Posted by J. Clarke on 02/15/06 14:00

gypsymoth wrote:

> I'm in the process of submitting a copyright registration with the US
> Copyright Office. I found out that the Copyright Office will only
> accept several media formats. For the home production folks, VHS seems
> the only cost-effective submission media. I thoroughly documented my
> finding here:
>
http://www.camerahacker.com/Forums/DisplayComments.php?file=Video%20Camera/Don..t_throw_away_your_VHS_VCR_just_yet..html
>
> It seems a little bit backward that the full production is in digital
> with miniDV and computer. But the registration submission material is
> analog. I searched for discussion on this issue on the Internet and the
> Newgroups archives, but found no relevant result.
>
> So, what do you guys think/know about this issue?

(1) those are for "published works"
(2) "videodisk" is acceptable, presumably that includes DVD
(3) the provisions for unpublished works are different
(4) If you really want to know the straight poop, _call_ them and _ask_

> Chieh
> --
> Hacking Digital Cameras -
> http://www.camerahacker.com/books/Hacking_Digital_Cameras/

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