Intellectual Property Law

Chapter 13 Internet Resources Solutions

1. Access the website of the Copyright Office.

a. What is the fee to preregister a work?
The fee is $140.

b. What is the fee to file a supplementary registration?
The fee is $130.

c. What is the fee to file a copyright application for a group of 10 issues of
People magazine?
The fee is $25 per issue, so the total fee would be $250.

2. Access the website of the Copyright Office and review Chapter 15 of the
Compendium. Specifically, review Section 1511.3. Must Pottery Barn submit two
copies to the Library of Congress of every catalog it issues?
No. Catalogs such as these are exempt from the mandatory deposit
requirements.

3. Access the website of the Copyright Office and select “Search Records.” Search
the catalog to obtain the answers to the following questions.

a. Locate Copyright Registration No. Pau0001815987. What is the title of
the work? What alternative titles were given for the work?
The work is Argo. Its alternate titles were Escape from Tehran,
Rescue Me, Smoke House Project, and Untitled Escape Project.

b. Locate Copyright Registration No. PRE000008128. What is this work?
What is the date of preregistration? What is the projected date of
publication?
This work is the movie The Intern. Its date of preregistration
was August 3, 2015, and its projected date of publication was
Sept. 25, 2015.

c. Locate the musical work Blank Space by Taylor Swift. Whom would you
contact for permission to reproduce this work?
One would contact Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

d. Locate Copyright Document No. V2425P435. What is this work? What
notes are given as to the nature of this document?
The work is the Princess Bride screenplay. The notes indicate
that this was a copyright mortgage and assignment.

e. How many results are located when you search for works by author
Stephen King? Select the work 11/22/63. What preexisting material is
identified?
As of the time of the writing of this text, there were 667 works
identified. The preexisting material identified as having been
used in 11/22/63 is “quotes, images, lyrics.”