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Find the Legal Document When a Copyright Is Assigned to Another Owner?
TOPIC: Legal documents deal with the clarification or transfer of ownership rights from one party (Party of the First) to another (Party of the Second). Legal document records of a copyright include summary information about assignments and security interests, notices of termination of a registration, and declarations concerning authorship recorded with the Copyright Office. Legal documents can be very long.
U.S. Copyrights (File 120) provides access to registration details for all active copyright and mask-work registrations or renewals granted by the U.S. Copyright Office from January 1, 1978 to the present. The database is a fast screening tool for checking the ownership and registration status of a particular work, as well as a particular individual's or entity's portfolio of registered works.
In this example you want to find the legal document for any change of ownership to some of Barry Manilow's songs. You want to know what songs were assigned and to whom. You can limit to legal documents using /D.
COMMAND SUMMARY
BEGIN 120
EXPAND OW=MANILOW
SELECT E3:E9
SELECT S1/D
TYPE S2/6/ALL
TYPE S2/9/1
HOW TO...
1. BEGIN in the copyright database (File 120).
2. EXPAND on the owner's name (OW=) to see all variations for a particular owner.
Note: You can use CO= for owner's name for compatibility if you are searching more than one database.
3. SELECT all E numbers that pertain to Manilow to create Set 1 (S1).
4. Limit S1 to legal document records (/D). |
?b 120
File 120:U.S. Copyrights 1978-2007/Feb 06
(c) format only 2007 Dialog
Set Items Description
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?e co=manilow
Ref Items Index-term
E1 1 OW=MANILOFF, HOWARD, 1943-
E2 4 OW=MANILOFF, RANDY J., 1966-
E3 283 OW=MANILOW
E4 52 OW=MANILOW MUSIC
E5 2 OW=MANILOW MUSIC.
E6 2 OW=MANILOW PRODUCTIONS, LTD
E7 2 OW=MANILOW, B.
E8 228 OW=MANILOW, BARRY
E9 1 OW=MANILOW, BARRY, 1946-
E10 1 OW=MANILOW, BERRY
E11 1 OW=MANILOW, DAVID LOUIS, 1959-
E12 34 OW=MANIMAL
E13 33 OW=MANIMAL MUSIC
E14 1 OW=MANIMALA
E15 1 OW=MANIMALA, JOSEPH CHACKO
E16 7 OW=MANIMALS
E17 7 OW=MANIMALS, INC
E18 1 OW=MANIMELWADU
E19 2 OW=MANIMOI
E20 2 OW=MANIMOI, JAN MCMORRIS, 1958-
E21 15 OW=MANIN
E22 5 OW=MANIN AUDIOTEXT NETWORK, INC
E23 2 OW=MANIN, ALAN
E24 4 OW=MANIN, DAVID, 1963-
E25 1 OW=MANIN, DELORES
Enter PAGE for more
?s e3:e9
S1 283 OW='MANILOW':OW='MANILOW, BARRY, 1946-'
?s s1/d
S2 13 S1/D
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5. TYPE all legal document records in Set 2 (S2) using Format 6 to see the copyright titles.
Note: Some records have been omitted from this display.
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?t s2/6/all
2/6/1
DIALOG(R)File 120: U.S. Copyrights
(c) format only 2007 Dialog. All rights reserved.
Monterey & 3 other titles; musical compositions.
By Barry Manilow & co-writers as noted. Assignment
of copyrights.
Date of Execution: January 02, 1999
2/6/2
DIALOG(R)File 120: U.S. Copyrights
(c) format only 2007 Dialog. All rights reserved.
A Beep and a bed pan & 287 other titles; musical
compositions. Assignment.
Date of Execution: August 28, 1990
2/6/3
DIALOG(R)File 120: U.S. Copyrights
(c) format only 2007 Dialog. All rights reserved.
Assignment of Copyright
Date of Execution: October 28, 1981; date of cert.:
October 14, 1987 |
6. TYPE records using Format 9 if you want to see all the song titles included as in this record.
Use Format 2 to see the entire legal document record MINUS
the list of titles in the Works section.
Note the song titles are listed. |
?t s2/9/1
2/9/1
DIALOG(R)File 120: U.S. Copyrights
(c) format only 2007 Dialog. All rights reserved.
15991913
Monterey & 3 other titles; musical compositions.
By Barry Manilow & co-writers as noted. Assignment
of copyrights.
Party of the First: Manilow, Barry, by Careers-BMG Music
Publishing, Inc. (Atty)
Party of the Second: Careers-BMG Music Publishing, Inc.
Document Type: Assignment of Copyright
Works: Monterey.
Morning.
Rosalie, Rosie. Co-writer, Adrienne Arzt.
Star children. Co-writer, Adrienne Arzt.
Date of Execution: January 02, 1999
Date Recorded: March 16, 1999
Microfilm: V003431 P293 |
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