and other copyright owners." Id. In some cases, requiring separate applications and a separate filing fee may cause copyright owners to forego registration altogether. See id.
If copyright owners do not submit their works for registration, the public record will not contain any information concerning those works. This diminishes the overall value of the registration record and may deprive the public of historical and cultural artifacts that might otherwise be included in the collections of the Library of Congress.
To address these concerns, the Office asked the public for suggestions and comments concerning the types of related works that might be suitable for group registration, as well as the requirements that should govern each group. See Part 202 — Registration of Claims to Copyright, 43 Fed. Reg. 763, 765 [Jan. 4, 1978].
1104.2 Group Registration Options
The U.S. Copyright Office currently offers group registration options for the following types of works:
• Serials.
• Daily newspapers.
• Daily newsletters.
• Contributions to periodicals.
• Published photographs.
• Databases.
The Office's decision to provide registration options for groups of related works is entirely discretionary, except for the group registration option for contributions to periodicals, which is mandated by Section 408(c)(2) of the Copyright Act.
1104.3 Registration Requirements
An applicant must satisfy certain requirements to obtain a group registration. The specific requirements for each group registration option are discussed in Sections 1109 (serials), 1110 (daily newspapers), 1111 (daily newsletters), 1115 (contributions to periodicals), 1116 (published photographs), and 1117 (databases).
Based on its longstanding experience, the U.S. Copyright Office has determined that examining groups of related works imposes administrative costs and burdens on the Office. To process these claims in an efficient and cost effective manner, the Office may strictly apply the requirements for these group registration options. Moreover, the Office does not allow or provide for group registration for works that are not listed in Section 1104.2 or groups of related works that do not satisfy the requirements set forth in Sections 1109 through 1117. See Registration of Claims to Copyright: Group Registration of Serials, 55 Fed. Reg. 50,556, 50,556 (Dec. 7, 1990).
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