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7 CONTINUATION SHEET FOR FORM VA Instructions for Group Registration of Published Photographs Detach and read these instructions before completing this form. Make sure all applicable spaces have been filled in before you return this form. This form is not to be used to register unpublished photographs. Basic Information When does a group of published photographs qualify for a single registration using Form GR/PPh/CON? A single group copyright registra- tion can be made if all the following conditions are met: 1 All the photographs are by the same photographer, whether the author is an individual or an employer for hire. 2 All the photographs were first published in the same calendar year. 3 All the photographs have the same copyright claimant(s) When to use this form: You may use Form GR / PPh / CON to list title and 2 Use of Form GR / PPh / CON together with Form VA is optional. Form GR / PPh / CON provides separate identification for each photograph and gives information about the first publication of each as required by the regulation. 3 If Form GR / PPh / CON is not used, the individual date of first publication for each photo must be provided on the deposited copies of the photos. What Copies Should Be Deposited for a Group Registration of Photographs? You must deposit a copy of each photograph included in the group for which registration is sought. One copy of each photograph should be submitted in one of the following formats. The formats are listed in the Library of Congress's order of preference: · Digital form on one or more cd-roms including cd-rws and dvdroms, in one of these formats: jpeg, gif, tiff, or pcd · Unmounted prints at least 3 * 3" in size, but no larger than 20 * 24" · Contact sheets · Slides, each with a single image · A format in which the photograph has been published, for example, clippings from newspapers or magazines · A photocopy of each photograph, which must be either a photocopy of an unmounted print at least 3 * 3" in size, but no larger than 20 * 24", or a photocopy of the photograph in its published format. It must be a color photocopy if the photograph was published in color. · Slides, each containing up to 36 images · A videotape clearly depicting each photograph note: For a photograph published before March 1, 1989, the copy of the photograph must be one that shows the photograph as it was first published. The copy of the photograph must show the copyright notice, if any, that appeared on, or in connection with, the photographic work. This is necessary because the copyright law in effect from January 1, 1978, through February 28, 1989, required that a work be published with a copyright notice identifying the owner of the copyright and the year date of first publication of the work. (For more information, consult Circular 3, Copyright Notice.) The deposit copy for a photograph published prior to March 1, 1989, may be any of the above-listed formats as long as the format deposited faithfully reproduces the photograph in its exact, first-publication appearance. publication date information to supplement Form VA for a group of published photographs that qualifies for a single registration under Section 202.3 of the Copyright Office regulations. Use of Form GR / PPh / CON is optional. If Form GR / PPh / CON is used, there is a limit of 50 continuation sheets or 750 photos per registration. The advantage of group registration: Any number of photographs published within a calendar year may be registered "on the basis of a single deposit, application, and registration fee." Cautions about group registration: If infringement of a published work begins before the work has been registered, the copyright owner can obtain the ordinary remedies for copyright infringement (including injunctions, actual damages and profits, and impounding and disposition of infringing articles). However, the owner cannot obtain special remedies (statutory damages and attorney's fees) unless registration was made before the infringement commenced or within 3 months after first publication of the work. To be certain that your application, deposit, and fee are received in the Copyright Office within 3 months of publication of the earliest published photograph within the group, you may wish to register fewer than 3 months of published photographs on a single application. This Form GR/PPh/CON: · May only be submitted together with a Form VA. · Must individually list a group of published photos that qualifies for a single copyright registration. · May be photocopied to create room for additional entries, up to a maximum of 50 continuation sheets (or 750 photos, with 15 on each Form GR / PPh / CON). Procedures for Group Registration of Photographs 1 You must file a basic application on Form VA that contains information required for copyright registration. Line-by-Line Instructions for Registering a Group of Published Photographs on Form VA (with or without a Form GR/PPh/CON ) Please type or print using black ink. The form is used to produce the certificate. It is possible to register a group of published photographs using only Form VA. The use of Form GR / PPh / CON is optional. 1 Space 1: Title 2 Space 2: Author You must give a title for the group (for example: John Smith's published photos 2001). In the "Previous or Alternative Titles" space you must state "Group Registration / Published Photos" and give the approximate number If the photographs are not works made for hire, name the photographer as the author. If the photographs are works made for hire, name the employer American LegalNet, Inc. www.USCourtForms.com of photographs in the group (for example: Group Registration / Published Photos; approx. 450 photographs). If you complete Form GR / PPh / CON, you will provide a separate title for each individual photograph in the group in space B. as author and give the name of the photographer (for example: "XYZ Corporation, employer for hire of John Doe"). To qualify for a group registration, all the photographs must be by the same individual photographer. Under "Nature of Authorship," check only the box for "Photograph." 3 Space 3a: Year of Creation Give the calendar year in which you completed the most recent photograph you are registering at this time. 4 Space 3b: Publication The statute defines "publication" as "the distribution of copies or phonorecords of a work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending." A work is also "publi
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