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CFR /  Title 37  /  Part 270  /  Sec. 270.5 Designated collection and distribution organizations

(a) General. This section prescribes rules under which records of use shall be collected and distributed under section 114(f) of title 17 of the United States Code, and under which records of such use shall be kept and made available.

(b) Definitions. (1) A Collective is a collection and distribution organization that is designated under the statutory license, either by settlement agreement reached under section 114(f)(1)(A) or section 114(f)(1)(C)(i) and adopted pursuant to 37 CFR 251.63(b), or by decision of a Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) under section 114(f)(1)(B) or section 114(f)(1)(C)(ii), or by an order of the Librarian pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 802(f).

(1) A Collective is a collection and distribution organization that is designated under the statutory license, either by settlement agreement reached under section 114(f)(1)(A) or section 114(f)(1)(C)(i) and adopted pursuant to 37 CFR 251.63(b), or by decision of a Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) under section 114(f)(1)(B) or section 114(f)(1)(C)(ii), or by an order of the Librarian pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 802(f).

(2) A Service is an entity engaged in the digital transmission of sound recordings pursuant to section 114(f) of title 17 of the United States Code.

(c) Notice of Designation as Collective under Statutory License. A Collective shall file with the Licensing Division of the Copyright Office and post and make available online a ``Notice of Designation as Collective under Statutory License,'' which shall be identified as such by prominent caption or heading, and shall contain the following information:

(1) The Collective name, address, telephone number and facsimile number;

(2) A statement that the Collective has been designated for collection and distribution of performance royalties under statutory license for digital transmission of sound recordings; and

(3) Information on how to gain access to the online website or home page of the Collective, where information may be posted under this part concerning the use of sound recordings under statutory license. The address of the Licensing Division is: Library of Congress, Copyright Office, Licensing Division, 101 Independence Avenue, SE., Washington, DC 20557-6400.

(d) Annual Report. The Collective will post and make available online, for the duration of one year, an Annual Report on how the Collective operates, how royalties are collected and distributed, and what the Collective spent that fiscal year on administrative expenses.

(e) Inspection of Reports of Use by copyright owners. The Collective shall make copies of the Reports of Use for the preceding three years available for inspection by any sound recording copyright owner, without charge, during normal office hours upon reasonable notice. The Collective shall predicate inspection of Reports of Use upon information relating to identity, location and status as a sound recording copyright owner, and the copyright owner's written agreement not to utilize the information for purposes other than royalty collection and distribution, and determining compliance with statutory license requirements, without express consent of the Service providing the Report of Use. The Collective shall render its best efforts to locate copyright owners in order to make available records of use, and such efforts shall include searches in Copyright Office public records and published directories of sound recording copyright owners.

(f) Confidentiality. Copyright owners, their agents, and Collectives shall not disseminate information in the Reports of Use to any persons not entitled to it, nor utilize the information for purposes other than royalty collection and distribution, and determining compliance with statutory license requirements, without express consent of the Service providing the Report of Use.

(g) Termination and dissolution. If a Collective terminates its collection and distribution operations prior to the close of its term of designation, the Collective shall notify the Copyright Office, and all Services transmitting sound recordings under statutory license, by certified or registered mail. The dissolving Collective shall provide each such Service with information identifying the copyright owners it has served. [69 FR 11527, Mar. 11, 2004, Redesignated at 69 FR 58262, Sept. 30, 2004]

INDEX TO CHAPTER II_COPYRIGHT OFFICE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Editorial Note: This listing is provided for informational purposes only. It is compiled and kept current by the Department of Commerce. This index is updated as of July 1, 2015.

SectionAuditor's Reports, and other verification information filed in the Copyright Office for digital audio recording devices or media.....201.29Access to, and confidentiality of, Statements of Account for digital audio recording devices or media..........................201.29Accounts, deposit..................................................201.6Account (Statements of) for digital audio recording devices or media.............................................................201.28Acquisition and deposit of unpublished television transmission programs..........................................................202.22Addresses prescribed for communications with the Copyright Office

201.1, 201.2, 201.5, 202.3Administrative classification and application forms for registration.................................................202.3(b)(2)Basic or general purpose.......................................201.1 (a)Filing of materials in CARP proceedings...............257.4(a), 259.5(a)Form and content of application for supplementary registration

201.5(c)(2)Group registration of related serials, letter affirming submission of copies to Library of Congress.............................202.3(c)(5)Inspection and copying of records............................201.2(b)(5)Legal processes....................................................205.2Special limited addresses.......................................201.1(b)Advance notices of potential infringement.........................201.22Affixation (methods of) of copyright notice and positions on works

