If objection filed: Letter sent to both parties. Replies from both. Hearing by Registrar. Application accepted/rejected.

Decide on work registration status.
Decide on disputes regarding copyright assignment.
Decide on granting compulsory licenses for republishing withheld works.
Decide on granting compulsory licenses for publishing unpublished works/translations.
Grant compulsory licenses for producing/publishing translations of literary/dramatic works.
Grant compulsory licenses for reproducing/republishing literary, scientific, or artistic works.
Rectify the Register of Copyright.

Nature of Work	Term/Duration
Published literary, dramatic, musical, artistic work	Author's lifetime + 60 years (from Jan 1 of year following death)
Anonymous/pseudonymous literary, dramatic, musical, artistic work (generally)	60 years from creation (from Jan 1 of year following publication)
Author's true name disclosed before death (anonymous/pseudonymous work)	Author's lifetime + 60 years (from Jan 1 of year following death)
Multiple authors, identity disclosed before death (anonymous/pseudonymous work)	Last author's lifetime + 60 years (from Jan 1 of year following death)
Posthumously published work (literary, dramatic, musical, adaptation, engravings)	60 years from creation (from Jan 1 of year following publication)
Photographs	Treated as literary work; Author's lifetime + 60 years
Cinematograph Films	60 years from creation (from Jan 1 of year following publication)
Sound Recordings	60 years from creation (from Jan 1 of year following publication)
Works owned by government/public undertakings	60 years from creation (from Jan 1 of year following publication)
Works owned by International Organizations	60 years from creation (from Jan 1 of year following publication)

Author: Creator of "Original Works of Authorship" (OWA).
Owner: Not always the author; ownership can transfer due to contract or purpose.
First Owner: Generally the author who creates the work.
Employee Work: Employer is the first owner for work created "in the course of employment."
Partner Work: Vests in the partnership.
Contract of Service: Person who instituted the service is first owner (employer-employee relationship).
Contract for Service: Author is the first owner (author has discretion).
Public Speech: Speaker is first owner, regardless of employment or