The U.S. Copyright Office issues announcements, rules, proposed rules, and other notices in the Federal Register, an official U.S. government publication published daily by the National Archives and Records Administration. This page contains notices published in 2002. Please see the main Federal Register page for links to notices in other years.

2002

Notification of Agreement Under the Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002: Notice of agreement
67 FR 78510, December 24, 2002
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Notice of Termination: Interim rule
67 FR 78176, December 23, 2002
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Notice of Termination: Notice of proposed rulemaking
67 FR 77951, December 20, 2002
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Noncommercial Educational Broadcasting Compulsory License: Final rule
67 FR 77170, December 17, 2002
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Filing of Claims for DART Royalty Funds: Waiver of regulation
67 FR 71477, December 2, 2002
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Cost of Living Adjustment for Performance of Musical Compositions by Colleges and Universities: Final rule
67 FR 71105, November 29, 2002
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Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings and Ephemeral Recordings: Request for notices of intent to participate and written comments on scheduling
67 FR 70093, November 20, 2002
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Notice of Termination: Final rule
67 FR 69134, November 15, 2002
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Noncommercial Educational Broadcasting Compulsory License: Notice of proposed rulemaking
67 FR 66090, October 30, 2002
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Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies: Notice of inquiry
67 FR 63578, October 15, 2002
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Notice and Recordkeeping for Use of Sound Recordings Under Statutory Licenses: Notice requesting written proposals and announcing status conference
67 FR 59573, September 23, 2002
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Public Performance of Sound Recordings: Definition of a Service: Request for Comments
67 FR 58550, September 17, 2002
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Ascertainment of Controversy for the 2000 Cable Royalty Funds: Notice with request for comments and notices of intention to participate
67 FR 55885, August 30, 2002
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Ascertainment of Controversy for the Distribution of the 1999, 2000 and 2001 Digital Audio Recording Royalty Funds: Notice with request for comments and notices of intention to participate
67 FR 46698, July 16, 2002 Version: PDF, text
67 FR 47574, July 19, 2002 Correction Version: PDF, text

Determination of Reasonable Rates and Terms for the Digital Performance of Sound Recordings and Ephemeral Recordings: Final Rule
67 FR 45239, July 8, 2002
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Fees: Final rule
67 FR 38003, May 31, 2002
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Filing of Claims for Cable and Satellite Royalties: Waiver of regulation
67 FR 21176, April 30, 2002
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Notice and Recordkeeping for Use of Sound Recordings Under Statutory License: Announcement of public roundtable
67 FR 18148, April 15, 2002
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Copyright Restoration of Works in Accordance With the Uruguay Round Agreements Act; Notification Pertaining to Notices of Intent To Enforce Restored Copyrights: Notification of request to retract prior filings of notices of intent to enforce restored copyrights, correction
67 FR 15417, April 1, 2002
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Noncommercial Educational Broadcasting Compulsory License: Announcement of voluntary negotiation period, precontroversy discovery schedule, and request for Notices of Intent to Participate
67 FR 15414, April 1, 2002
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Notice and Recordkeeping for Use of Sound Recordings under Statutory License: Extension of comment period
67 FR 10652, March 8, 2002
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Registration of Claims to Copyright: Group Registration of Contributions to Periodicals: Final rule
67 FR 10329, March 7, 2002
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Notice and Recordkeeping for Use of Sound Recordings Under Statutory License: Notice of proposed rulemaking
67 FR 5761, February 7, 2002 Version: PDF, text
67 FR 9045, Correction February 27, 2002 Version: PDF, text
 
Filing of Claims for DART Royalty Funds: Waiver of regulation
67 FR 5213, February 5, 2002
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Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panels: List of Arbitrators
67 FR 5000, February 1, 2002
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Mechanical and Digital Phonorecord Delivery Compulsory License: Extension of comment period
67 FR 4694, January 31, 2002
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Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings and Ephemeral Recordings: Initiation of voluntary negotiation period
67 FR 4472, January 30, 2002
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Ascertainment of Controversy for the 2000 Satellite Royalty Funds: Request for notices of intention to participate
67 FR 2912, January 22, 2002
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