201.20Agreements between copyright owners and public broadcasting entities, Recordation of...........................................201.9Amend or correct individual's record under Privacy Act, Appeal of refusal to.........................................................204.8Amendment or correction of records under Privacy Act, Request for

204.7Annual Statements of Account, Contents of......................201.28(f)Anti-circumvention, (circumvention), Exemptions to prohibition against...........................................................201.40Architectural works...............................................202.11Architectural works, Deposit of......................202.20(c)(2)(xviii)Archives and libraries, Warnings of copyright for use by..........201.14Arts (visual), registration of (see Pictorial, graphic & sculptural works).........................................202.10, 202.20Arts (visual) registry............................................201.25Audio (digital) recording devices or media, Initial notice of distribution of...................................................201.27Audio (digital) recording devices or media, Statements of Account for...............................................................201.28Auditor's Reports filed in Copyright Office for digital audio recording devices or media (Access to, and confidentiality of)....201.29Auditor's Reports (In general)............................201.28, 201.29Basic registration defined......................................201.5(a)Best Edition......................202.19, 202.20, Appendix B to Part 202 Blind and physically handicapped, \1\ Voluntary license to permit reproduction of nondramatic literary works solely for use of......201.15---------------------------------------------------------------------------

\1\ But see 17 U.S.C. 121 (reproduction for blind or other people with disabilities), added by the Act of September 16, 1996, Pub. L. 104-197, 110 Stat. 2394, 2416.--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Broadcasting entities and copyright owners, Recordation of agreements between.................................................201.9Broadcasting entities (public), Performance of musical compositions by.............................................253.4, 253.5Broadcasting entity (public) defined...............................253.2Cable and satellite statutory licenses.................201.11 and 201.17Cable compulsory license, Adjustment of royalty fees for....256.1, 256.2Cable compulsory license, Application of the 3.75% rate....201.17, 256.2Cable contracts for systems outside 48 contiguous states, Recordation of....................................................201.12Cable royalty fees, Filing of claims for [under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4), 801, and 803]..................................252.1 to 252.5Cable systems, Statements of Account covering compulsory licenses for secondary transmissions by....................................201.17Cancellation of completed registrations............................201.7Cartographic (three-dimensional) representations of area, such as globes and relief models.............................202.20(c)(2)(xi)(B)Certification and Documents Section, Information and Reference Division, as address for certain requests.......................201.1(c)Certification of copies or documents, Requests for..............201.2(d)Certification (official) defined................................201.4(a)Circumvention, Exemptions to prohibition against..................201.40Claimants, Copyright applications..................................202.3Claims to cable royalty fees under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4), 801 and 803.......................................................252.1 to 252.5Claims to satellite royalties........................................257Coin-operated phonorecord player defined...........................254.2Coin-operated phonorecord players, Adjustment of royalty rate for

254.1 to 254.3Collective works, Deposit of contributions to...........202.20(c)(2)(xv)Colleges and universities, Performance of nondramatic musical compositions by public broadcasting entities licensed to...........253.5Commercial prints and labels, Deposit of.................202.20(c)(2)(v)Communications with Copyright Office, Addresses prescribed for (see Addresses for communication)..................................201.1Complete copy defined for mandatory deposit only............202.19(b)(2)Complete copy for purposes of registration, Definition of...202.20(b)(2)Compulsory license for making/distributing phonorecords of nondramatic musical works, Notice of intention to obtain..........201.18Compulsory license for making/distributing phonorecords of nondramatic musical works, Rates..........................255.1 to 255.5Compulsory license for making/distributing phonorecords of nondramatic musical works, Royalties and statements of account under...................................................210.11 to 210.19Compulsory license for secondary transmissions by cable systems, Statements of Account covering....................................201.17Compulsory license, Record keeping for use of sound recordings....201.35

