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

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| | Page |
| Machine code or object code (machine language) | 300-32 |
| Machine language (Machine code or object code) | 300-32 |
| Machine or device, forms calibrated for use in conjunction with | 500-18 |
| Machine-readable copies, works repro­duced in | 1000-20 |
| Machine-readable copyright notice | 800-35 |
| Machine-readable literary works | 300-15 ​ |
| Machine-readable works | 300-15, 800-33 |
| Magazine (monthly), short story pub­lished in | 700-6 |
| Magazine (weekly), pictorial cartoon published in | 700-6 |
| Magnetic disks or tapes | 1000-20 |
| Magnetic tape | 300-34 |
| Magnetic tapes | 800-33 |
| Magnetic tapes or disks | 300-15, 1000-20 |
| Magnification for ordinary use | 1000-25 |
| Mail | 1300-2, 1300-5 |
| Mail (first class) | 1600-22, 1600-25 |
| Mail (misdirected or misdelivered) | 1300-5 |
| Mail (Special Fourth Class) | 800-41 |
| Mailing envelope | 1000-24 |
| Mailing or packaging box (outer) | 1000-24 |
| Mails, date of deposit in | 1300-5 |
| Mandatory deposit, relationship of deposit for registration to | 800-45 |
| Manner of service of notice of termina­tion | 1600-26 |
| Manufacture in Canada | 1200-8 |
| Manufacture in the United States | 1200-6 |
| Manufacture of U.S. edition | 1200-2 |
| Manufactured (foreign) edition | 700-4 |
| Manufacturing clause of Act of 1909 | 1200-1 |
| Manufacturing information for published works | 700-2 |
| Manufacturing provisions | 1200-1ff. |
| Manufacturing requirements applicable only to copies | 1200-6 |
| Manufacturing requirements inapplicable to phonorecords | 1200-6 |
| Manufacturing requirements of works published after 1977 | 1200-1 |
| Manufacturing requirements of works published before 1978 | 1200-1 |
| Manufacturing restrictions | 700-4 |
| Map (outline) | 500-17 |
| Maps | 500-1, 500-16,700-3 |
| Maps (celestial) | 500-16 |
| Margin | 1000-23 ​ |
| Mariana Islands (Northern) | 1100-4, 1100-6 |
| Marine charts | 500-16 |
| Mark of person, attesting authenti­city of | 1600-9 |
| Markers (grave) | 500-1 |
| Master | 400-49 |
| Masthead | 1000-18 |
| "Material added" statement | 300-23, 300-24 |
| "Material added" statement on appli­cation for sound recordings | 400-40 |
| Material deposited, preliminary form of | 900-12 |
| Matting (copies) | 1000-22 |
| Material object and copyright, ownership distinguished | 300-13 |
| Material, submission of | 700-5 |
| Mathematical principles | 500-518 |
| Measurement (idea, principle, formula, or standard of) | 500-18 |
| Measuring devices | 300-2 |
| Measuring, devices and similar articles designed for | 500-18 |
| Mechanical distortions (motion pictures) | 800-8, 800-36 800-37 |
| Mechanical dolls, imitation of | 400-21 |
| Mechanical drawings | 500-17 |
| Mechanical or photomechanical processes | 500-15 |
| Mechanical processes | 500-8 |
| "Medodiousness" and harmony | 400-3 |
| Melody | 400-1 |
| Members or shareholders separate and distinct from corporation | 1100-10 |
| Memorandum or note of transfer | 1600-2 |
| Mental incompetents as applicants | 100-8 |
| Merger (indistinguishable) of elements into single entity | 1300-24 |
| Merit (aesthetic) | 200-1, 500-3, 500-5 |
| Merit (artistic) and style | 500-2 |
| Metal disks (perforated) | 400-35 |
| Method books (music) | 400-12 |
| Method of operation | 500-5, 500-18 |
| Methods of operation | 200-2, 300-2 |
| Mexico City Convention of 1902 | 1100-6 ​ |
