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12.3.4

Identitication of parties.(cont'd)

II.

Failure to identify necessary Parties.(oont'd)

Examples:

(1)

"I, John Sohmo, do hereby assign all rights, including copyright, in the work entitled 'How to Burn Toast.'"

(2)

" ..copyright is hereby assigned to Cy Pres, as executor of the author ..." (the author not being identi­tied by name).

III.

Indexing. When a document which tails to identify the necessary parties is recorded, it will be indexed only under the names it contains; no index cards will be prepared under other names furnished in correspondence or elsewhere.

IV.

One-party documents. A document which necessarily involves only one party (e.g., an affidavit, an abandonment, a disclaimer, etc.) will be indexed under the single name involved; where possible, a

descriptive phrase characterizing the document will be transcribed on the index card.

12.3.5

Identification of subject matter.

I.

Date not required. While the document need not include copyright data or bibliographic informa­tion, it should contain a reasonably precise identification of the subject matter with which it

deals.

II.

Failure to identify subject matter. A document which fails to identify its subject matter will be questioned.

Examples:

(1)

"I hereby assign my copyright to the Mercenary Music Co."

(2)

".. copyright in ___________

is hereby assigned ..." (space left blank through oversight)