to 201.37Compulsory license, Sound recordings....................201.35 to 201.37Computer programs and databases embodied in machine-readable copies other than CD-ROM format, Deposit of............202.20(c)(2)(vii)Computer shareware, Recordation of documents pertaining to........201.26Computer software (public domain), Recordation of documents regarding donation of.............................................201.26 Confidentiality of, and access to, Statements of Account, Auditor's Reports, and other verification information filed in the Copyright Office for digital audio recording devices or media.....201.29Congress (Library of), Deposit of published copies or phonorecords for...............................................................202.19Congress (Library of), Transfer of unpublished copyright deposits to................................................................201.23Contents of Statements of Account covering compulsory licenses for secondary cable transmissions..................................201.17(e)Contributions to collective works, Deposit of...........202.20(c)(2)(xv)Copies and phonorecords, Deposit for copyright registration of....202.20Copies containing both visually perceptible and machine-readable material other than a CD-ROM format, Deposit of.........202.20(c)(2)(ix)Copies, Deposit of identifying material instead of................202.21Copies deposited, Return of.....................................201.6(d)Copies of records or deposits, Requests for.....................201.1(c)Copies or phonorecords (published) for the Library of Congress, Deposit of........................................................202.19Copy (complete) defined for mandatory deposit only..........202.19(b)(2)Copying of records and indexes (Inspection and).................201.2(b)Copying of records under Freedom of Information Act [FOIA] (Inspection and)...................................................203.5Copyright deposits, Full-term retention of........................202.23Copyright deposits (unpublished), Transfer to Library of Congress of................................................................201.23Copyright, Material not subject to.................................202.1Copyright notice, General..........................................202.2Copyright notice, Methods of affixation and position..............201.20Copyright Office fees. See Fees....................................201.3Copyright Office, Information given by.............................201.2Copyright Office, Proper address for mail and other communications with...............................................................201.1Copyright owners and broadcasting entities, Recordation of agreements between.................................................201.9Copyright, Registration of claims to...............................202.3Copyright restoration for certain motion pictures and their contents under NAFTA, \2\ Procedures for..........................201.31---------------------------------------------------------------------------

\2\ NAFTA is the acronym for North American Free Trade Agreement.--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright restoration under Uruguay Round Agreements Act..........201.33Copyright Warning for software lending by nonprofit libraries.....201.24Correction or amendment of records under Privacy Act, Request for

204.7Corrections and amplifications of copyright registrations..........201.5Correspondence (official), Access and requests for copies of....201.2(c)

& (d)Databases and computer programs embodied in machine-readable copies other than CD-ROM format, Deposit of............202.20(c)(2)(vii)Date (effective) of registration...................................202.4Date of recordation defined..........................201.4(a), 201.26(f)Definitions:Advance Notice of Potential Infringement....................201.22(a)(1)Annual Statement of Account (compulsory license)........210.11 to 210.19Architectural works............................................202.11(b)Basic registration..............................................201.5(a)Best edition..................................202.19(b)(1), 202.20(b)(1)Cable system................................................201.17(b)(2)Cancellation....................................................201.7(a)Certification (official)........................................201.4(e)Coin-operated phonorecord player...................................254.2Complete copy (deposit for registration)....................202.20(b)(2)Complete copy (mandatory deposit)...........................202.19(b)(2) Computer shareware.............................................201.26(b)Contributions to collective works......................202.20(b)(2)(iii)Current base rate (cable systems)........................201.17(h)(1)(i)Date of recordation..................................201.4(e), 201.26(f)Digital performance right in sound recordings and ephemeral recordings, New subscription service.................................262Digital phonorecord delivery.......................................255.4Digital subscription transmissions, Initial notice of use of works

