Applicants for copyright registration should use the application forms
furnished on request by the Copyright Office. A separate form should be
used for each work to be entered.
_Books_: For any new book printed and published for the first time in
the United States, use Application Form and Affidavit Form "A 1" if the
book is to be printed from type or plates made from type; if it is to
be produced by lithographic or photo-engraving process use Application
Form and Affidavit Form "A 2."
For a book reprinted in the United States, with new copyright matter,
use Application Form "A 2."
For a book of foreign origin in a language or languages other than
English, use Application Form "A 3."
For _ad interim_ copyright in a book published abroad in the English
language, use Application Form "A 4."
For the American edition of a book in the English language on which _ad
interim_ copyright has been previously secured, use Application Form
and Affidavit Form "A 1."
For a _contribution_ to a newspaper or periodical, use Application Form
"A 5."
_Periodicals_: For a periodical, if it is desired to make a separate
application and remittance as each issue appears, use Application Form
"B 1." If it is desired to file a general application in advance, and
to deposit therewith a sum to cover the fees for several issues, use
Application Form "B 2."
_Oral Works_: For a Lecture, Sermon, or Address for oral delivery, use
Application Form "C."
_Dramas_: For a published Dramatic Composition, use Application Form "D
1."
For a Dramatic Composition of which copies are not reproduced for sale,
use Application Form "D 2."
For a published Dramatico-Musical Composition, use Application Form "D
3."
_Music_: For a Musical Composition published for the first time, use
Application Form "E."
For a Musical Composition, republished with new copyright matter, use
Application Form "E 1."
For a Musical Composition of which copies are not reproduced for sale,
use Application Form "E 2."
_Maps_: For a published map, use Application Form "F."
_Works of Art_: For a Work of Art (Painting, Drawing, or Sculpture); or
for Model or Design for a Work of Art, use Application Form "G."
_Drawing or Plastic Work_: For a published Drawing or Plastic Work of a
scientific or technical character, use Application Form "I 1."
For an unpublished Drawing or Plastic Work of a scientific or technical
character, use Application Form "I 2."
_Photographs_: For a Photograph published for sale, use Application
Form "J 1."
For a Photograph of which copies are not reproduced for sale, use
Application Form "J 2."
_Prints or Pictorial Illustrations_: For the registration of any
"Print" or "Pictorial Illustration," which is a printed picture,
complete in itself and having artistic quality, use Application Form
"K."
_Motion-Pictures_: For the registration of a Motion-Picture Photoplay
reproduced in copies for sale, use Application Form "L 1."
For a Motion-Picture Photoplay of which copies are not reproduced for
sale, use Application Form "L 2."
For a Motion-Picture, not a Photoplay, reproduced in copies for sale,
use Application Form "M 1."
For a Motion-Picture, not a Photoplay, not reproduced in copies for
sale, use Application Form "M 2."
=Renewal or extension:=
For the renewal of copyright subsisting in any work for the new renewal
term of twenty-eight years as provided by the present law, use Renewal
Form "R 1."
For the extension of an existing renewal term from fourteen years
as provided under the old law, to twenty-eight years granted by the
present law, use Extension Form "R 2."
¶These renewal forms can only be used within a period of one year
prior to the expiration of the existing term.
=Assignments:=
No forms are issued by the Copyright Office for assignments, or
licenses, nor for Postmaster's receipts for articles deposited.