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$ 99.00 CAD

Government and Admin Fee*

$ 199.00 CAD

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Select the category that best describes the majority of your work:*

Literary Work

Work of the Visual Arts

Sound Recording

Work of the Performing Arts

Motion Picture/Audio Visual Work

Single Serial Issue

Please briefly describe the general nature of the work being registered:*

(Examples: Website, Logo Artwork, Song Lyrics, Literary Work, Photograph(s), Musical Recording, Screenplay, Jewelry Design, Etc.)

Title of material: (Put titles separated by commas in this space.)*

Please let us know if this work is known by another title:

Creation and Publication

In what year was this work created (or substantially completed)?

(If a work has been prepared over a period of time, use the year that the most recent version was completed. You can ignore the time taken to make any minor changes/ adjustments in your work.)

Has the work been published?:

No

Yes

Previously published date (MM/DD/YYYY):

(A work is considered to be “published” when copies are distributed to the general public/ target audience through sale, lease, or lending. Mere printing or making copies of your work is not considered to “publication of your work.” For a website, if it has already been posted to the Internet, it is considered published. Note: Publication is not a requirement for copyright registration. Publication is defined as the distribution of copies of a work to the public by sale or transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending. A work is also published if there has been an offering to distribute copies to a group of persons for purposes of further distribution, public performance, or public display. The public display of a work, without more, is not considered publication.)

Author

Has a previous Copyright Registration been filed for this work?:

Yes

No

(A compilation is created by the collection and assembling of preexisting materials, arranged in such a way that the resulting work as a whole constitutes an original work of authorship. If you adapted or arranged preexisting materials that are not your own, and assembled them into an original work, you have created a compilation. For a compilation, copyright protects only the author's original material. Examples include: directories, catalogs, collage of photographs, greatest hits collections).

Author(s) (The person(s) who created the work seeking registration is/are considered the Author(s).

Is the work being registered a Work Made for Hire?:

Yes

No

Generally, copyright ownership belongs to the author. There is an exception, however, when the work is prepared by an employee within the scope of his or her employment or the work is specially ordered or commissioned in a certain circumstance. In that case, the employer or commissioning party is considered to be the author.

Please enter the authors name that was hired

(A work made for hire is a work created by an employee within the scope of his or her employment; or if the parties agree in writing that the work be considered a work made for hire. This, for example, could be a piece of software written by a programmer for his employer. If the work is made for hire, the employer or other person for whom the work was prepared is considered the author. If you are registering on behalf of a business, the work is considered a work made for hire; so select Yes.)

Please tell us if there are more than one author:

Sole author

Co author

Please enter the authors name that was hired

(You are the Sole Author if you created and own the work being registered. You are a Co-Author if two or more people contributed to the work, and both intend their respective contributions to join together as a single work. The contribution must be more than minimal work. Someone who performs non-creative work such as typing, collating, or correcting spelling errors is not considered an author.)

Is the author anonymous or using a pseudonym?:

Yes

No

Please enter Pseudonym/Anonymous:

(The authors contribution is anonymous if not identified on the work. An author can also use a pseudonym if identified under a fictitious name. If anonymous, leave the Name line blank or state anonymous. For a pseudonym, either leave the Name line blank, or enter the pseudonym and identify it as such. (Ex: John J. Jones, pseudonym) The citizenship or domicile must still be indicated.)

AUTHOR/CLAIMANT

The Author is the same as Owner ?

Name

First Middle Last

Mailing Address:*

Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

Is the author still alive?:*

Yes

No

Year of Birth:*

(Date of Birth is used by the Copyright Office for identification purposes. If applicable, the year of death determines the duration of copyright protection.)

if dead,the date of death

Authors Citizenship or Domicile:*

Country

(Indicate the country of which the Author is a citizen, or the country where the Author is domiciled (resides).

Nature of Authorship

Nature of the Authorship and Limitations

Indicate each element that you contributed to the work. If more than one author was identified in the prior step, then each needs to list their contribution. Please indicate the type of work contributed by the author. Check all that apply. (Later, you will need to submit a sample which shows each category of work claimed.)

(The copyright claimant is either the author of the work or a person or organization to whom the copyright has been transferred. In the case of a work made for hire, the employer owns the copyright. For these situations, select Yes. An author can sell or transfer a copyright. If the author has transferred this copyright to someone else, select No.)

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Single work with one author, filing fee (ex: book with only text)

More than one work or multiple authors, filing fee (ex: book with text and art)

A group of unpublished works, filing fee (ex: 10 unpublished songs, art, book series, etc.)

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that the applicant is the Author

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