| Mezzotint process | 1200-4 |
| Mezzotints | 500-14 |
| Microfilmed public domain textual matter | 500-16 |
| Microform | 800-33 |
| Microform, works published in | 1000-21 |
| Microforms, Best Edition of | 800-50 |
| Microscopic notice | 1000-21 |
| Mime | 400-21 |
| Mimeographed copies | 1200-9 |
| Mimeographed copies of play | 900-12 |
| Minimal contributions to sound recordings | 400-43 |
| Minimal standards for pictorial or graphic material | 500-3 |
| Minimal standards for sculptural material | 500-5 |
| Minimum requirements for Deposit Accounts | 700-9 |
| Minor errors, correction of | 1500-21 |
| Minor typographical error | 1600-15 |
| Minors as applicants | 100-8 |
| Misdelivered or misdirected mail | 1300-5 |
| Missing information added by annotation | 1500-23 |
| Missing information (Form CA) | 1500-23 |
| Missing parts of complete copies | 800-6 |
| Misspelled notice | 1000-5 |
| Mixing | 400-49 |
| Mnemonic code | 300-32 |
| Mobile | 500-7 |
| Model or design of table lamp | 500-6 |
| Models | 500-1, 500-9, 700-3, 800-11 |
| Models (anatomical) | 500-17 |
| Models (architectural) | 500-17 |
| Models (relief) | 500-16 |
| Models (relief) and globes | 800-4, 800-12 |
| Models (scientific) | 500-17 |
| Models (technical) | 500-17 |
| Modification (Standard) | 800-39 |
| Module | 300-32 |
| Mold, reverse notice on | 1000-26 |
| Molding (sculptural) | 500-2, 500-9 |
| Money Order (International) | 700-9 ​ |
| Money order, payment by | 700-8 |
| Monogram or initials in lieu of signature | 1600-9 |
| Monophonic | 400-49 |
| Monophonic sound, pre-1972 sound recordings originally fixed in | 400-42 |
| Monophonic sound, reprocessing of recording originally fixed in | 400-42 |
| Monthly magazine, short story pub­lished in | 700-6 |
| More than one year date in notice | 1000-9 |
| Mosaic | 500-2 |
| Motion Picture Agreement | 400-31, 800-39ff. |
| Motion Picture Agreement Standard Modification) | 400-32, 800-39, 800-40 |
| Motion Picture Agreement (Supple­mental Property Agreement) | 400-32, 800-42 |
| Motion Picture Agreement, termination of | 800-42 |
| Motion picture as audiovisual work | 400-23 |
| Motion picture as copy of musical work embodied in soundtrack | 400-4, 800-32 |
| Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress | 800-41 |
| Motion picture, choreographic works embodied in | 400-19 |
| Motion picture, preexisting unpub­lished screenplay embodied in | 900-9 |
| Motion picture (published), unpub­lished sculpture embodied in | 900-9 |
| Motion picture, recall of deposit copy of | 800-41 |
| Motion picture, recorded sounds accompaning | 100-1 |
| Motion Picture Section, Motion Picture Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress | 800-41 |
| Motion picture, sounds previously published as part of | 400-34 |
| Motion picture soundtrack | 700-3 |
| Motion picture soundtracks, separate registration for works embodied only in | 800-32 ​ |
| Motion picture (untitled) of sixty seconds or less | 1000-21 |
| Motion picture version of published novel | 700-6 |
| Motion pictures | 400-25ff., 500-1, 700-3, 800-5, 800-7, 800-35, 1300-24 |
| Motion pictures as derivative works and compilations | 400-26 |
| Motion pictures as works made for hire | 400-28 |
| Motion pictures, "best edition" of | 400-30, 800-46, 800-48 |
| Motion pictures (clean, undamaged, undeteriorated, and free of splices) | 800-8, 800-36, 800-37 |
| Motion pictures, "complete" copy of | 400-31 |
