an unpublished collection, but failed to provide the titles of the recordings that appear on the CD. The title of each recording may be added to the registration record with a supplementary registration.
• RealtyTrack registered a database that contains thousands of real estate listings and photographs of the properties described therein. The company provided the title of the database as a whole, but failed to provide the titles for the individual photographs. The title of each photograph may be added to the registration record with a supplementary registration.
1802.6(D) Author(s) of the Work
A supplementary registration can be used to correct an error or omission in a basic registration involving the author(s) of the work. See 37 C.F.R. § 201.5(b](2](ii)(A).
If two or more authors created the work and some of the authors were not named in the basic registration, the names of the missing authors may be added to the registration record with a supplementary registration. The registration specialist may ask the applicant to provide documentation confirming that the other authors contributed copyrightable material to the work if the other authors are not listed in the deposit copy(ies), if there does not appear to be any connection between the other authors and the authors named in the basic registration, or if there is any other reason to question the application. In addition, the specialist may ask the applicant to provide a transfer statement in the application for supplementary registration if a similar statement would have been required if the other authors had been named in the application for the basic registration.
The author's real name may be added to the registration record with a supplementary registration if the applicant provided a pseudonym in the application for the basic registration or if the basic registration states that the author is anonymous. For a discussion of anonymous and pseudonymous works, see Chapter 600, Sections 615.1 and 615.2.
If the wrong author is named in the basic registration, the correct name may be added to the registration record with a supplementary registration, provided that the application is filed by one of the parties listed in Section 1802.1. In addition, a statement may be added to the registration record to clarify that the person named in the basic registration is not, in fact, the author of the work (although that name cannot be removed from the original record). In some cases, the registration specialist may ask the applicant to provide a declaration or other supporting evidence confirming that the information set forth in the application for supplementary registration is correct.
Examples:
• Anne Duquesne and Phillip Craig are listed on the deposit copy as co-authors of a ballad titled "Together Forever." Anne registered the song, naming herself as the sole author and claimant of this work
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