COPYRIGHT
OFFICE
PRACTICES
OFFICE
PRACTICES
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Ch. 2.11
2.11.2
2.11.2
2.11.2
Classification of photographs(cont'd)
I.
Origin of the material (cont'd)
b.
Foreign works(cont'd)
1.
Definition(cont'd)
(b)
(cont'd)
Note:A photograph which is entitled to registration in unpublished form is always considered of domestic origin for purposes of registration, even if the work was produced by an author who is neither a citizen of, nor domiciled in. the United States. (See topic 2.ll.2.I.a.l(c).2)
2.
Registration designator. Claims to copyright in foreign photographs are assigned registration numbers preceded either by the letters Jf or
Jfo. The terminal letters "f" and "fo" signify registration under Option A and Option B, respectively. (See topics 2.11.3.III.b.3 and 2.II.3.III.c.2)II.
Nature of the material
a.
Single photographs. Class J is the appropriate category for the registration of all individual photographic prints and film slides, in either published or unpublished form.
b.
Multiple photographs. Class J is the appropriate category for the registration of collections of two or more
[1973]