613.10 (B) Name of Author: Variances
As a general rule, the person(s) named in the application as the author(s) of the work should be consistent with the information that appears on the deposit copy(ies) or elsewhere in the registration materials. Ordinarily, the registration specialist will give greater weight to the information that appears in the application. If appropriate, the registration specialist may add an annotation to the registration record, or a note to the online public record to clarify the information given in the application, or to add information that appears in the deposit copy(ies) or elsewhere in the registration materials. As discussed in Section 603.2 (C), the specialist may communicate with the applicant if there is a material variance between the information provided in the application and the information that appears on the deposit copy(ies) or elsewhere in the registration materials.