201.35 - 201.37Display Warning of Copyright................................201.14(a)(1)Distant signal equivalent...................................201.17(b)(5)Distributor (satellite carrier)................................201.11(b)Document designated as pertaining to computer shareware.....201.26(b)(2)Gross receipts for basic service (cable systems)............201.17(b)(1)Individual (Privacy Act)........................................204.2(a)Local service area of a primary transmitter.................201.17(b)(5)Masthead....................................................201.20(b)(8)Monthly Statement of Account (compulsory license).......210.11 to 210.19Motion pictures.........................................202.20(b)(2)(vi)Musical scores...........................................202.20(b)(2)(v)NAFTA \2\ work..............................................201.33(b)(1)Network station (satellite carrier)............................201.11(b)Notice (initial) of Distribution of Digital Audio Recording Devices........................................................201.27(b)Notice of objection to certain noncommercial performances......201.13(a)Off-the-air copying............................................202.22(c)Order Warning of Copyright..................................201.14(a)(2)Posthumous work (renewal)......................................202.17(b)Potential copyright owner (NAFTA) \2\.......................201.31(b)(4)Primary transmission (satellite carrier)....................201.11(b)(2)Privacy Act........................................................204.2Private home viewing (satellite carrier).......................201.11(b)Public broadcasting entity.........................................253.2Public domain computer software.............................201.26(b)(3)Publication (NAFTA) \2\.....................................201.31(b)(5)Record (Privacy Act)............................................204.2(c)Registration (supplementary)....................................201.5(a)Registration of claims to copyright, Group registration options....202.3Reliance party..............................................201.33(b)(2)Renewal (posthumous work)......................................202.17(b)Restored work...............................................201.33(b)(3)Routine use (Privacy Act).......................................204.2(e)Satellite carrier..............................................201.11(b)Secondary transmission (satellite carrier)..................201.11(b)(2)Secure test.................................................202.20(b)(4)Single-leaf work............................................201.20(b)(9)Sound recordings........................................202.20(b)(2)(iv)Source country..............................................201.33(b)(4)Subscriber (satellite carrier).................................201.11(b)Superstation (satellite carrier)...............................201.11(b)Supplementary registration......................................201.5(a)Syndex-proof signal (satellite retransmission).....................258.2System of records (Privacy Act).................................204.2(d)Title page..................................................201.20(b)(5)Unserved household (satellite carrier).........................201.11(b)Warning of Copyright for Software Rental.......................201.24(a)Deposit accounts................................................201.6(b)Deposit (Acquisition and) of unpublished television transmission programs..........................................................202.22 Deposit (mandatory) of published copies or phonorecords for Library of Congress...............................................202.19Deposit, Nature of required.................................202.20(c)(1)Deposit of copies for registration by category:Architectural works..................................202.20(c)(2)(xviii)Certain pictorial and graphic works.....................202.20(c)(2)(iv)Commercial prints and labels.............................202.20(c)(2)(v)Computer programs and databases embodied in machine-readable copies other than CD-ROM format........................202.20(c)(2)(vii)Contributions to collective works.......................202.20(c)(2)(xv)Generally................................................202.20(c)(2)(i)Group registration of serials.........................202.20(c)(2)(xvii)Holograms..............................................202.20(c)(2)(iii)Machine-readable copies of works other than computer programs, databases, and works fixed in a CD-ROM format.........202.20(c)(2)(viii)Oversize deposits.....................................202.20(c)(2)(xiii)Phonorecords...........................................202.20(c)(2)(xvi)Pictorial advertising material.........................202.20(c)(2)(xiv)Soundtracks............................................202.20(c)(2)(xii)Tests...................................................202.20(c)(2)(vi)Works fixed in a CD-ROM format.........................202.20(c)(2)(xix)Works reproduced in or on sheetlike materials............202.20(c)(2)(x)Works reproduced in or on three-dimensional objects.....202.20(c)(2)(xi)Deposit of copies for registration (special relief)............202.20(d)Deposit of copies under 17 U.S.C. 407, Presumption as to.......202.19(f)Deposit of identifying material instead of copies.................202.21Deposit of identifying material (Mask works).......................211.5Deposit of oversize material..........................202.20(c)(2)(xiii)Deposit requirements under 17 U.S.C. 407(a), Exemption from....202.19(c)Deposits (copyright), Full-term retention of......................202.23Deposits, Requests for copies of................................201.1(c)Deposits (unpublished copyright), Transfer to Library of Congress of................................................................201.23Designs, Protection of original designs of vessel hulls...212.1 to 212.6Digital audio recording devices and media royalty payments, Filing of claims to..............................................259.1 to 259.6Digital audio recording devices or media (Access to, and confidentiality of, Statements of Account, Auditor's Reports, and other verification information filed in the Copyright Office for)

