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

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| | Page |
| Pacific Islands, Trust Territory of the | 1100-4 |
| Packaging or mailing box (outer) | 1000-24 |
| "Page" as single side of leaf | 1000-18 |
| "Page," each side of leaf regarded as | 1600-21 |
| Page (first) of music | 1000-18, 1000-19 |
| Page immediately following title page | 1000-17 |
| "Page," rider considered as | 1600-21 |
| Page (title) | 1000-17 |
| Pages, determination of number of | 1600-21 ​ |
| Painting in oil (unpublished) embodied in published lithograph | 900-9 |
| Painting (original oil) sold to private collector | 900-2 |
| Paintings | 500-2 |
| Pantomime | 400-15, 400-21, 400-22 |
| Pantomime, content of | 400-21 |
| Pantomime fixed in videocassette | 800-38 |
| Pantomimes | 700-3 |
| Pantomimes and choreography distin­guished | 400-32 |
| Pantomimes and tableaux distinguished | 400-22 |
| Pantomimes, embodiment of | 400-22 |
| Paper (graph) | 500-18 |
| Paper stock used in periodical editions | 300-10 |
| Paper (wrapping) | 800-30 |
| Part of work, publication of | 900-9 |
| Parties, failure to identify necessary | 1600-10 |
| Partnerships | 1300-16 |
| Parts (separable) published in permanent container, notice on | 1000-23 |
| Patch, patching | 300-33 |
| Patent ambiguity, omission, or error | 1300-6 |
| Patterns | 500-1 |
| Patterns (table service) | 500-1 |
| Patterns (unrepeated random) | 500-8 |
| Paupers as applicants | 100-9 |
| Payment by bank draft | 700-8 |
| Payment by check | 700-8 |
| Payment by money order | 700-8 |
| Payment of fees, form of | 700-8 |
| Payments (excess fee) | 700-8 |
| Penalty of perjury | 1300-8 |
| Pencil, applications completed in | 700-5 |
| Pencil sharpener shaped like antique car | 500-12 |
| Pencil signature | 1600-9 |
| Perceptible (visually) copies | 1000-1, 1000-2, 1000-18 |
| Perceptible (visually) printouts | 1000-20 |
| Perforated metal disks | 400-35 |
| Performance before audience (direct or indirect) | 700-3 ​ |
| Performance (live), telecast trans­mission of | 400-25 |
| Performance, nondramatic literary works prepared for | 400-13 |
| Performance or display (public) | 900-1, 990-4, 900-6 |
| Performance (private) | 900-6 |
| Performance (public) | 1100-2 |
| Performer of sound recording, author­ship of | 400-38 |
| Performing arts, works of the | 400-1ff., 700-3 |
| Periodical (contribution to), transfer of copyright in | 1600-9 |
| Periodical, cyclopedic, or other composite work | 1300-24 |
| Periodical issue | 1000-2 |
| Periodical or book (English-language) | 1200-3 |
| Periodicals | 700-3 |
| Periodicals and books (English-language) first published abroad | 1300-12 |
| Periodicals and composite works, renewal of contributions to | 1300-9 |
| Periodicals (contributions to), group registration for | 700-4 |
| Periodicals (contributions to), single registration for group of | 800-2 |
| Periodicals or other serials, notice on | 1000-18 |
| Periodicals other than daily newspapers | 300-9 |
| Periodicals that are not collective works | 300-10 |
| Perjury, penalty of | 1300-8 |
| Permanent allegiance | 1100-2 |
| Permanent container, notice on sepa­rable parts published in | 1000-23 |
| Permanent legibiity of notice | 1000-26 |
| Permanent receptacle for copies | 1000-20, 1000-22 |
| Permanently covered notice | 1000-25 |
| Permanently legible notice | 1000-16, 1000-26 |
| Person (deceased) as renewal claimant | 1300-31 |
| Person (deceased) named in notice | 1000-12 |
| Person (individual) and not employer,"author" as meaning | 1300-11 |
| Personal right of renewal | 1300-18, 1300-31 |
| Personal service | 1600-22 ​ |
| Persons depicted in photograph | 500-15 |
| Persons (group of), distribution to | 900-5 |
