# Compendium of US Copyright Office Practices, II (1984)/1500

Chapter 1500
* CORRECTIONS AND AMPLIFICATIONS OF COPYRIGHT OFFICE RECORDS; SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTRATIONS
Outline of Topics
Chapter 1500
CORRECTIONS AND AMPLIFICATIONS OF COPYRIGHT OFFICE RECORDS; SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTRATIONS
Applicability of this chapter. This chapter contains the practices to be followed in cor­recting or amplifying Copyright Office records these practices are general in nature, and each case should be dealt with on its own merits.
Recordation of documents. A document to correct certain errors in a copyright
Supplementary registrations: corrections. A "correction" is appropriate if the infor­mation in the basic registration was incorrect at the time that basic registra­tion was made, and the error is not one that the Copyright Office itself should have recognized. See 37 C.F.R. 201.5(b)(2)(i).
Examples:
Supplementary registrations: amplifications. An "amplification" is appropriate in order to accomplish the following purposes:
See 37 C.F.R. 20l.5(b)(2)(ii).
To have individual titles in a collection indexed separately in the Copyright Office
Supplementary registrations: correcting or amplifying information in another supple­ mentary registration. Although a supple­mentary registration may be made to correct or amplify the information in any completed basic registration, a supplementary regis­tration cannot be made to correct or amplify the information contained in another supple­mentary registration. Where a supplementary registration contains an error, a new
Supplementary registrations: when not appro­priate. Supplementary registration is not appropriate:
To correct or amplify a basic original registration. As a general rule, supple­mentary registration to correct or amplify an original basic registration may be made at any time. However, for works which were published or registered or both before January 1, 1978, and are still subject to renewal registration, a supplementary registration affecting the original term of copyright can only be made during the first 28-year term.
Example:
A work is published and registered in
renewal claimant or basis of claim in a basic renewal registration may be made only if the application for supplemen­tary registration and fee are received in the copyright Office within the statutory time limits for renewal. If the error or omission in a basic renewal ​registration is extremely minor, and does not involve the identity of the renewal claimant or the legal basis of claim, supplementary registration may be made at any time. See 37 C.F.R. 201.5(b) (2)(iv).
Cross-referencing. If the person who, or on whose behalf, an application for supplementary registration is submitted is the same as the person identified as the copyright claimant in the basic registra­tion, the Copyright Office will place a note referring to the supplementary registration on its records of the basic registration. See 37 C.F.R. 201.5(b)(1), note 3. The Office will follow the same practice with respect to an application for supplementary registration submitted by the duly authorized agent or successor in interest of the copyright claimant in the basic registration.
NOTE: Successors in interest, for this purpose, are those who derive their title from the claimant, as for example, an assignee.
recorded in the Copyright Office. In some instances, recordation of a document supporting the basis for registration of a claim to renewal copyright is required before regis­tration can be made.
Example:
Recordation of documents: correction of error in recorded document. Where errors in a document are discovered following recordation, no changes in the completed record can be made, but the sender may adopt one of three alternatives:
New basic registration: time limits. A new basic original registration may be made, if otherwise appropriate, at any time within the life of the copyright. A new basic renewal registration must generally be made within one
Special situations relating to ownership. As explained in section 1504.01 above, a supple­mentary registration is generally the appro­priate method for either correcting or amplifying the statement of ownership of an earlier registration. However, in some instances, a new basic registration may be acceptable.
Example:
Examples:
Supplementary registration requested to correct statement as to rightful claimant. An application for supplementary regis­tration may be accepted to correct a statement as to the rightful claimant in an unpublished registration effective on or after January 1, 1978, or a work first published after that date. See also section l507.0l(a) above.
NOTE: Thus, where a registration was authorized but the wrong name was given as claimant, the Copyright Office will accept an application for supplementary registra­tion.
Example:
Change of domicile, citizenship, and place of publication. Where an applicant wishes to correct an error in the basic registration with respect to the domicile or citizenship of an author or the place of publication of a work, the Copyright Office will generally accept an application for supplementary registration. If, however, the correction would affect the eligibility of the work for u.s. copyright protection, the Office will write and point out to the sender the consequences. If the work was not eligible for u.s. copyright protection on the effective date of the basic registration, that registration will be cancelled. The application for supplementary registration will be filed without action.
NOTE: In no case will the acceptance by the Copyright Office of an application for supplementary registration result in the cancellation of a preexisting basic registration, unless the applicant on the supplementary registration is the same as the applicant on the basic registration.
Problems relating to nature or extent of authorship. Where an applicant wishes either to correct or to amplify the statement of the nature of authorship on a basic registration, an application for supplementary registration may be submitted. In certain instances, it will be necessary to examine the work either by obtaining the deposited material or by requesting additional material from the applicant or from the collections of the Library of Congress.
Examples:
Incorrect date of creation. Generally, the copyright Office will accept an application for supplementary registration to correct the statement of the date of creation of a work. However, the date of creation given
Applicable notice requirements. If the work was published before 1978, the Examiner must also consider the applicable notice requirements. See the provisions of Chapter 4 of Compendium I, including situations where no notice was required, under the Regulations of the Copyright Office then in effect, for certain works first published outside the United states. In the case of works published before 1978, the following practices apply:
Problems relating to deposits. Supplementary registration can be used only to correct errors or amplify facts stated in an earlier application for a registration that has been completed. An application for supplementary
Examples:
Examples:
Name on certificate: John Munroe Name on deposit: John D. Munroe Name as amplified on Form CA: John Drummond Munroe
Name on certificate: Jonh Francis Bacon
Name on deposit: John F. Bacon
Name as corrected on Form CA: John Francis Bacon
New matter as amplified on Form CA: words in chorus added and 16 bars of new music.
See 37 C.F.R. 201.5(c)(1)(i) to (iv).
See 37 C.F.R. 201.05(c)(1)(v).
Completion of Form CA: amplification space. This space should be completed only for the following reasons:
See 37 C.F.R. 20l.5(c)(1)(vi).
Completion of Form CA: single form suffi­cient for correction and amplification. A single Form CA may be used both to amplify and to correct a particular basic registra­tion.
Example:
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