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Definition from the copyright law, 17 U.S.C. § 101:

An audiovisual work consisting of a series of related images which, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion, together with accompanying sounds, if any.

From Compendium of Copyright Office Practices, § 808.3(D) :

A motion picture may embody the contributions of many persons whose efforts are brought together to make a unified cinematographic work of authorship.

Eligibility: To be eligible for preregistration, it is required that:

1. creation and fixation of the work in a motion picture format must have already commenced, i.e., filming must have begun
2. the claimant in the work can verify that he has a reasonable expectation that the work will be commercially distributed.
Sound Recordings
Definition from the copyright law, 17 U.S.C. § 101:
A work resulting from the fixation of a series of musical or other sounds, but not including the sounds accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work.

From Compendium of Copyright Office Practices, § 803.3:
Sound recording authorship may be contributed by the performer or by the record producer and many times is contributed by both.

Eligibility: All sound recordings, including those having musical compositions as well as other types of underlying works, e.g., spoken poems, are eligible for preregistration. In addition, it is required that:
1. at least some of the sounds must already have been fixed in a sound recording medium
2. the claimant in the work can verify that he has a reasonable expectation that the work will be commercially distributed
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Musical Compositions
Definition From Compendium of Copyright Office Practices, § 802.1; 802.3(A)-(D):
Original music, including any accompanying lyrics; also, original arrangements or other derivative versions of earlier musical compositions to which new copyrightable authorship has been added. Music is generally defined as a succession of pitches or rhythms, or both, usually in some definite pattern. Musical works are registrable without regard to aesthetic standards.

Eligibility: To be eligible for preregistration, it is required that:
1. creation of the musical work and fixation in some tangible medium, such as notated copies or audio recordings, must have commenced
2. a performance of the completed musical work will be reproduced in a sound recording or in a sound track of a motion picture which is intended for distribution, either in hard-copy formats or online
3. the claimant in the work can verify that he has a reasonable expectation the work will be commercially distributed
Literary Works Being Prepared for Publication in Book Form
Definition from the copyright law, 17 U.S.C. § 101:
Literary works are works, other than audiovisual works, expressed in words, numbers, or other verbal or numerical symbols or indicia.

From Compendium of Copyright Office Practices, § 703:
A nondramatic literary work is one that explains, describes, or narrates a particular idea, theme or subject.

Eligibility: To be eligible for preregistration, it is required that:
1. creation and fixation of the literary work must have already commenced
2. the claimant in the work can verify that he has a reasonable expectation that the work will be commercially distributed in the form of a book
Computer Programs (including videogames)
Definition from the copyright law, 17 U.S.C. § 101https://www.copyright.gov/title17/chapter1.pdf#page=2:
A computer program is a set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about a certain result.

From Compendium of Copyright Office Practices, § 721.5:
The Copyright Office considers source and object code as two representations of the same computer program.

Eligibility: To be eligible for preregistration, it is required that:
1. creation and fixation of the computer program – i.e., the code – must have already commenced
2. the claimant in the work can verify that he has a reasonable expectation that the work will be commercially distributed
Advertising or Marketing Photographs
Definition from the copyright law, 17 U.S.C. § 101:
includes photographs in its definition of “pictorial, graphic and sculptural works.”

From Compendium of Copyright Office Practices, § 909.1:
Original photographic composition capable of supporting [normal] registration may include such elements as time and light exposure, camera angle or perspective achieved, deployment of light and shadow from natural or artificial light sources, and the arrangement or disposition of persons, scenery, or other subjects depicted in the photograph.

Eligibility: To be eligible for preregistration, it is required that:
1. creation and fixation of the advertising or marketing photograph for a product or service must have already commenced, although further editing or modifications may not yet have occurred
2. the claimant can verify that he has a reasonable expectation that the photograph will be commercially distributed

NOTE: A claimant may also preregister multiple photographs taken for use in a particular advertising and marketing project for a particular product or service, if at least some of the photographs have been created and fixed and if the claimant can verify that he has a reasonable expectation that at least one of the photographs will be commercially distributed.
III. How to Complete the Preregistration ApplicationGeneralType of WorkTitleAdditional Titles (for sound recordings and musical works on albums only)AuthorCopyright ClaimantGive the full, legal name of the claimant, that is, the person (or company) who it is anticipated will be identified on the application as the owner of copyright in the completed work when the follow-up registration is made. The claimant is either the author or the person or organization that has obtained ownership of all rights under the copyright by means of a legal transfer from the author. It is not necessary that the author and claimant be identical if someone other than the author is, or will be, the copyright owner.Key DatesDescription of the WorkNotification and CertificationReview Submission
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