13-9
Ch. 13
13.2.4
13.2.4
13.2.4
Works listed should be recorded or licensed for recording.(cont'd)
II.
(cont'd)
b.
(cont'd)
no question will be raised as to the method of reproduction as long as it involves any form of sound recording--tape, wire, perforated rolls, motion picture sound tracks, etc.
13.2.5
Notice should be filed by copyright owner.
I.
A notice of use should be filed by or under the authority of the owner of copyright in all the compositions listed in the notice, and should list his name as copyright owner. A notice filed in the name of a record producer, licensee, performer, etc., should be questioned if it appears that the person listed is not now the copyright owner.
II.
The copyright owner listed in a notice of use should be the present owner of the copyright, even though copyright was secured in the name of an earlier owner.
a.
The notice should be recorded in the name of the present owner, even though this name appears nowhere in the Copyright Office records in connection with the copyrighted work.
b.
In appropriate cases, the Copyright Office may suggest the desirability of recording an assignment.
13.2.6
Other cases where a notice may or should be filed.
I.
When a new copyrighted arrangement or other copyrighted new version of a musical composition is recorded, a new notice should be filed, even though notices have already been filed for the original version of the work, or for earlier arrangements.
a.
The notice in such cases should be recorded in the name of the present owner of copyright in the arrangement or new version, rather than the owner of copyright in the basic composition.
b.
A notice in such cases may be recorded even when the new matter in the revised version of the composition consists of non-musical elements.
