[Federal Register: June 28, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 125)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office
37 CFR Parts 201 and 202
[Docket No. RM 2000-5]
Copyright Rules and Regulations: Copyright, Registration of
Claims to Copyright
AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
ACTION: Final rule; technical amendments.
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SUMMARY: The Copyright Office has reviewed its regulations and found
non-substantive errors in its general copyright provisions and its
rules governing registration of claims to copyright. This document
contains technical amendments to correct these errors.
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 28, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marilyn J. Kretsinger, Assistant
General Counsel, Copyright GC/I&R, PO Box 70400, Southwest Station,
Washington DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 707-8380. Fax: (202) 707-8366.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Copyright Office recently conducted an
extensive review of Parts 201 and 202 of its regulations. This document
is published to update and correct minor errors in the text to these
parts as published in the Code of Federal Regulations.
List of Subjects
37 CFR Part 201
Copyright.
37 CFR Part 202
Claims, Copyright.
Final Rule
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, 37 CFR Chapter II is
amended by making the following corrections and amendments:
PART 201--GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. The authority citation for Part 201 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702.
Sec. 201.1 [Amended]
2. In Sec. 201.1, paragraph (a) remove the ``.'' (period) after
``SE''.
3. In Sec. 201.1, paragraphs (c) and (d) are revised to read as
follows:
Sec. 201.1 Communications with the Copyright Office.
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(c) Copies of records or deposits. Requests for copies of records
or deposits should be addressed to the Library of Congress, Copyright
Office, Certifications and Documents Section, LM-402, 101 Independence
Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20559-6000.
(d) Search of records. Requests for searches of registrations and
recordations in the completed catalogs, indexes, and other records of
the Copyright Office should be addressed to the Library of Congress,
Copyright Office, Reference and Bibliography Section, LM-450, 101
Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20559-6000.
Sec. 201.3 [Amended]
4. In Sec. 201.3(d)(11)(v), remove the ``.'' (period) after the
``:'' (colon).
5. In the heading to the table in Sec. 201.3(e), remove
``division'' and add ``Division'' in its place.
Sec. 201.4 [Amended]
6. In Sec. 201.4(a)(1)(iv), revise ``17 U.S.C'' to read ``17
U.S.C.''.
7. In Sec. 201.4(c)(2)(ii), add ``title'' after ``recordable under
this''.
8. In Sec. 201.4(a)(1), (2) and (3)(i), remove ``Title'' and add
``title'' in its place.
9. In Sec. 201.4, paragraph (d) is revised to read as follows:
Sec. 201.4 Recordation of transfers and certain other documents.
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(d) Fees. The fees for recordation of a document are prescribed in
Sec. 201.3(c).
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Sec. 201.5 [Amended]
10.-11. In Sec. 201.5(c)(1)(viii)(C), add a ``,'' (comma) after
``other copyright claimant.''
12. In Sec. 201.5(c)(2), remove ``.'' (period) after ``SE''.
Sec. 201.7 [Amended]
13. In Sec. 201.7(c)(4)(iii), remove the excess space after
``(iii)''.
14. In Sec. 201.7(c)(4)(ix), add a ``,'' (comma) after ``January 1,
1978''.
15. In Sec. 201.7(d), add a ``,'' (comma) after ``information or
deposit copy''.
Sec. 201.25 [Amended]
16. In Sec. 201.25(d), remove ``statement'' after ``Visual Arts
Registry'' and add ``Statement'' in its place.
17. In Sec. 201.25(f), add the heading ``Effect of recordation.''
Sec. 201.26 [Amended]
18. In Sec. 201.26(g)(3), add ``-4260'' after ``20540''.
Sec. 201.35 [Amended]
19. In Sec. 201.35(f), remove the period ``.'' after ``SE''.
Sec. 201.36 [Amended]
20. In Sec. 201.36(c), last sentence, (f) and (g) introductory
text, remove ``use'' after ``Reports of'' and add ``Use'' in its place.
Sec. 201.37 [Amended]
21. In the heading to Sec. 201.37(b), add an ``s'' to the word
``Definition''.
PART 202--REGISTRATION OF CLAIMS TO COPYRIGHT
22. The authority citation for Part 202 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 17 U.S.C. 408, 702.
Sec. 202.3 [Amended]
23. In Sec. 202.3(b)(3)(i)(A), remove ``A'' and add ``a'' after
``published works:''.
Sec. 202.17 [Amended]
24. In Sec. 202.17(g)(2)(i), remove ``duty'' and add ``duly'' in
its place.
Sec. 202.23 [Amended]
25. In Sec. 202.23(d), add ``or'' after ``deposit made on''; add a
``,'' (comma) after ``1978''.
Dated: June 20, 2000.
Marilyn J. Kretsinger,
Assistant General Counsel.
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