the exclusive rights in the works, or by a duly authorized agent of one of the foregoing parties. No other person or entity is entitled to certify an application.
The person who certifies the application certifies that the information provided in the application is correct to the best of his or her knowledge. Knowingly making a false representation of a material fact in an application, or in any written statement filed in connection with the application, is a crime that is punishable under 17 U.S.C. § 506(e).
For guidance in completing the Certification field/space, see Chapter 600, Section 624.
1108 Warnings
Works registered under the unit of publication option or the unpublished collection option may contain copyrightable and uncopyrightable material. As a general rule, the U.S. Copyright Office will issue a registration if some of the works set forth in the deposit copy(ies) contain a sufficient amount of original authorship.
If the registration specialist determines that the deposit copy(ies) contain material that is copyrightable and material that is clearly uncopyrightable, he or she may register the claim without communicating with the applicant. However, the specialist may send the applicant a written communication warning that the registration does not cover the uncopyrightable material. If the deposit copy(ies) contain a relatively small number of works or if it is relatively easy to identify the uncopyrightable material, the specialist may identify the uncopyrightable material in his or her written communication. If the deposit copy(ies) contain a large number of works or if it is difficult or impractical to identify the uncopyrightable material, the specialist may or may not provide representative examples of the copyrightable and uncopyrightable material.
This communication will be sent to the address or email address provided in the Correspondent portion of the application. The specialist will place a copy of the communication in the registration record, and the certificate of registration and the online public record will indicate the presence of correspondence in the file.
Warnings are intended to put the applicant, the claimant, the courts, and the general public on notice that the registration does not necessarily cover all of the works or every element of the works submitted for registration. They also indicate that the Office did not necessarily examine each work or each element of the works for copyrightable authorship.
1109 Group Registration of Serials
This Section discusses the U.S. Copyright Office's current practices and procedures for registering a group of serials.
For guidance on registering a single issue of a serial publication, see Chapter 700, Section 712. For information concerning the group registration options for daily newspapers and daily newsletters, see Sections 1110 and 1111. For an overview of the similarities and differences between the group registration options for serials, daily newspapers, and daily newsletters, see Section 1118. For information concerning the group registration option for contributions to periodicals, see Section 1115.
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