Library has or has not included the serial in its collections, the applicant should transcribe that statement in the Note to Copyright Office field. See Section 1109.5(A).
When completing a paper application on Form SE/Group, the applicant should check the box marked "No previous registration under identical title" if this is the first time that the serial has been submitted for registration using the group registration option. If the applicant received a written communication from CAD indicating that the Library has or has not included the serial in its collections, the applicant should attach a copy of that communication to the application. See Section 1109.5(A].
For a general discussion of publication issues, see Chapter 600, Section 612.
As discussed in Section 1109.2, all of the issues in the group must be created by the same author(s), the copyright in each issue must be owned by the same copyright claimant(s), and the author(s) and the claimant(s) must be the same person or organization.
When completing an online application, the applicant should provide the author/claimant's full name and the author/claimant's address on the Author/Claimant screen. When completing a paper application, the applicant should provide this information on space 2 of Form SE/Group.
The applicant does not need to describe the material that the author created, because by definition, a registration for a group of serials only covers (i) the contributions created by the author named in the application and (ii) the compilation authorship involved in creating the collective work as a whole. See Section 1109.2; see also Registration of Claims to Copyright, Group Registration Options, 73 Fed. Reg. 23,390, 23,391-92 (Apr. 30, 2008) ("[A] description of new matter within a work ... is no longer explicitly required on the group registration form because many of the group options require that the works included in the grouping be 'essentially new' with respect to their authorship.").
If the serial contains articles, photographs, or other contributions that were created by an author who transferred the copyright in his or her work to the claimant, the applicant cannot register those contributions using the group registration option for serials. Instead, the applicant should prepare a separate application for each issue using the online application or a paper application submitted on Form SE. For information concerning the procedures for registering a single issue of a serial publication, see Chapter 700, Section 712.
When completing an online application, the applicant may provide the name, address, and other contact information for the person and/or organization who should be contacted for permission to use the issues that are included in the group. Providing this information is optional, and an application will be accepted even if this portion of the application is left blank.
1109.7(F)
Author / Claimant
1109.7(G)
Rights and Permissions Information
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