# Compendium of US Copyright Office Practices, II (1984)/700

Chapter 700
APPLICATIONS AND FEES
Outline of Topics
701Application forms. 701.01Statutory authorization. 701.02Statutory requirements. 702Basic application forms. 702.01Class TX, Form TX: Nondramatic Literary Works other Than Serials. 702.02Class TX, Form SE: Serials. 702.03Class PA, Form PA: Works of the Performing Arts. 702.04Class VA, Form VA: Works of the Visual Arts. 702.05Class SR, Form SR: Sound Recordings. 703Renewal application: Form RE. 704Registration forms for special cases. 704.01Form CA: Supplementary Registration. 704.02Form GR/CP: Group Registration for Contributions to Periodicals. 705Import Statement. 705.01Form IS: Request for Issuance of an Import Statement. 706Submission of material. 707Quality and legibility of application forms. 707.01Only application forms issued by the Copyright Office may be used. 707.02Information given on the application forms should be typewritten or legibly printed in black ink. 708Selection of most appropriate application form. 708.01Nature of authorship determinative. 708.02Two forms seem appropriate: song lyrics, speeches, and other works prepared for oral delivery.
708.03Contributions to collective works. 708.04Derivative works. 708.05Works in which the claim includes two or more categories of authorship. 709Classification for administrative purposes only. [Numbers 710 through 749 are reserved.] 750Fees.
750.01Applicability of fees to U.S. Government. 750.02Refunds. 751Effective date of fee schedule under the current Act. 752Submission of registration fees. 753Form of payment. 753.01Currency.
753.02Fees remitted from outside the United States or made payable in foreign currency.
754Deposit Accounts.
754.01Minimum requirements for Deposit Accounts. 755Cancellation of registration in cases of dishonored checks. 756Fees not specified in section 708 of the current Act.
Chapter 700
APPLICATIONS AND FEES
Class TX, Form TX: Nondramatic Literary Works Other Than Serials. This category includes published and unpublished nondramatic literary works. Examples include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, textbooks, reference works, directories, catalogs, advertising
Class TX, Form SE: Serials. A serial is defined as a work issued or intended to be issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chrono­logical designations and intended to be con­tinued indefinitely, such as periodicals, newspapers, annuals, journals, and proceedings of societies.
NOTE: A contribution to a serial is not registered on Form SE. See section 708.01 below.
Nature of authorship determinative. The nature of the authorship determines which application form should be used for registration rather than the material object in which the work is embodied.
Example:
Contributions to collective works. In the case of contributions to collective works, applications should be submitted in the class representing the copyrightable authorship in the contribution.
Examples:
Derivative works. In the case of derivative works, applications should be submitted in the class most appropriately representing the copyrightable authorship involved in recasting, transforming, adapting, or otherwise modifying the preexisting work.
Example:
NOTE: As an exception, where the claim includes sound recording authorship, Form SR must be used regardless of the nature of the other material or which type of authorship predominates. See section 702.05 above.
Examples:
Minimum requirements for Deposit Accounts. The following are the minimum requirements for estab­lishing and maintaining a Deposit Account in the Copyright Office:
Cancellation of registration in cases of dishonored checks. When a check received in payment of the registration fee is returned to the Copyright Office marked "insufficient funds" or is otherwise marked uncollectible, the Copyright Office will cancel any registration for which the dishonored check was submitted: the Office will notify the applicant in writing that the check was returned to the Copyright Office as uncollectible, that the registration has been cancelled, and that the certificate of registration should be returned to the Copyright Office. When a
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