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Step 1: Category

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Select the category that best describes the majority of your work:

Literary Work
Work of the Visual Arts
Sound Recording
Work of the Performing Arts
Motion Picture/Audio Visual Work
Single Serial Issue

(To help you get started, some examples are given here: If you are registering a website that contains some photographs, select Website and Online Works. For a sound recording, if you are also seeking registration for the underlying lyrics, music composition, arrangement, etc., select Sound Recordings. The information you enter will be used to prepare your application in accordance with the U.S. Copyright Office deposit requirements. The Title you enter will appear on the official Copyright Office Registration to identify the work, and thus, the title should be an identifying phrase.)

Please briefly describe the general nature of the work being registered:

(Examples: Website, Logo Artwork, Song Lyrics, Literary Work, Photograph(s), Musical Recording, Screenplay, Jewelry Design, Etc.)

Title of material: * (Put titles separated by commas in this space.)

Please let us know if this work is known by another title:

Creation and Publication

In what year was this work created (or substantially completed)?

(If a work has been prepared over a period of time, use the year that the most recent version was completed. You can ignore the time taken to make any minor changes/ adjustments in your work.)

Has the work been published?:

Yes No

Previously published date (MM/DD/YYYY):

(A work is considered to be “published” when copies are distributed to the general public/ target audience through sale, lease, or lending. Mere printing or making copies of your work is not considered to “publication of your work.” For a website, if it has already been posted to the Internet, it is considered published. Note: Publication is not a requirement for copyright registration. Publication is defined as the distribution of copies of a work to the public by sale or transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending. A work is also published if there has been an offering to distribute copies to a group of persons for purposes of further distribution, public performance, or public display. The public display of a work, without more, is not considered publication.)

Step Two: Author

Has a previous Copyright Registration been filed for this work?:

Yes No

(A compilation is created by the collection and assembling of preexisting materials, arranged in such a way that the resulting work as a whole constitutes an original work of authorship. If you adapted or arranged preexisting materials that are not your own, and assembled them into an original work, you have created a compilation. For a compilation, copyright protects only the author's original material. Examples include: directories, catalogs, collage of photographs, greatest hits collections).

Author(s) (The person(s) who created the work seeking registration is/are considered the Author(s).

Is the work being registered a Work Made for Hire?:

Yes No

(A work made for hire is a work created by an employee within the scope of his or her employment; or if the parties agree in writing that the work be considered a work made for hire. This, for example, could be a piece of software written by a programmer for his employer. If the work is made for hire, the employer or other person for whom the work was prepared is considered the author. If you are registering on behalf of a business, the work is considered a work made for hire; so select Yes.)

Please tell us if there are more than one author:

Sole author Co author

(You are the Sole Author if you created and own the work being registered. You are a Co-Author if two or more people contributed to the work, and both intend their respective contributions to join together as a single work. The contribution must be more than minimal work. Someone who performs non-creative work such as typing, collating, or correcting spelling errors is not considered an author.)

Is the author anonymous or using a pseudonym?:

Yes No

(The authors contribution is anonymous if not identified on the work. An author can also use a pseudonym if identified under a fictitious name. If anonymous, leave the Name line blank or state anonymous. For a pseudonym, either leave the Name line blank, or enter the pseudonym and identify it as such. (Ex: John J. Jones, pseudonym) The citizenship or domicile must still be indicated.)

Step Three: Author/Claimant

First Name:*

Middle Name:

Last Name:*

Mailing Address:*

City:*

State:*

Country:*

Zip:*

Year of Birth:*

Is the author still alive?:*

Yes No

(Date of Birth is used by the Copyright Office for identification purposes. If applicable, the year of death determines the duration of copyright protection.)

Authors Citizenship or Domicile:*

(Indicate the country of which the Author is a citizen, or the country where the Author is domiciled (resides).

Nature of Authorship

Describe:

(Nature of Authorship is what you have contributed to the work. For example, if wrote a book, type TEXT. If you wrote a book with artwork, type TEXT and ART. If you wrote a song type LYRICS and or MUSIC. Indicate amount of songs, photos, etc.)

Is the copyright claimant the Author?:

Yes No

(The copyright claimant is either the author of the work or a person or organization to whom the copyright has been transferred. In the case of a work made for hire, the employer owns the copyright. For these situations, select Yes. An author can sell or transfer a copyright. If the author has transferred this copyright to someone else, select No.)

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Choose One:

Single work with one author, filing fee (ex: book with only text)
More than one work or multiple authors, filing fee (ex: book with text and art)
A group of unpublished works, filing fee (ex: 10 unpublished songs, art, book series, etc.)

Step Four: Correspondent

First Name:*

Last Name:*

Mailing Address:*

City:*

State:*

Country:*

Zip:*

Phone:*

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Step 1: Category

Creation and Publication

Step Two: Author

Author(s) (The person(s) who created the work seeking registration is/are considered the Author(s).

Step Three: Author/Claimant

Nature of Authorship

Step Four: Correspondent

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