If the database contains a copyright notice, the descriptive statement should provide the following information:
• If the notice is in a machine-readable format, the applicant should provide the exact content of the notice and indicate the manner and frequency with which it is displayed [e.g., at a terminal when a user signs on, continuously on the terminal display, on printouts from the database, etc.).
• If the notice appears on copies of the database or on magnetic tape reels or the containers for those reels, the applicant should submit a photocopy or other sample of the notice.
See 37 C.F.R. § 202.20(c](2)(vii][D][5]-(7).
The following is a representative example of a descriptive statement for a group of updates and revisions for a multi-file database:
• Title of Database: Real Estate Database for the Washington, DC Metropolitan Area.
• Name and Address of Copyright Claimant: RealtorTrack, LLC, 102 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20559.
• Description of Database: This is a multi-file database containing real estate listings. All files are updated minute-by-minute. A description of each datafile appears below.
• Name of Datafile: Active Listings.
- Content: Selected real estate information and property descriptions for real estate listings within the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
- Origin: All data is submitted by realtors who use the database; data is entered directly into the claimant's online computer system
- Number of records: Approximately 3,500.
- Frequency of Changes: Approximately 600 new listings are entered into this file each month.
- Nature of Changes: New listings are arranged by zip code, neighborhood, school district, type of properly, year of construction, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, list price, and date of entry in the database.
• Name of Datafile: Sold Listings.
- Content: Selected real estate information and property descriptions for real estate listings that have been sold within the Washington, DC metropolitan area within the past five years. Records from the Active Listings datafile are transferred in their entirety to the Sold Listings datafile after a properly has been sold.
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