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Form SR should be used when the copyright claim is limited to the sound recording itself, and it may also be used where the same copyright claimant is seeking simultaneous registration of the underlying musical, dramatic, or literary work embodied in the phonorecord.

Specifically, the number should consist of a twelve-character string, without spaces or hyphens. For published registration numbers with a prefix of TX, VA, PA, or SR enter the two letter prefix followed by ten digits.

The Single Application can only be used to register works created and owned by a single individual. This means that a work cannot be registered using the Single Application if it was created jointly by two or more authors, is a work made for hire, is a work that incorporates material created by someone else, etc.

Fees Registration of a claim in an original work of authorshipStandard Application$65Paper Filing (Forms PA, SR, TX, VA, SE)$125Registration of a claim in a group of unpublished works$85Registration of a claim in a group of published photographs or a claim in a group of unpublished photographs$5523 more rows

Form PA is used for the registration of music and/or lyrics (as well as other works of the performing arts), even if your song is on a cassette. Form SR is used for registering the performance and production of a particular recording of sounds.

And as mentioned before, the copyright symbol is generally not necessary. But the function of the symbol remains the same?to give notice that the identified work is protected by copyright.