| Person's mark, attesting authenticity of | 1600-9 |
| Persons not entitled to terminate | 1600-27 |
| Perspective in photographic composi­tion | 500-15 |
| Phonograms, Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their | 11100-3,1100-7 |
| Phonograms, definition of producer of | 1100-3 |
| Phonorecord, classification of claim in words, music, and sound recording in | 700-7 |
| Phonorecord containers | 1000-3, 1000-10, 1000-16, 1000-24 |
| Phonorecord labels | 1000-3, 1000-10, 1000-16, 1000-24 |
| Phonorecord or copy deposited, appearance of | 900-2 |
| Phonorecord of copy, unrestricted public access to | 900-4 |
| Phonorecord, works embodied in | 700-3 |
| Phonorecords | 1000-2 |
| Phonorecords, acceptability for registration of music recorded thereon | 400-5, 900-7 |
| Phonorecords and copies distinguished | 400-35 |
| Phonorecords and sound recordings distinguished | 400-35 |
| Phonorecords, Best Edition of | 800-49 |
| Phonorecords, distribution before 1978 only in form of | 800-49 |
| Phonorecords, errors in statements or notice on | 1500-18 |
| Phonorecords (literary, dramatic, or musical material embodied in) | 1000-1 |
| Phonorecords, manufacturing require­ments inapplicable to | 1200-6 |
| Phonorecords (musical, dramatic, or literary works distributed before 1978 only as) | 1100-13 |
| Phonorecords, notice on multi-disk collection of | 1000-24 ​ |
| Phonorecords of musical works, deposit of | 400-5, 900-7 |
| Phonorecords of sound recordings | 1000-1, 1000-3, 1000-6, 1000-9, 1000-16 |
| Phonorecords or copies (existing multiple) | 900-4 |
| Phonorecords or copies (multiple) | 900-2 |
| Phonorecords or copies not in existence | 900-5 |
| Phonorecords or copies, offer to distribute | 900-1, 900-4 |
| Phonorecords or copies, purpose of offering to distribute | 900-5 |
| Phonorecords, types of | 400-35 |
| Phonorecords which embody music | 400-3 |
| Photocopied public domain pictorial work | 500-16 |
| Photocopies or other reproductions of Copyright Office forms | 700-5 |
| Photocopy (legible) | 1600-5 |
| Photocopy of original drawing | 500-15 |
| Photocopying | 1200-9 |
| Photoengraving or lithographic process | 1200-8 |
| Photoengravings | 500-13. 500-14 |
| Photograph, arrangement or disposition of persons, scenery, or other sub­jects depicted in | 500-15 |
| Photographic authorship | 500-15 |
| Photographic composition | 500-15 |
| Photographic prints | 500-15 |
| Photographic prints, color reproduc­tions of | 500-13 |
| Photographic works, uncopyrightable | 500-16 |
| Photographs | 500-1, 500-15, 700-3, 1000-1, 1200-5 |
| Photographs, Best Edition of | 800-47 |
| Photomechanical or electronic process | 1000-21 |
| Phrases, musical | 400-2 |
| Physical basis for separability test | 500-12 |
| Piano (player) rolls | 400-5, 400-35 |
| Pictorial and literary material approximatly equal | 1200-5 ​ |
| Pictorial cartoon published in weekly magazine | 700-6 |
| Pictorial expression (copyrightable) | 500-2 |
| Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works | 500-1ff., 700-3 |
| Pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work with accompanying text | 1002, 1000-7 |
| Pictorial or graphic design, repetition of | 800-30 |
| Pictorial or graphic labels | 700-3 |
| Pictorial or graphic material, copyrightability of | 500-13 |
| Pictorial or graphic material, minimal standards for | 500-3 |
| Pictorial or graphic works published in certain limited editions | 800-23 |
| Pictorial or graphic works reproduced in or on sheet-like materials | 800-30 |
| Pictorial or graphic works (unpub­lished) | 800-21 |
| Pictorial prints and illustrations | 500-13 |
| Pictorial work in public domain, photocopy of | 500-16 |
| Pictorial works | 500-2, 1200-4 |
| Pictorial works, embodiment of | 500-1 |