201.29Digital audio recording devices or media, Initial notice of distribution of...................................................201.27Digital audio recording devices or media, Statements of account for...............................................................201.28Digital performance right in sound recordings and ephemeral recordings, New subscription service.................................262Digital phonorecord deliveries, compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords.........................................201.18Digital phonorecord delivery, definition of........................255.4Digital phonorecord delivery, royalty rate for.....................255.5Digital subscription transmissions of sound recordings, Rates and terms.....................................................260.1 to 260.5Digital transmissions and making of ephemeral reproductions of public performance of sound recordings...............................263Displays [and] nondramatic performances of musical works for public broadcasting entities.......................................253.7Disruption of postal or other transportation or communications services...........................................................201.8Documents pertaining to computer shareware, and public domain computer software, Recordation of.................................201.26Documents, recordable...........................................201.4(c) Documents, Recordation of..........................................201.4Effective date of registration.....................................202.4Electronic payment of royalties................201.11, 201.17 and 201.28Errors corrected by supplementary registration.....................201.5Errors (minor) or omissions in registration.....................201.7(d)Exemption from deposit requirements under 17 U.S.C. 407(a).....202.19(c)Exemption to prohibition on circumvention of copyright protection systems for access control technologies........................201.40(b)Extended renewal term, Notices of termination of transfers and licenses covering.................................................201.10Fees, Generally for Copyright Office services......................201.3Freedom of Information Act.........................................203.6Licensing Division service fees.................................201.3(e)Mask works......................................................201.3(c)Payment and Refunds................................................201.6Privacy Act........................................................204.6Registration, recordation and related services.................201.3 (c)Special services................................................201.3(d)Vessel hull designs.........................................212.2, 212.5Fees, Information on royalty payments or fees. See Royalty or Royalties.Forms for recordation not provided by Copyright Office..........201.4(b)Forms, Registration..........................................202.3(b)(2)Forty-eight contiguous states, Recordation of certain contracts by cable systems located outside of..................................201.12Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Electronic Records, public inspectionand search................................................203.3 to 203.6Freedom of Information Act (FOIA): Policies and Procedures......Part 203Authority and functions............................................203.2In general.........................................................203.1Inspection and copying.............................................203.5Methods of operation...............................................203.4Organization [of the Copyright Office].............................203.3Schedule of fees and methods of payment for services rendered......203.6Full-term retention of copyright deposits.........................202.23GAP in termination provisions.....................................201.10Graphic works, Pictorial, sculptural, and.........................202.10Group registration options.........................................202.3Handicapped; physically or blind, \1\ Voluntary license to permit reproduction of nondramatic literary works solely for use of those who are...........................................................201.15Holograms, Deposit of..................................202.20(c)(2)(iii)Identifying material instead of copies, Deposit of................202.21Identifying material for Mask works, Deposit of....................211.5Indexes. See Records.Individual defined for purposes of Privacy Act..................204.2(a)Information (Freedom of) Act. See Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).Information given by Copyright Office..............................201.2Infringement, Advance notices of potential........................201.22Initial notice of distribution of digital audio recording devices or media..........................................................201.27Inquiries by mail, etc.; addresses.................................201.1Inspection and copying of records...............................201.2(b)Inspection and copying of records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).........................................................203.5Interest payments by cable systems on late-filed and underpaid royalties.........................................................201.17Labels, Deposit of commercial prints and.................202.20(c)(2)(v) Legal processes:see Service of processComplaints process on register or employee........................205.12Complaints served under 411(a)....................................205.13General provisions........................................205.1 to 205.5Production of documents in proceedings in which the Office is not a party...........................................................205.22Scope of testimony in proceedings in which the Office is not a party.............................................................205.23Service of Sec. 411(a) notice.....................................205.1Service of process......................................205.11 to 205.13Lending of software by nonprofit libraries, Warning of copyright for...............................................................201.24Library of Congress, Deposit of published copies or phonorecords for...............................................................202.19Library of Congress, Transfer of unpublished copyright deposits to

201.23Libraries and archives, Notice of normal commercial exploitation or availability at reasonable price...............................201.39Libraries and archives, Warning of copyright for use by...........201.14Libraries (Nonprofit), Warning of copyright for software lending by................................................................201.24License (compulsory) for making/distributing phonorecords of nondramatic musical works, Notice of intention to obtain..........201.18License (voluntary) solely for use of blind \1\ and physically handicapped.......................................................201.15Licenses and transfers covering extended renewal term, Notices of termination of....................................................201.10Licenses (compulsory) for secondary transmissions by cable systems, Statements of account covering...........................201.17Licenses (statutory) for secondary transmissions for private home viewing, Satellite carrier statements of account covering.........201.11Licensing Division; inquiries/address..............................201.1Machine-readable copies of works other than computer programs, databases, and works fixed in a CD-ROM format, Deposit of

