{"id":2771,"date":"2019-05-29T23:14:25","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T23:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/?p=2771"},"modified":"2020-02-18T16:43:53","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T16:43:53","slug":"application-tips-for-sound-recording-copyright-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/2019\/05\/application-tips-for-sound-recording-copyright-registration.html","title":{"rendered":"Third edition of USA copyright office compendium \u2013 application tips for sound recording copyright registration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If the applicant intends to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/docs\/Third_edition_of_USA_copyright_office_compendium.pdf\">register<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/docs\/Draft_third_edition_of_USA_copyright_office_compendium.pdf\">draft<\/a>) a sound recording or a sound recording combined with the underlying musical work, dramatic work, or literary work embodied in that recording, the applicant must select \u201cSound Recording\u201d when completing the online application or must use Form SR when completing a paper application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The applicant should give the title of the work being registered. When registering the following types of sound recordings, the applicant should follow these guidelines:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Registering a single track contained on an album: When completing the online application, the applicant should give the individual track title as the \u201cTitle of work being registered\u201d and give the album title as the \u201cTitle of larger work.\u201d When completing a paper application, the applicant should state \u201cIndividual track title as contained in Album title\u201d in space 1 of Form SR.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Registering an entire album: When completing the online application, the applicant should give the album title as the \u201cTitle of work being registered\u201d and enter each track title separately as a \u201cContents title.\u201d When completing a paper application, the applicant should state \u201calbum title containing individual track titles\u201d in space 1 of Form SR.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In all cases, the applicant should clearly and accurately describe the contribution of each author and should only refer to the material that will be submitted in the deposit copy(ies).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">When completing an online application, the applicant may use the term \u201csound recording\u201d to describe the performance and\/or production authorship that the author contributed to the work. If this term does not fully describe the authorship that the applicant intends to register, the applicant should provide a more specific description in the field marked Other.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Giving an instrument name (e.g., guitar, trumpet, or keyboard) as a description of authorship is unclear because the instrument could refer either to the music, the performance, or both. To refer to the performance contribution, the applicant should use clear terms, such as \u201cperformance\u201d after the instrument name, such as \u201cguitar performance.\u201d To refer to the musical contribution, the applicant should use clear terms, such as music, melody, or arrangement after the instrument named (e.g., \u201cmusic for cello,\u201d \u201cbassoon melody,\u201d or \u201csitar arrangement\u201d). To refer to both the musical and performance contributions, the applicant should use both terms, such as \u201cguitar music and performance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Similarly, the term \u201cvocals\u201d is ambiguous because it could refer to either lyrics, performance, or both. To refer to the vocal performance, the applicant should describe the author\u2019s contribution as \u201cvocal performance.\u201d To refer to the lyrics, the applicant should describe the author\u2019s contribution as \u201clyrics.\u201d To refer to both lyrics and performance, the applicant should describe the author\u2019s contribution as \u201clyrics and performance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Narration \/ spoken words are ambiguous terms because they could refer to authorship in the text, the performance, or both. To refer to the vocal performance, the applicant should describe the author\u2019s contribution as \u201cvocal performance.\u201d To refer to the text, the applicant should describe the author\u2019s contribution as \u201ctext.\u201d To refer to both text and performance, the applicant should describe the author\u2019s contribution as \u201ctext and performance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">An authorship statement that describes the author\u2019s contribution to a work as \u201crap music\u201d is generally interpreted to mean that the author(s) contributed music and lyrics in a rap style. To refer to the performance, the applicant should state \u201cperformance\u201d or \u201crap performance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A beat is an instrumental or drum track often created in a studio as a background for a recording. The term \u201cbeat\u201d or \u201cmusic track\u201d may refer to the music, the sound recording, or both. To refer to the sound recording, the applicant should state \u201csound recording.\u201d To refer to the music, the applicant should state \u201cmusic.\u201d To refer to both, the applicant should state \u201cmusic and sound recording.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The beat or \u201cmusic track\u201d may be preexisting in whole or in part, or it may be completely original. Where the beat is completely original, it may be described as a \u201csound recording.\u201d Where a preexisting beat or music track has been used, the material generally should be excluded from the claim.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The term \u201cexecutive producer\u201d usually refers to a person involved in the financing or administration of a recording. A person or entity that contributes only these types of services does not contribute copyrightable sound recording authorship and should not be named as an author. If an executive producer contributed copyrightable sound recording authorship, the applicant should describe that author\u2019s contribution using the term \u201csound recording,\u201d rather than \u201cexecutive producer.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The term \u201csound effects\u201d should not be used to describe the authorship in a sound recording, because this term is unclear. Hidden tracks are tracks that appear on a compact disc or LP that are not listed as a track on the album.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If the sound recording is a derivative work or a compilation of preexisting works, the use of the underlying works must be lawful and the preexisting material must be identified and excluded from the claim. In all cases, the applicant should provide a brief description of the new material that is being submitted for registration and the applicant should use an acceptable term to describe the author\u2019s contributions to that material (e.g., sound recording, music, lyrics, remixing, additional sounds).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Where a sample has been used that is more than de minimis, the sampled music and\/or the sampled sound recording should be identified in the Material Excluded field\/space and the new material should be described in the New Material Included field\/space. Any amount of preexisting material may be identified in the Material Excluded field for clarity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The terms \u201cequalization,\u201d \u201cremastering,\u201d \u201creverberation,\u201d \u201creprocessing,\u201d and \u201cre-engineering\u201d may refer to contributions that are mechanical in nature or too minimal to be copyrightable, or in some cases may involve sufficient creative authorship. If the applicant uses one or more of these terms on the application as the sole basis for the claim, the registration specialist will request a more detailed explanation or clarification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The following terms generally denote de minimis authorship and thus are not acceptable descriptions for a claim in new or derivative sound recording authorship:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Declicking<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">New format<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Noise reduction<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Reissue<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-tadv-p=\"keep\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">To register a sound recording with the U.S. Copyright Office, the applicant should deposit a phonorecord of the work that is sufficient to identify the applicant\u2019s claim to copyright in the sound recording and to allow the Office to examine the work for copyrightable authorship.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to complete the online and paper applications for a sound recording copyright registration<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/2019\/05\/application-tips-for-sound-recording-copyright-registration.html\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Third edition of USA copyright office compendium \u2013 application tips for sound recording copyright registration<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5,39,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-intellectual-property","category-copyright","category-interpretation","category-law","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2772,"href":"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2771\/revisions\/2772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dekuzu.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}