authorization from the Visual Arts Division and follow the instructions from the Division. See Registration of Claims to Copyright, 76 Fed. Reg. 4,072, 4,075 (Jan. 24, 2011).
The applicant must submit the correct filing fee for this group registration option. See 37 C.F.R.§ 202.3(b) (5) (ii)(B).
The current fee for registering a group of updates or revisions to a database using a paper application is set forth in the U.S. Copyright Office's fee schedule under the heading "Group automated database updates (paper application only)"
(www.copyright.gov /docs/ fees.html) .
The current fee for registering a database that predominantly consists of photographs using an online application is set forth in the Office's fee schedule under the heading "Online registration of groups of published photographs (pilot program, see sl-39)"
(www.copyright.gov/docs/fees.html).
For information concerning the methods for paying the filing fee, see Chapter 1400, Sections 1403.3 through 1403.5.
This Section discusses the deposit requirements for registering a database and/or a group of updates or revisions to that database. All applicants must comply with these requirements, regardless of whether they intend to register the updates or revisions for a single-file database or a multi-file database.
These requirements are intended to alleviate some of the administrative burdens involved with examining a group of related works. In developing these requirements, the Office also considered the unique factors that distinguish databases from other types of works, such as "frequent updates; incremental changes, which are sometimes minor; the absence of a hard-copy record of the changes in general; and the tendency to commingle copyrightable and uncopyrightable matter." Registration of Claims to Copyright, Registration and Deposit of Databases, 54 Fed. Reg. 13,177, 13,178-79 (Mar. 31, 1989).
1117.6(A) Databases That Do Not Consist Predominantly of Photographs
This Section discusses the deposit requirements for a database that does not consist predominantly of photographs.
In all cases, the applicant should prepare and submit a brief statement that describes the database. The specific requirements for this descriptive statement are discussed in Section 1117.6(C).
The applicant does not need to submit a complete copy of the entire database. Instead, the applicant should gather a representative portion of the database using one of the methods discussed below and should submit one copy of that material to the U.S.
1117.5
Filing Fee Requirements
1117.6
Deposit Requirements
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