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U.S. Copyright Office
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November 3, 1998
Issue 25
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Federal Register
     Corrections and Amplifications of Copyright Registrations;
Applications for Supplementary Registration (63 FR 59235)

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CORRECTIONS AND AMPLIFICATIONS OF COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS;
APPLICATIONS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTRATION (63 FR 59235)
     Subsection 408(d) of the Copyright Act authorizes the Register of
Copyrights to accept applications for supplementary registration to
correct errors or to amplify information in basic registrations. The
Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is now changing the
regulatory language to clarify the type of amplification that may be
made to a basic registration through supplementary registration.
     As revised, Sec. 201.5(b)(2)(ii)(A) now expressly states that a
supplementary registration may be made to provide information "such as
the identity of a co-author or co-claimant." This amendment also
clarifies that an amplification may not be made through supplementary
registration to add information about an owner or claimant who acquired
a copyright claim on or after the effective date of registration.
     These changes clarify what have been the Copyright Office's
longstanding practices and procedures. There will be no change in
Copyright Office procedures as a result of this amendment.

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November 3, 1998: Effective date of interim rule on corrections on
amplifications of copyright registrations with regard to applications
for supplementary registration

November 23, 1998: Deadline for filing comments on the specialty station
list published in the Federal Register on Oct. 23, 1998

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