202.20(c)(2)(viii)Machine-readable copies other than CD-ROM format, Computer programs and databases embodied in.....................202.20(c)(2)(vii)Mail and other communications with Copyright Office, Proper address for........................................................201.1Mail, disruption of................................................201.8Mask Work Protection:Deposit of identifying material....................................211.5General provisions.................................................211.1Mask work fees...........................................201.3(c), 211.3Methods of affixation and placement of mask work notice............211.6Recordation of documents pertaining to mask works..................211.2Registration of claims of protection for mask works................211.4Mandatory deposit of published electronic works available only online.................................................202.19 and 202.24Material not subject to copyright..................................202.1Media, Initial notice of distribution of digital audio recording devices or........................................................201.27Motion pictures and their contents, Procedures for copyright restoration in accordance with NAFTA \2\ for certain..............201.31Motion pictures, Deposit of.............................202.20(c)(2)(ii)Musical compositions, Performance by public broadcasting entities of........................................................253.4 to 253.6Musical works (nondramatic), Notice of intention to obtain compulsory license for making/distributing phonorecords of........201.18NAFTA, \2\ Procedures for copyright restoration of certain motion pictures and the contents in accordance with......................201.31Noncommercial educational broadcasting...................253.1 to 253.11 Noncommercial performances of nondramatic literary or musical works, Notices of objection to certain............................201.13Nondramatic literary or musical works, Notices of objection to certain noncommercial performances of.............................201.13Nondramatic literary works, License to permit reproduction solely for use of blind and physically handicapped \1\...................201.15Nondramatic musical works, Notice of intention to obtain compulsory license for making/distributing phonorecords of........201.18Nondramatic musical works, Royalties and statements of account under compulsory license for making/distributing phonorecords of

210.11 to 210.19Nondramatic performances and displays of musical works for public broadcasting entities..............................................253.7Nonprofit libraries, Warning of copyright for lending of software by................................................................201.24Nonsubscription transmissions and the making of ephemeral recordings...........................................................262Notice (Mask work), Method of affixation and placement of..........211.6Notice of copyright................................................202.2Notice of copyright, Methods of affixation and positions on works

201.20Contributions to collective works..............................201.20(f)Motion pictures and other audiovisual works....................201.20(h)Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works.......................201.20(i)Single-leaf works..............................................201.20(e)Works published in book form...................................201.20(d)Works reproduced in machine-readable copies....................201.20(g)Notice (initial) of distribution of digital audio recording devices or media..................................................201.27Notices of iIntent to eEnforce a restored copyright, Correctionnotices, Procedures for filing....................................201.34Notices of iIntent to eEnforce a restored copyright under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, Procedures for filing...............201.33Notice of intention to obtain compulsory license for making/distributing phonorecords.........................................201.18Notices (advance) of potential infringement.......................201.22Notices of objection to certain noncommercial performances of nondramatic literary or musical works.............................201.13Notices of termination of transfers and licenses covering extended renewal term......................................................201.10Objection (Notice of) to certain noncommercial performances of nondramatic literary or musical works.............................201.13Off-the-air copying of unpublished television transmission programs.......................................................202.22(c)Online registration of claims to copyright..............202.3 and 202.20Oversize deposits.....................................202.20(c)(2)(xiii)Performance of sound recordings by certain eligible nonsubscription transmissions and digital transmissions under statutory license...............................................262, 263Performances (nondramatic) and displays of musical works for public broadcasting entities.......................................253.7Performances of musical compositions by public broadcasting entities..................................................253.4 to 253.6Performances of nondramatic literary or musical works, Notices of objection to certain noncommercial................................201.13Phonorecords, Deposit for copyright registration..................202.20Phonorecords for Library of Congress, Deposit of published........202.19Phonorecords of nondramatic musical works, Notice of intention to obtain compulsory license for making/distributing.................201.18Phonorecords of nondramatic musical works, Royalties and statements of account under compulsory license for making/distributing............................................210.11 to 210.19Phonorecords, Royalty payable under compulsory license for making and distributing..........................................255.1 to 255.8 Photographs, Group Registration of..............................202.3(b)Pictorial advertising material, Deposit of.............202.20(c)(2)(xiv)Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works..........................202.10Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works published by public broadcasting entities, Terms and rates of royalty payments for the use of.............................................................253.8Positions and methods of affixation of copyright notice...........201.20Preregistration of certain unpublished copyright claims...........202.16Presumption as to deposit of copies under 17 U.S.C. 407........202.19(f)Prints (commercial) and labels , Deposit of..............202.20(c)(2)(v)Privacy Act: Policies and Procedures............................Part 204Appeal of refusal to correct or amend an individual's record.......204.8Definitions........................................................204.2Fees...............................................................204.6General policy.....................................................204.3Judicial review....................................................204.9Procedure for notification of the existence of records pertaining to individuals.....................................................204.4Procedures for requesting access to records........................204.5Request for correction or amendment of records.....................204.7Private home viewing, Satellite carrier statements of account covering statutory licenses for secondary transmissions for.......201.11Procedures for copyright restoration in U.S.A. of certain motion pictures and their contents in accordance with NAFTA \2\..........201.31Program, registration......202.5, 202.12, 202.19, 202.20, 202.21, 203.3,

