=For works reproduced in copies for sale:=
1. Publish the work with the copyright notice. The notice may be in
the form "Copyright, 19... (year date of publication) by ... (name of
copyright proprietor)."[23] The date in the copyright notice should
agree with the year date of publication.
2. Promptly after publication, send to the Copyright Office two
copies of the best edition of the work, with an application for
registration and a money-order payable to the Register of Copyrights
for the statutory registration fee of $1.00. (As to special fee for
registration of photographs, see below.) The law provides "that of the
printed book or periodical the text shall be printed from type set
within the limits of the United States, either by hand or by the aid of
any kind of typesetting machine, or from plates made within the limits
of the United States from type set therein, or, if the text be produced
by lithographic process, or photo-engraving process, then by a process
wholly performed within the limits of the United States."
The law requires also that the postmaster to whom are delivered the
articles to be deposited in the Copyright Office shall, if requested,
give a receipt therefor, and shall mail them to their destination
without cost to the copyright claimant.
In the case of books, the copies deposited must be accompanied by
an affidavit, under the official seal of an officer authorized to
administer oaths, stating that the type-setting, printing, and binding
of the book have been performed within the United States. Affidavit and
application forms are supplied by the Copyright Office on request. This
affidavit is not required in the case of works in raised characters
for the use of the blind, or in the case of a book of foreign origin in
a language or languages other than English, or in the case of a printed
play in any language; as such works are not required to be manufactured
in the United States.
In the case of _contributions_ to periodicals, send one complete copy
of the periodical containing the contribution with application and fee.
No affidavit is required.[24]
=For works not reproduced in copies for sale:=
Copyright may also be had of certain classes of works (see _a_--_e_
below) of which copies are not reproduced for sale, by filing in the
Copyright Office an application for registration with the statutory fee
of $1.00, sending therewith:
(_a_) In the case of lectures or other oral addresses, or of dramatic
or musical compositions, one complete manuscript or typewritten copy of
the work.
(_b_) In the case of photographs not intended for general circulation,
one photographic print. (As to special fee, see next page.)
(_c_) In the case of works of art (paintings, drawings, sculpture), or
of drawings or plastic works of a scientific or technical character,
one photograph or other identifying reproduction of the work.
(_d_) In the case of motion-picture photoplays, a title and
description, with one print taken from each scene or act.
(_e_) In the case of motion-pictures other than photoplays, a title
and description, with not less than two prints taken from different
sections of a complete motion-picture.
In the case of each of the works above noted, not reproduced in copies
for sale, the law expressly requires that a second deposit of printed
copies for registration and the payment of a second fee must be made
upon publication.
=Fees:=
The statutory fee for registration of any work, except a photograph, is
$1.00, including a certificate of registration under seal. In the case
of a photograph, if a certificate is not demanded, the fee is fifty
cents. In the case of several volumes of the same _book_ deposited at
the same time, only one registration and one fee is required.