paper application, the applicant should state "[Individual track title] as contained in [Album title]" in space 1 of Form SR.
• Registering an entire album: When completing the online application, the applicant should give the album title as the "Title of work being registered" and enter each track title separately as a "Contents title." When completing a paper application, the applicant should state "[album title] containing [individual track titles]" in space 1 of Form SR.
For additional guidance in completing this portion of the application, see Chapter 600, Section 610.
The Author Created Field and the Nature of Authorship Space
When completing an online application, the applicant should identify the copyrightable authorship that the applicant intends to register on the Authors screen in the field marked Author Created. When completing a paper application, the applicant should provide this information in the Nature of Authorship space.
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