S-109
III.
Unpublished works(cont'd)
A.
Authorized registration(cont'd)
2.
Error in copyright ownership, and not clear if valid copyright secured. If an error was made in naming the copyright owner(s) and it is not clear whether or not a valid copyright was Secured, either recordation of an assignment or application for a corrective registration should generally be suggested, depending upon the facts.
Examples:
a.
Line 1 contains the name of someone who was not the author or the assignee of the author, and the relationship between the claimant named in line 1 and the copyright owner is unclear.
A publisher erroneously lists as the claimant for one work, the claimant for another unrelated work in his catalog, e.g.
Marco Masic Co. should be Senia Publishing Co.
b.
Line 1 contains the name of a company that was non-existent at the time of registration.
An author planned to do business under the name Saxton Music Publishing Co. and registered his claim under that name only to find out later that BMI would not clear the name because it was being used by someone else.
Line 1 contains the name of a company which it develops was not legally recognized by the state in which the company was operating because of the failure of the company owner to comply with state statutes.
Part II