| Pictorial works, notice on | 1000-22 |
| Pictorial works, reproductions of | 500-14 |
| Picture postcards | 500-13, 800-4 |
| Pictures | 1200-5 |
| Pin (jeweled) | 500-10 |
| Placemats (table) | 500-13 |
| Place of first publication | 1300-8 |
| Place of publication, change of | 1500-13 |
| Plan | 500-5 |
| Plan of action or concept | 500-18 |
| Plaques (wall) | 500-1 |
| Plates (printing) | 1200-8 |
| Play (a work) | 900-6 |
| Play, acting version of | 1200-4 |
| Player piano rolls | 400-5, 400-35 |
| Plays | 1200-5 |
| See also Dramas; Dramatic works. | |
| Plot (dramatic) | 400-14 |
| Poetry | 700-2 |
| policy (Copyright Office) concerning publication | 900-1 ​ |
| Policy (Copyright Office) on nationality or domicile | 1100-9 |
| Policy (Copyright Office) regarding purported transfers | 1600-2 |
| Polka dots | 500-10 |
| Pornographic works | 100-6 |
| Port of entry | 1200-10 |
| Position (alternative) of notice on contributions to collective works | 1000-20 |
| Position of notice | 1000-16 |
| Position of notice on works published in book form | 1000-17 |
| Postage stamps, refunds made in | 700-8 |
| Postal or other services, disruption of | 1300-5 |
| Postal Service (U.S.) | 200-9 |
| Postcards | 1000-2, 100-7 |
| Postcards (picture) | 500-13, 800-4 |
| Postdated notice | 1000-8, 1300-4, 1500-17 |
| Posters | 500-13 |
| Posthumous works | 1300-22 |
| Posthumously, eligibility of work first published | 1100-12 |
| Pottery on sale at roadside stand | 900-3 |
| Pre-1972 sound recordings originally fixed in monophonic sound | 400-42 |
| Pre-1978 distribution only in form of phonorecords | 900-7 |
| Pre-1978 Presidential proclamations | 1100-8 |
| Pre-1978 registration of unpub­lished works | 1000-14 |
| Pre-1978 statutory copyright | 1500-12 |
| Pre-1978 work first published in United States | 800-10 |
| Pre-1978 works | 400-3, 400-4, 700-4, 800-1, 800-10, 800-43, 800-44, 900-1, 900-7, 1000-4, 1000-14, 1100-1, 1100-13, 1200-1, 1300-1, 1300-3, 1500-5, 1500-12, 1500-16, 1500-17, 1500-18, 1500-19 ​ |
| Predetermined number of notes or measures not required for registration of music | 400-2 |
| Preexisting artistic work | 500-14 |
| Preexisting copyrighted material embodied in compilation | 200-7 |
| Preexisting copyrighted material embodied in derivative work | 200-7, 300-6, 400-6 |
| Preexisting copyrighted material embodied in nondramatic literary works | 300-4 |
| Preexisting material in compilation, identification of | 700-2 |
| preexisting material in derivative work, identification of | 700-2 |
| Preexisting sounds recast in sound recordings | 400-41 |
| Preexisting unpublished screenplay embodied in motion picture | 900-9 |
| Preexisting work and sound recording, claimant same for both | 700-3 |
| Preexisting work in sound recording | 700-3 |
| Preface or foreword | 1200-5 |
| Preface (two-page) to 100-page work | 1200-6 |
| Prejudice, recordation without | 1600-27 |
| Preliminary form of material deposited | 900-12 |
| Preponderantly English-language nondramatic literary material | 1200-3,1200-4, 1200-6 |
| "Preponderantly," meaning of | 1200-5 |
| Preponderantly nondramatic literary material | 700-4 |
| Presentations (slide) | 500-1 |
| Presidential proclamation | 1100-6,1100-8 |
| Pressbook | 400-29, 800-36, 800-37 |
| Presumption as to producer's name on sound recordings | 1000-10, 1000-11 |
| Previous edition or version, date of publication of | 900-12 |
| Previous titles of work | 700-1 |
| Previously published work, new version of | 900-10 ​ |
| Previously registered work, first published edition of | 900-10 |
| Previously unpublished material embodied in published work | 900-9 |
| Price lists | 300-8 |
| Prima facie evidence of execution | 1600-15 |
| Prima facie evidence of validity | 100-3 |