211.5Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies....................................201.40(b)Public broadcasting entities, Nondramatic performances and displays of musical works for......................................253.7Public broadcasting entities, Performance of musical compositions by........................................................253.4 to 253.6Public broadcasting entities, Recordation of agreements between copyright owners and...............................................201.9Public broadcasting entity defined.................................253.2Public domain computer software, Recordation of documents pertaining to donation of.........................................201.26Published copies or phonorecords, Deposit (mandatory) for Library of Congress.......................................................202.19Published electronic works available only online, Mandatory deposit of.............................................202.19 and 202.24Rate adjustment proceedings for secondary transmissions by satellite carriers (CARP)..................................258.1 - 258.3Reconsideration procedure..........................................202.5Record of individual under Privacy Act, Appeal of refusal to correct or amend...................................................204.8Recordability of documents (general requirements)...............201.4(c)Recordation, Date of............................................201.4(e)Recordation fees................................................201.4(d)Recordation forms not necessary.................................201.4(b)Recordation of agreements between copyright owners and public broadcasting entities..............................................201.9Recordation of cable contracts for systems outside the 48 contiguous states.................................................201.12Recordation of transfers and other documents.......................201.4Recording devices (digital audio) or media, Initial notice of distribution of...................................................201.27Recording devices (digital audio) or media, Statements of account for...............................................................201.28 Records and indexes, Inspection and copying of..................201.2(b)Records; filings; addresses for requests...........................201.1Records, Request under Privacy Act for amendment or correction of

204.7Records (System of) under Privacy Act...........................204.2(d)Records under Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Inspection and copying of.........................................................203.5Reference and Bibliography Section as address for search requests

201.1(d)Refund of Copyright Office fees....................................201.6Refusal to correct or amend an individual's record, Appeal of......204.8Registration (basic), Effect of supplementary registration on...201.5(d)Registration (copyright), Deposit of copies and phonorecords for

202.20Registration, Effective date of....................................202.4Registration of claims to copyright, Group registration options....202.3Registration of copyright..........................................202.3Registration of group of related works................202.3(b)(4) to (8)Automated databases..........................................202.3(b)(4)Contributions to periodicals.................................202.3(b)(7)Daily newsletters............................................202.3(b)(8)Daily newspapers.............................................202.3(b)(6)Photographs.....................................................202.3(b)Serials......................................................202.3(b)(5)Registration of original designs of vessel hulls..........212.1 to 212.6Registration, one registration per work.....................202.3(b)(10)Registration Program.......202.5, 202.12, 202.19, 202.20, 202.21, 203.3,

211.5Registrations and recordations, Requests for searches of........201.1(d)Registrations (completed), Cancellation of.........................201.7Registrations (corrected and amplified)............................201.5Registrations (supplementary)......................................201.5Registry (Visual Arts)............................................201.25Relief (Special)....................................202.19(e), 202.20(d)Renewal term (extended), Notices of termination of transfers and licenses covering.................................................201.10Renewals..........................................................202.17Reports of use of sound recordings under statutory license.........270.2Restoration of copyright for certain motion pictures and their contents in accordance with NAFTA, \2\ Procedures for.............201.31Restoration of copyright under the Uruguay Round Agreement Act...201.33,

202.12Restored copyrights, Registration of..............................202.12Retention (Full-term) of copyright deposits.......................202.23Royalties and statements of account under compulsory license for making/distributing phonorecords of nondramatic musical works.....210.11

to 210.19Royalties, Electronic payment of...............201.11, 201.17 and 201.28Royalty (cable) fees, Filing of claims under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(4), 801, 803, to..............................................252.1 to 252.5Royalty fee for cable compulsory license, Adjustment of........256.1 and

256.2Royalty fee for secondary transmissions by satellite carriers, Adjustment of.............................................258.1 to 258.3Royalty fees for secondary transmissions by satellite carriers, Filing of claims to.......................................257.1 to 257.6Royalty payable under compulsory license for making/distributing phonorecords.......................................255.1 to 255.3, 255.5Royalty payments for digital audio recording devices and media, Filing of claims to.......................................259.1 to 259.6Royalty payments for use of published pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works...................................................253.8Royalty rate for coin-operated phonorecord players, Adjustment of

