should identify the year that the author completed the works on space 3(a) under the heading "Year in which creation of this work was completed."
If the works were created over a period of thirteen months or more, the applicant should provide the year of completion for the most recent work that will be submitted for registration.
For additional guidance in completing this portion of the application, see Chapter 600, Section 611.1.
1106.3(E) Authors
As discussed in Section 1106.1, all of the elements in the works must be created by the same author, or if the elements were created by more than one author, at least one of the authors must have contributed copyrightable authorship to each element. For these reasons, the applicant must identify all of the authors who created or co-created any of the elements, even if a particular author did not contribute copyrightable authorship to all of those elements.
When completing an online application, the applicant should provide the author's full name on the Authors screen. If the works were created by more than one author, the applicant should complete the relevant fields, click the Save button, and then repeat this process for the other authors.
In addition, the applicant should provide the author's country of citizenship or domicile. If the applicant fails to provide this information, the application will not be accepted by the electronic registration system. If the author's citizenship or domicile is unknown, the applicant may select "not known" from the drop down menu.
When completing a paper application, the applicant should provide the author's full name and his or her country of citizenship and/or domicile on space 2(a). If the works were created by more than one author, the applicant should provide this information for the other authors on spaces 2(b) and 2(c). If the works were created by more than three authors, the applicant should provide this information on Form CON.
For guidance in providing the Author's Name, see Chapter 600, Section 613.9. For guidance in providing the author's citizenship and domicile, see Chapter 600, Section 617.
If all of the works qualify as anonymous or pseudonymous works, the applicant may check the appropriate boxes that appear in the anonymous/pseudonymous fields/spaces. For a definition and discussion of anonymous and pseudonymous works, see Chapter 600, Sections 615.1 and 615.2.
For guidance concerning the Year of Birth and Year of Death fields/spaces, see Chapter 600, Section 616.
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