COPYRIGHT
OFFICE
PRACTICES
OFFICE
PRACTICES
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Ch, 2.8
2.8.2
2.8.2
2.8.2
Classification of works of art(cont'd)
I.
Nature of of the material(cont'd)
c.
Multi-page works. A multi-page work of art is one whose content appears on two or more pages, sheets, or their equivalent.
1.
Published pictoral or graphic material. Class A is generally appropriate for the registration of claims to copyright in published multi-page collections and compilations of pictorial or graphic works of art which have been published together as a unit and are identified by a common title, such as, for example: a portfolio of twenty original paint ingsselected by the artist from his own previously unpublished work and reproduced in color with a textual introduction. NOTE: A single registration in Class-G may also be appropriate in cases where the copyright claim is based essentially upon original artwork, such as, a set of
original watercolor prints published in a portfolio without any appreciable amount of text.(a)
Copyright notice insufficient for Class A. If a multi-page pictorial or graphic work of art has been published with a copyright notice which fails to satisfy the notice requirements prescribed by the law for "books," registration in Class A will not be possible. Nevertheless, if such a work bears a
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