Recorded documents: A supplementary registration cannot be used to correct the information set forth in a document that has been recorded with the Office. For a discussion of the proper procedure for correcting an error in a recorded document, see Chapter 2300, Section 2308.
1802.5 What Type of Information May Be Corrected or Amplified with a Supplementary Registration?
Supplementary registrations may be used for certain types of corrections and amplifications. A registration may be "corrected" if "information in the basic registration was incorrect at the time that basic registration was made, and the error is not one that the Copyright Office itself should have recognized." 37 C.F.R. § 201.5(b)(2)(i). A registration may be "amplified" in order to "supplement or clarify the information that was required by the application for the basic registration and should have been provided, such as the identity of a co-author or co-claimant, but was omitted at the time the basic registration was made." Id. § 201.5(b](2](ii). A registration may also be "amplified" in order to "reflect changes in facts, other than those relating to transfer, license, or ownership of rights in the work, that have occurred since the basic registration was made." See id.
For representative examples of situations where a supplementary registration can and cannot be used to correct or amplify the information in a basic registration, see Sections 1802.6 and 1802.7.
1802.6 Supplementary Registration Appropriate
This Section provides representative examples of situations where a supplementary registration may be used to correct or amplify the information in a basic registration.
1802.6(A) Minor Errors in the Basic Registration
The U.S. Copyright Office will issue a supplementary registration even if the error in the basic registration is extremely minor, such as a typographical mistake or missing article such as "a," "an," or "the." However, in most cases it is not necessary to correct minor errors in a basic registration, particularly if the correct or missing information appears elsewhere in the registration record.
1802.6(B) Change in Name or Address
A supplementary registration may be used to correct spelling errors or similar mistakes in the author's name, the claimant's name, or any other name that appears in the registration record. Likewise, a supplementary registration may be used to reflect a change in a name or address that appears in the basic registration (although it cannot be used to remove that information from the original record).
Examples:
• The U.S. Copyright Office issued a basic registration for a sound recording naming Dean Jonson as the author of the work. The
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