| Motion pictures ("complete" deposit) | 800-7, 800-35, 800-36, 800-37 |
| Motion pictures, copyrightability of | 400-26 |
| Motion pictures, deposit requirements for | 400-29, 800-35, 800-39 |
| Motion pictures, description as part of deposit required for | 400-29 |
| Motion pictures, embodiment of | 400-25 |
| Motion pictures, foreign depositors of | 800-39 |
| Motion pictures, fixation as related to publication of | 400-27 |
| Motion pictures (mechanical, visual, or audible defects or distortions) | 800-8, 800-36, 800-37 |
| Motion pictures, notice on | 1000-21 |
| Motion pictures (published) | 400-30, 800-37 |
| Motion pictures, requirement of fixation of | 200-5, 400-25 |
| Motion pictures, return of | 800-40 |
| Motion pictures (unpublished) | 400-29, 800-35 |
| Mounting of copies | 1000-22 |
| Multi-disk collection (phonorecords), notice on | 1000-24 ​ |
| Multi-part works, notice on | 100-24 |
| Multi-party instrument | 1600-7 |
| Multi-track | 400-49 |
| Multicolored geometrical spheres, cubes, and cylinders | 500-6 |
| Multilateral copyright treaties | 1100-6 |
| Multimedia kit, notice on | 1000-24 |
| Multimedia kits | 800-5, 800-12 |
| Multimedia works | 400-24, 400-46 |
| Multimedia works (audiovisual) | 400-46 |
| Multimedia works, classification of | 400-25 |
| Multimedia works (nonaudiovisual) | 400-46 |
| Multiple and single titles distin­guished | 1600-19 |
| Multiple authors, nationality or domicile of | 1100-9 |
| Multiple copies or phonorecords | 900-2 |
| Multiple copies or phonorecords (existing) | 900-4 |
| Multiple parts, works of | 800-5, 800-12 |
| Multiple reproductions of works on sheet-like or strip material | 1000-23 |
| Music | 1200-5 |
| Music (accompanying) to dramatic works | 700-3 |
| Music accompanying dramas | 400-17 |
| Music (additional) as derivative work | 400-11 |
| Music (conductor's score) | 800-7 |
| Music copyrightability, limitations on | 400-5 |
| Music defined | 400-1 |
| Music drama | 400-17 |
| See also Dramatico-musical works. | |
| Musi, elements of | 400-1 |
| Music, first page of | 1000-18, 1000-19 |
| Music (sheet) | 1000-1 |
| Music, words, and sound recording, classification of claim in phono­record containing | 700-7 |
| Musical abridgment | 400-11 |
| Musical adaptation | 400-10 |
| Musical arrangements | 400-8 |
| Musical arrangements made under compulsory license | 200-8, 400-5 ​ |
| Musical claim, literary content of | 400-13 |
| Musical collective works | 400-12 |
| Musical comedy | 400-17 |
| Musical compilations | 400-11 |
| Musical compositions | 1300-24 |
| See also Musical works. | |
| Musical compositions, Best Edition of | 800-49 |
| Musical compositions, leasing of | 800-5, 800-7 |
| Musical compositions, lending of | 800-5, 800-7 |
| Musical compositions, rental of | 800-5, 800-7 |
| Musical content | 400-2 |
| Musical derivative works | 400-6 |
| Musical editing | 400-11 |
| Musical instrumentation | 400-9 |
| Musical material embodied in phonorecords | 1000-1 |
| Musical notation as copy | 400-4 |
| Musical phrases | 400-2 |
| Musical setting | 400-10 |
| Musical sounds recorded | 400-38 |
| Musical, spoken, or other sounds (fixation of) | 700-3 |
| Musical variations | 400-10 |
| Musical work (recorded), publication of | 900-7 |
| Musical works | 400-1, 700-3, 1200-4 |
| See also Musical compositions. | |
| Musical works distributed before 1978 only as phonorecords | 1100-13 |
| Musical works published in visually perceptible copies, notice on | 1000-18, 1000-19 |