| Principle of measurement | 500-18 |
| Principles | 200-2, 300-2 |
| Principles (mathematical) | 500-18 |
| Printed (copies) from type | 1200-8 |
| Printed forms not provided for notices of termination | 1600-23 |
| Printed in black ink or typewritten | 700-5 |
| Printed (legibly) or typewritten full name and address | 1600-25 |
| Printed or reprinted in Canada | 1200-8 |
| Printed or typewritten statement | 1300-8 |
| Printed signature | 1600-9 |
| Printed textual matter (Best Edition) | 800-47 |
| Printing and binding | 1200-9 |
| Printing methods (relief or intaglio) | 800-12 |
| Printing plates | 1200-8 |
| Printout | 300-33 |
| Printouts (visually perceptible) | 1000-20 |
| Prints | 500-1, 700-3 |
| Prints or labels (published commercial) | 800-25 |
| Prints (photographic) | 500-15 |
| Prints (pictorial) and illustrations | 500-13 |
| Prints (silk-screen) | 500-14 |
| Prints, uncopyrightable elements of | 500-13 |
| Prisoners as applicants | 100-9 |
| Privacy Act | 700-10 |
| Private collector, original oil painting sold to | 900-2 |
| Private display | 900-6 |
| Private performance | 900-6 |
| Probate proceedings | 1300-18 |
| Problems relating to extent of claim, correction of | 1500-20 |
| Problems relating to recorded docu­ments, correction of | 1500-20 |
| Procedure (apostille) for correction | 1600-16 |
| Procedure (recordation) | 1600-16 ​ |
| Procedures | 200-2, 300-2 |
| Procedures for special relief | 800-43 |
| Procedures or operations (business) | 500-18 |
| Proceedings of societies | 700-3 |
| Proceedings (probate) | 1300-18 |
| Process (lithographic, mezzotint, or other) | |
| Process, photomechanical or electronic | 1000-21½ |
| Processes | 200-2, 300-2 |
| Processes, ideas, or systems | 500-18 |
| Processes (mechanical) | 500-8, 500-15 |
| Processes (photomechanical) | 500-15 |
| Proclamation (Presidential) | 1100-6, 1100-8 |
| Producer of phonograms, definition of | 1100-3 |
| Proofs {reproduction) | 1200-8 |
| Producer of sound recording | 1000-3, 1000-10, 1000-11 |
| Producer of sound recording, authorship of | 400-38 |
| Producer's name on sound recordings, presumption as to | 1000-10, 1000-11 |
| Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM) | 300-33 |
| Programmed routine | 300-34 |
| Programs (computer) | 700-2, 800-33 |
| Projectionist | 100-21 |
| PROM (programmabie Read-Only Memory) | 300-33 |
| Property Agreement (Supplemental) | 800-42 |
| Proprietor | 1300-32 |
| Proprietor (copyright) | 1300-8 |
| Proprietor of copyright | 1300-22 |
| Protected characters, names, and slogans, use of | 200-4, 200-5, 400-6 |
| Protection, eligibility for U.S. copyright | 1500-13 |
| Pseudonym in notice | 1000-12 |
| Pseudonymous and anonymous works, copyright term of | 900-8 |
| Pseudonymous and anonymous works, eligibility of | 1100-11 |
| Pseudonymous and anonymous works, statements regarding identity of author of | 1600-1 |
| Pseudonymous author, nationality or domicile of | 700-1 ​ |
| Pseudonymous or anonymous, work other than | 700-1 |
| Pseudonymous works, duration of copyright for | 1000-14 |
| Public access (unrestricted) to copy or phonorecord | 900-4 |
| Public display | 1100-2 |
| Public distribution required | 900-3 |
| Public domain material, reprint of | 500-17 |
| Public domain pictoral work (photo­copied) | 500-16 |
| Public domain textual matter (micro­filmed) | 500-16 |
| Public domain works | 200-5, 300-4, 1200-4 |
| Public library, deposit in | 900-4 |
| Public ordinances | 200-8, 300-5 |
| Public performance | 1100-2 |
| Public performance or display | 900-1, 900-4, 900-6 |
| Public place, leaving copies in | 900-3 |
| Publication | 900-1ff. |
| Publication, alternative forms of | 900-5 |
| Publication as unit of separate parts or installments | 900-10 |
