In space 2 of the application, the applicant should provide the full legal name and address for the author/claimant. In addition, the applicant should check one or more of the boxes in space 2 that accurately describe the material that the author created. The options include text, editing, and compilation. For a definition and discussion of these terms, see Chapter 600, Section 618.4(C).
As a general rule, the U.S. Copyright Office may accept a claim in text or editing if the author contributed a sufficient amount of written expression to each issue. The Office may accept a claim in compilation if there is a sufficient amount of creative expression in the selection, coordination, and/or arrangement of material that appears in each issue. If these terms do not fully describe the copyrightable authorship that the applicant intends to register, the applicant should provide a more specific description in the space marked Other.
The applicant may register the articles, photographs, illustrations, or other contributions that appear in the newspaper or newsletter, provided that they were created by the author/claimant for the issue as a whole. As a general rule, applicants should use the terms text, photographs, or artwork to describe this type of authorship.
The applicant should only check the boxes that describe the authorship created and owned by the author/claimant named in the application. The applicant should not assert a claim in material created by authors who are not named in the application or material that is not owned by the copyright claimant. In particular, the Office will not accept an application that purports to register articles, photographs, or other contributions created by a person who transferred the copyright in his or her work to the author/claimant.
If the information provided in space 2 is contradicted by the information provided elsewhere in the registration materials, a member of the Office's staff may communicate with the applicant.
1112.3 Space 3: Date of Publication for the First and Last Issues in the Group
As discussed in Sections 1110.2 and 1111.2, all the issues in the group must
be published within the same month and the same calendar year. In space 3 of the
application, the applicant should provide the date of publication (month, day, and year)
for the first issue and the last issue in the group. See 37 C.F.R. § 202.3(b)(7)(i)(C),
(b)(9)(viii).
If the applicant fails to provide the month, day, and year of publication or if the publication dates specified in the application do not match the publication dates or issue dates (if any) that appear on the deposit copies, a member of the Office's staff may communicate with the applicant.
For a general discussion of publication issues, see Chapter 600, Section 612.
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