published and distributed online or via email as a self-contained, downloadable work, such as a digital version of a tangible newspaper, newsletter, or other serial.
Example:
• The Office publishes an electronic newsletter for its staff
titled Copyright Notices that contains articles and photographs concerning recent developments within the Office. Copies of this newsletter are distributed to staff via email on a monthly basis. If the Office decided to publish Copyright Notices at least two times per week it could be considered an ePrint newsletter, because each issue is published as a self-contained work and the content of each issue does not change once it has been distributed.
1114 Newspapers, Newsletters, or Other Serials That Do Not Satisfy the Group Registration Requirements
If a daily newspaper or daily newsletter is not eligible for the group registration options described in Sections 1110 or 1111, it maybe possible to register these works as a group of serials, provided that the applicant satisfies the relevant requirements for that group registration option. For guidance on this group registration option, see Section 1109. For a general overview of the similarities and differences between the group registration options for serials, daily newspapers, and daily newsletters, see Section 1118.
If a particular issue of a newspaper, newsletter, or other serial is not eligible for the group registration options described in Sections 1109 through 1111, the applicant may register that issue on an individual basis. Specifically, the applicant may prepare a separate application, filing fee, and deposit for each issue using the online application or a paper application submitted on Form SE. 37 C.F.R. § 202.3(b)(9)(vi)(C); see also Registration of Claims to Copyright; Group Registration of Daily Newsletters, 64 Fed. Reg. 29,522, 29,523 (June 1, 1999). For guidance on how to register a single issue of a newspaper, newsletter, or other serial publication, see Chapter 700, Section 712.
1115 Group Registration for Contributions to Periodicals
Section 408(c)(2) of the Copyright Act directs the Register of Copyrights to establish a procedure "specifically permitting a single registration for a group of works by the same individual author, all first published as contributions to periodicals, including newspapers, within a twelve-month period, on the basis of a single deposit, application, and registration fee...." 17 U.S.C. § 408(c)(2).
For a general overview of the similarities and differences between the options for registering a group of contributions to periodicals, a group of published photographs, and a group of unpublished works, see Section 1119.
For guidance on registering a daily newspaper, daily newsletter, or other types of serials, see Sections 1109 through 1111.
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