| Publication, change in nationality or domicile after | 1100-12 |
| Publication, Copyright Office policy concerning | 900-1 |
| Publication (date of), error in | 1300-6 |
| Publication (date of) omitted in application | 900-1 |
| Publication distribution as | 900-2 |
| Publication (first), acceptable statements of nation of | 1100-13 |
| Publication (first), approximate date of | 900-8 |
| Publication (first) as basis of renewal of contributions | 1300-9 |
| Publication (first), choice of date of | 900-8 |
| Publication (first), date and nation of | 700-2, 900-7 |
| Publication (first), date of | 1300-7 ​ |
| Publication (first), definition of | 1100-2 |
| Publication (first) in a UCC country | 1100-5 |
| Publication (first) in United States | 1100-5, 1100-11 |
| Publication (first), nation of | 1100-2 |
| Publication (first) outside of United States | 800-11 |
| Publication (first), place of | 1300-8 |
| Publication (first) posthumous | 1100-12 |
| Publication (first), release date as | 900-8 |
| Publication (first) within and outside United States, simultaneous | 800-11 |
| Publication (first), year of | 1000-2, 1000-6, 100-14 |
| Publication, impossible or improbable date of | 900-11 |
| Publication in serial form | 900-10 |
| Publication, incomplete date of | 900-11 |
| Publication, incorrect date of | 1500-16 |
| Publication, indicia of | 900-12 |
| Publication of motion pictures as related to their fixation | 400-27 |
| Publication of part of work | 900-9 |
| Publication of previous edition or version, date of | 900-12 |
| Publication of recorded literary, dramatic, or musical work | 900-7 |
| Publication of separate parts or installments | 900-10 |
| Publication of separate parts or installments, date of | 900-12 |
| Publication, offering to distribute as | 900-4 |
| Publication (place of), change of | 1500-13 |
| Publication, registration made within five years of | 1000-1, 1000-4, 1000-8, 1000-13, 1000-25 |
| Published commercial prints or labels | 800-25 |
| Published copyrighted works, "best edition" of | 800-8, 800-46 |
| Published Copyrighted Works for the Collections of the Library of Congress, "Best Edition" of | 800-46 ​ |
| Published edition (first) of previously registered work | 900-10 |
| Published (later) U.S. edition of work first published outside the united States | 900-10 |
| Published lithograph, unpublished oil painting embodied in | 900-9 |
| Published motion picture, unpublished sculpture embodied in | 900-9 |
| Published motion pictures | 400-30, 800-37 |
| Published nondramatic literary works | 700-2 |
| Published novel, motion picture version of | 700-6 |
| Published (previously) work, new version of | 900-10 |
| Published, unpublished work registered as | 1500-16 |
| Published version, renewal of revised | 1300-33 |
| Published work, deletions or insertions in copies of | 900-12 |
| Published work, previously unpublished material embodied in | 900-9 |
| Published work registered as unpub­lished | 1500-16 |
| Published work, renewal of later version of | 1300-32 |
| Published works | 1000-1 |
| Published works, computing term for | 1300-3 |
| Published works, deposit of | 800-4 |
| Published works, eligibility of | 1100-5 |
| Published works (identifying material) | 800-11 |
| Published works, manufacturing informa­tion for | 700-2 |
| Published works, meaning of "complete" deposit of | 800-5, 800-6 |
| Publishers | 1300-16 |
| Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of | 200-9, 1100-2,1100-03, 1100-10, 1100-11, 1200-6, 300-15, 800-33 |
| Punched cards | 300-15, 800-33, 1000-20 |
| Purported transfers, Copyright Office policy regarding | 1600-2 ​ |
| Purpose of offering to distribute copies or phonorecords | 900-5 |
| Puzzlebox or game | 1000-23 |