Humor in the Government -- Copyright Registration

I came across the following FAQ when researching copyright registration today at the US Copyright Office. It concerns what can and cannot be copyrighted:

"How do I protect my sighting of Elvis?
Copyright law does not protect sightings. However, copyright law will protect your photo (or other depiction) of your sighting of Elvis. Just send it to us with a Form VA application and the filing fee. No one can lawfully use your photo of your sighting, although someone else may file his own photo of his sighting. Copyright law protects the original photograph, not the subject of the photograph."

For the full FAQ page: http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html

Maybe it was because the topic was so dry and fraught with peril as I tried to figure out how to register an anthology I edited and why a recent book might be listed in the LOC catalogue at www.worldcat.org but not in the copyright catalogue: http://cocatalog.loc.gov/

Needless to say, if you know the answers, feel free to spout your wisdom in the comments or to my email address :)

I am also thinking of copyrighting Meankitty's site. Anybody ever formally copyrighted a site? Meankitty's site is huge, and the thought of a print-out of the whole site, not to mention re-registering every time I updated, is both onerous and costly. I could send a CD that contained the entire site and print-outs of representative pages:

"Option 1: A computer disk or CD-ROM containing the entire work and representative portions of the original authorship being registered in hard copy (printout, audiocassette, or videotape, as appropriate). If the work is short (five pages or less of text/artwork, or 3 minutes or less of music, sounds, or audiovisual material), deposit the entire work and confirm that it contains the entire copyrightable content. If the work is longer, deposit five representative pages or 3 representative minutes, including the title, author, and copyright notice, if any. The hard copy should include the title, author, and copyright notice, if any. A label with the information should be placed on the disk or CD-ROM case. Do not label the CD-ROM itself."

The question being -- in what format should I put the webpages on the CD-Rom? The other question being -- what about updates? Here is what I found:

"Revisions and Updates
Many works transmitted online, such as websites, are revised or updated frequently. Generally, copyrightable revisions to online works that are published on separate days must each be registered individually, with a separate application and filing fee (unless it meets the requirements in the following two sections). Registration of a revised version covers only the new or revised material added. The version of the work that is deposited should be the same version described on the application; thus, the title and dates on the application should correspond with those on the deposit copy. See Circular 14, Copyright Registration for Derivative Works, for important additional information on registering revised works."

I am not sure how to interpret this -- maybe if I only send the new or revised material and use the same version described on the application, then I don't have to pay $45 for every update?

JW