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Form SE For A Serial Form. This is a Official Federal Forms form and can be use in US Copyright Office.
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PRIVACY ACT ADVISORY STATEMENT Required by the Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-579)The authority for requesting this information is title 17 U.S.C. 247409 and 247410. Furnishing the requested information is voluntary. But if the information is not furnished, it may be necessary to provided in chapters 4 and 5 of title 17 U.S.C. The principal uses of the requested information are the establishment and maintenance of a public record and the examination of the application for compliance with lthe registration requirements of the copyright code. Other routine uses include public inspection and copying, preparation of public indexes, preparation of public catalogs of copyright registrations, and preparation of search reports upon request.NOTE: No other advisory statement will be given in connection with this application. Please keep this statement and refer to it if we communicate with you regarding this application.BASIC INFORMATION4 þ Form SE þ Detach and read these instructions before completing this form. þ Make sure all applicable spaces have been 037lled in before you return this form.Please type or print using black ink. The form is used to produce the certificate. LINE-BY-LINE INSTRUCTIONSWhen to Use This Form: Use a separate Form SE for registration of each individual issue of a serial. A serial is de037ned as a work issued or intended to be issued in successive parts bearing numerical or chronological designations and intended to be continued inde037nitely. This class includes a variety of works, such as periodicals; newspapers; annuals; and the journals, proceedings, and transactions of societies. Do not use Form SE to register an individual contribu-tion to a serial. Go to www.copyright.gov to register such contributions.Deposit to Accompany Application: An application for copyright registration must be accompanied by a deposit consisting of copies or phonorecords rep-resenting the entire work for which registration is to be made. The following are the general deposit requirements as set forth in the statute:Unpublished Work: Deposit one complete copy (or phonorecord).Published Work: Deposit two complete copies (or one phonorecord) of the best edition.Work First Published Outside the United States: Deposit one complete copy (or phonorecord) of the 037rst foreign edition.Mailing Requirements: You must send the application, the deposit copy or copies, and the registration fee together in the same envelope or package to the address in space 9. The Copyright Of037ce cannot process them unless they are received together.The Copyright Notice: Before March 1, 1989, the use of copyright notice was mandatory on all published works, and any work 037rst published before that date should have carried a notice. For works 037rst published on and after March 1, 1989, use of the copyright notice is optional. For more information about copyright notice, see Circular 3, Copyright Notices.For Further Information: To speak to a Copyright Office staff member, call (202) 707-3000 or 1-877-476-0778. Recorded information is available 24 hours a day. Register online and access circulars and all copyright application forms from the Copyright Office website at www.copyright.gov. Or, request publica-tions from the Forms and Publications Hotline at (202) 707-9100. Leave a recorded message. To send an email communication, click on Contact Us at the bottom of the homepage. 1 SPACE 1: TitleTitle of This Serial: Every work submitted for copyright registration must be given a title to identify that particular work. If the copies or phono-records of the work bear a title (or an identifying phrase that could serve as a title), copy that wording completely and exactly on the application. Give the volume and number of the periodical issue for which you are seeking registra-tion. The 223Date on Copies224 in space 1 should be the date appearing on the actual copies (for example: 223June 1981,224 223Winter 1981224). Indexing of the regis-tration and future identi037cation of the work will depend on the information you give here.Previous or Alternative Titles: Complete this space only if there are any ad-ditional titles for the serial under which someone searching for the registration might be likely to look or under which a document pertaining to the work might be recorded. 2 SPACE 2: Author(s)General Instructions: After reading these instructions, decide who are the 223authors224 of this work for copyright purposes. In the case of a serial issue, the organization that directs the creation of the serial issue as a whole is generally considered the author of the 223collective work224 (see 223Nature of Au-thorship224) whether it employs a staff or uses the efforts of volunteers. Where, however, an individual is independently responsible for the serial issue, name that person as author of the 223collective work.224Name of Author: The fullest form of the author222s name should be given. In the case of a 223work made for hire,224 the statute provides that 223the employer or other person for whom the work was prepared is considered the author.224 If this issue is a 223work made for hire,224 the author222s name will be the full legal name of the hiring organization, corporation, or individual. The title of the periodi-cal should not ordinarily be listed as 223author224 because the title itself does not usually correspond to a legal entity capable of authorship. When an individual creates an issue of a serial independently and not as an 223employee224 of an orga-nization or corporation, that individual should be listed as the 223author.224Author222s Nationality or Domicile: Give the country of which the author is a citizen, or the country in which the author is domiciled. Nationality or domicile must be given in all cases. The citizenship of an organization formed under U.S. federal or state law should be stated as 223U.S.A.224What Is a 223Work Made for Hire224? A 223work made for hire224 is de037ned as (1) 223a work prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment224; or (2) 223a work specially ordered or commissioned for use as a contribution to a collective work, as a part of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, as a translation, as a supplementary work, as a compilation, as an instructional text, as a test, as answer material for a test, or as an atlas, if the parties expressly agree in a written instrument signed by them that the work shall be considered a work made for hire.224 An organization that uses the efforts of volunteers in the creation of a 223collective work224 (see 223Nature of Authorship224) may also be considered the author of a 223work made for hire224 even though those volunteers were not speci037cally paid by the organization. In the case of a 223work made for hire,224 give the full legal name of the employer and check 223Yes224 to indicate that the work was made for hire. You may also include the name of the employee along with the name of the employer (for example: 223Elster Publishing Co., employer for hire of John Ferguson224).223Anonymous224 or 223Pseudonymous224 Work: Leave this space blank if the serial is a 223work made for hire.224 An author222s contribution to a work is 223anonymous224 if that author is not identi037ed on the copies or phonorecords of the work. An author222s contribution to a work is 223pseudonymous224 if that author is identi037ed on the copies or phonorecords under a 037ctitious name. If the work is 223anony-mous,224 you may: (1) leave the line blank; or (2) state 223anonymous224 on the line; or (3) reveal the author222s identify. If the work is 223pseudonymous,224 you may: (1) leave the line blank; or (2) give the pseudonym and identify it as such (for example: 223Huntley Haverstock, pseudonym224); or (3) reveal the author222s name, making clear which is the real name and which is the pseudonym (for example: 223Judith Barton, whose pseudonym is Madeline Elster224). However, the citizen-ship or domicile of the author must be given in all cases. American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com Dates of Birth and Death: Leave this space blank if the author222s contribution was a 223work made for hire.224 If the