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What is the difference between a mandatory deposit and a registration deposit?

Mandatory deposit under 17 U.S.C. section 407 requires the owner of copyright or the exclusive right of distribution to deposit in the Copyright Office for the use of the Library of Congress two complete copies of the best edition within 3 months after a work is published. The registration process also requires a deposit of […]

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What is a “mandatory deposit”?

Mandatory deposit (17 U.S.C. section 407 ) requires the owner of copyright or of the exclusive right of distribution to deposit in the U.S. Copyright Office for the use of the Library of Congress two complete copies of the best edition of a published work within 3 months after a work is published. Copies of

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Can a group of published and unpublished works be registered together?

Generally, no. You can register a group of unpublished works, and sometimes you can register a group of published works together, but generally you cannot register a mixture of published and unpublished works together at the same time. There are some limited exceptions to this rule, however.

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Can a group of works be registered together?

Usually, copyrights must be registered individually. Sometimes, though, the copyrights in a group of works may be registered together. Unpublished works Up to 10 unpublished works can be registered together using the U.S. Copyright Office’s Group Registration of Unpublished Works (GRUW ) application. They must all be created by the same author or joint authors,

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Can I register a copyright in a website?

No. Copyright may be claimed in website content, but not in a website. A website is a location on the Internet represented by a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) that includes a domain name. Copyrights cannot be claimed in domain names and URLs. Moreover, the Copyright Act does not recognize a website as a type of

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Can I register a copyright in a domain name?

No. Copyright law does not protect titles and names. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is responsible for the assignment of domain names. This is done through an accredited domain name registrar, not the Copyright Office.

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Can a band name be registered as a copyright?

No. A band name cannot be registered as a copyright, because copyright law offers no protection for names, titles, slogans or short phrases. A band name might be protected as a trademark if it is used in commerce to identify the source of a product or service (such as musical performance services), but trademark registration

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Can I register a copyright in an unpublished work?

Yes. A copyright in a work may be registered whether the work is published or unpublished.

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Can a work created by a citizen of a country other than the United States be registered in the United States?

Yes. Any work that is protected by U.S. copyright law can be registered in the United States. All unpublished works are protected by U.S. copyright law, regardless of the author’s nationality. A published work may be registered in the United States if: It was first published in the United States; It was first published in

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Can a minor register a copyright?

Yes, a minor may apply for and receive a copyright registration if all of the conditions for registration of a copyright are satisfied.

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