COMPENDIUM: Chapter 1000
Websites and Website Content
1001 What This Chapter Covers
This Chapter discusses the U.S. Copyright Office's policies and procedures for the examination and registration of copyrightable content contained on websites.
• For a general overview of the registration process, see Chapter 200.
• For a general discussion of copyrightable authorship, see Chapter 300.
• For a discussion of who may file an application, see Chapter 400.
• For guidance in identifying the work that the applicant intends to register, see Chapter 500.
• For guidance in completing the fields/spaces of a basic application, see Chapter 600.
• For guidance on the filing fee, see Chapter 1400.
• For guidance on submitting the deposit copy, see Chapter 1500.
For guidance concerning the practices and procedures relating to specific types of works, see the following chapters:
• For a discussion of literary works, see Chapter 700.
• For a discussion of works of the performing arts, see Chapter 800.
• For a discussion of visual art works, see Chapter 900.
1002 Definitions
This Section provides a brief definition for many of the terms that are used throughout this Chapter.
1002.1 Website
For purposes of copyright registration, the U.S. Copyright Office defines the registrable content of a "website" as a webpage or set of interconnected webpages, including a homepage, located on the same computer or server [i.e., fixed together on that computer or server], and prepared and maintained as a collection of information by a person, group, or organization.
Members of the public access the information and other works on a website by using a uniform resource locator ("URL") that is organized under a particular domain name. Each URL address or file- path leads to a distinct webpage or file resource. When the
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