In order to secure registration of claims to copyright for such works
the following steps should be taken:
=Motion-picture photoplays:=
I. _Motion-picture photoplays not reproduced in copies for sale_:
Deposit in the Copyright Office, Washington, D.C., (1) the title of the
motion-picture photoplay; (2) a description of the work, preferably
either printed or typewritten; (3) a photograph taken from each scene
of every act. These deposits should be accompanied by an application
for recording the claim to copyright. For this purpose use Application
Form "L 2," which is furnished by the Copyright Office upon request.
Also send with the application the statutory registration fee of $1.00.
II. _Motion-picture photoplays reproduced in copies for sale_: When
the motion-picture photoplay has been published (i.e., placed on sale,
sold, or publicly distributed) with the required notice of copyright
upon each copy, promptly after such publication deposit in the
Copyright Office two complete copies of the work, accompanied by an
application for recording the claim to copyright in the published work.
For this purpose use Application Form "L 1," which is furnished by
the Copyright Office upon request. Also send with the application the
statutory registration fee of $1.00.
=Motion-pictures other than photoplays:=
I. _Motion-pictures other than photoplays not reproduced in copies
for sale_: Deposit in the Copyright Office, Washington, D.C., (1) the
title of the motion-picture; (2) a description of the work, preferably
either printed or typewritten; (3) two or more photographs taken from
different sections of the complete motion-picture. These deposits
should be accompanied by an application for recording the claim to
copyright. For this purpose use Application Form "M 2," which is
furnished by the Copyright Office upon request. Also send with the
application the statutory fee of $1.00.
II. _Motion-pictures other than photoplays reproduced in copies for
sale_: When the work has been published (i.e., placed on sale, sold,
or publicly distributed) with the required notice of copyright upon
each copy, promptly after such publication deposit in the Copyright
Office two complete copies of the work, accompanied by an application
for recording the claim to copyright in the published work. For this
purpose use Application Form "M 1," which is furnished by the Copyright
Office upon request. Also send with the application the statutory fee
of $1.00.
In all cases, the money order remitting the registration fee should
be made payable to the "Register of Copyrights." Send the title,
description, prints, copies, application and fee in one parcel,
addressed to the Register of Copyrights, Washington, D.C.
If any motion-picture has been registered as a work "not reproduced in
copies for sale," it must nevertheless be registered a second time if
it has been afterward published.