• The registration number that appears on the certificate of registration for the basic registration.
• The year that the U.S. Copyright Office issued the basic registration. (This information appears on the certificate of registration in the field marked effective date of registration.).
• The name(s) of the author(s) listed in the basic registration.
• The name(s) of the copyright claimant(s) listed in the basic registration.
37 C.F.R. § 201.5(c)(l)(i)-(iv). The foregoing information should be copied exactly as it appears on the certificate of registration for the basic registration, even if that information is incorrect or incomplete, even if the applicant intends to correct or amplify that information with a supplementary registration, or even if that information has been corrected or amplified by an earlier supplementary registration.
In addition, applicants are strongly encouraged to submit a photocopy of the certificate of registration that the applicant intends to correct or amplify.
1802.8(B) Space B: Correcting Errors in the Basic Registration
If the information set forth in the basic registration was incorrect at the time when the basic registration was made, the applicant should provide the following information in space B of Form CA:
• The applicant should identify the relevant portion of the basic registration where the error appears. This information should be provided in the space marked Line Heading or Description. If the spaces on the certificate of registration are numbered one through nine, the applicant also should identify the space where the error appears by providing the relevant number in the space marked "Line Number." (If there are no numbers on the certificate of registration, the Line Number space may be left blank.)
• In the space marked "Incorrect Information as It Appears in Basic Registration," the applicant should provide the incorrect information exactly as it appears in the basic registration.
• In the space marked "Corrected Information," the applicant should provide the correct information that should have been provided in the application for the basic registration.
The applicant may provide a brief explanation for the error or the correction in the space marked "Explanation of Correction." See 37 C.F.R. § 201.5(c)(l)(v).
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