Basic Information

Please identify all known copyright claimant(s) in this work. The author is the original claimant and may always be listed as a claimant, even after the author has transferred rights in the work. The claimant may also be a person or organization to whom copyright has been legally transferred. To be named as a claimant by means of a transfer, a person or organization must own all rights under the U.S. copyright law; ownership of only some of the rights is not sufficient. In addition, a claimant must own the copyright in all of the authorship covered by this regulation.

Transfer of All Rights

A person or organization that is not an author may be named as claimant only if the copyright ownership of all rights was acquired in writing or by operation of law. Written transfers must be signed by the party transferring the copyright or his authorized agent. In addition, copyright ownership may be transferred by the provisions of a will or by operation of law other than by inheritance, for example, by operations of state community property law.

Owner(s) of All Authorship

Do not name as “claimant” someone who owns the copyright in only part of the authorship being claimed. Copyright claimants may not combine their separate claims on a single application form. This may be an issue for

• Collection of Published Works: Registration of Multiple Individual Works Contained in the same Published Work

• Collection of Unpublished Works: Registration of Multiple Works As a Single Claim

• Collective Works

• Registration of a Single Work Containing Multiple Authorship Elements by Different Authors

Transfer Statement

Transfer information is required if this claimant is not an author. Please indicate how copyright ownership was acquired by this claimant. “By written agreement” includes “by assignment” or “by contract.” “By inheritance” (which may be “by will” or “by intestate succession”) applies only if the person from whom copyright was transferred is deceased. If necessary, select “Other” and give a brief statement explaining how copyright was transferred. If the transfer is by operation of law other than by inheritance, select “Other” and state the means, for example, “by operation of state community property law”.

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