254.1 to 254.3Satellite carrier royalty fees, Filing of claims to.......257.1 to 257.6 Satellite carrier statements of account and royalty fees covering licenses for secondary transmissions for private home viewing.....201.11Satellite carriers, Adjustment of royalty fee for secondary transmissions by..........................................258.1 to 258.3Sculptural works (Pictorial, graphic, and)........................202.10Search of records, Requests for.................................201.1(d)Second transmissions by cable systems, Statements of Account covering compulsory licenses for..................................201.17Secondary transmission by cable systems, Royalty fee for compulsory license for.............................................256.2Secondary transmission by satellite carriers, Royalty fee for......258.3Serials, Group registration of...........202.3(b)(6), 202.20(c)(2)(xvii)Service of processSee Legal processes......................................205.1 to 205.23Shareware (computer), Recordation of documents pertaining to......201.26Software lending by nonprofit libraries, Warning of copyright for

201.24Software (public domain computer), Recordation of documents pertaining to donation of.........................................201.26Sound recordings, Public performance of, Definition of a service

201.35(b)(2)Sound recordings, Recordkeeping for use of..............201.35 to 201.37Sound recordings under statutory license, Reports of use of........270.2Soundtracks, Deposit of................................202.20(c)(2)(xii)Special relief (deposit of copies for registration)............202.20(d)Special relief (mandatory deposit under 17 U.S.C. 407).........202.19(e)Special Services (Copyright Office), Fees for...................201.3(d)Specialty stations designated under cable compulsory license.......256.2Statements of account (and royalties) under compulsory license for making/distributing phonorecords of nondramatic musical works.....210.11

to 210.19Statements of account and royalty fees (satellite carrier) covering licenses for secondary transmissions for private home viewing...........................................................201.11Statements of Account, Auditor's Reports, etc. filed in Copyright Office for digital audio recording devices or media, Access to and confidentiality of................................................201.29Statements of account covering compulsory licenses for secondary transmissions by cable systems....................................201.17Statements of account for digital audio recording devices or media

201.28Statements of Account (In general)...201.11, 201.17, 201.28, 201.29, and

210.11 to 210.19States (48 contiguous), Recordation of cable contracts for systems outside of........................................................201.12Statutory license, Notice and recordkeeping for use of sound recordings..............................................201.35 to 201.37Statutory licenses for secondary transmissions for private home viewing, Satellite carrier statements of account and royalty fees covering..........................................................201.11Subscription services and the making of ephemeral recordings.........262Supplementary registration application (form and content).......201.5(c)Supplementary registration, Effect on basic registration of.....201.5(d)Syndex-proof signal (satellite carrier retransmission), Definition of.................................................................258.2System of records under Privacy Act.............................204.2(d)Television broadcast signals transmitted by satellite carriers to the public for private home viewing, Adjustment of royalties payable under compulsory license for......................258.1 to 258.3Television broadcast signals transmitted by satellite carriers to the public for private home viewing, Procedures for filing claims for compulsory license royalty fees covering..............257.1 to 257.6Television transmission programs (unpublished), Acquisition and deposit of........................................................202.22 Termination of transfers and licenses covering extended renewal term, Notices of..................................................201.10Termination provisions, in GAP....................................201.10Tests, Deposit of.......................................202.20(c)(2)(vi)Transfer of unpublished copyright deposits to Library of Congress

201.23Transfers and licenses covering extended renewal term, Notices of termination of....................................................201.10Transfers and other documents, Recordation of......................201.4Transmission programs (television), Acquisition and deposit of unpublished.......................................................202.22Unpublished copyright deposits, Transfer to Library of Congress of

201.23Unpublished television transmission programs, Acquisition and deposit of........................................................202.22Use (routine) under Privacy Act.................................204.2(e)Verification information filed in Copyright Office for digital audio recording devices or media, Access to and confidentiality of

201.29Vessel Hulls, Protection of original designs..............212.1 to 212.6Visual Arts Registry..............................................201.25Visually perceptible and machine-readable material other than a CD-ROM format, Deposit of copies containing both........202.20(c)(2)(ix)Voluntary license to permit reproduction of nondramatic literary works solely for use of the blind and physically handicapped \1\

201.15Warning of copyright for software lending by nonprofit libraries

201.24Warnings (display) of copyright for use by certain libraries and archives..........................................................201.14Works:Architectural.....................................................202.11Nondramatic literary..............................................201.13Nondramatic musical.................201.13, 201.18, and 210.11 to 210.19Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural................................202.10Works consisting of sounds, images, or both, Advance notices of potential infringement of.........................................201.22Works fixed in CD-ROM format, Deposit of...............202.20(c)(2)(xix)Works reproduced in or on sheetlike materials, Deposit of

202.20(c)(2)(x)Works reproduced in or on three-dimensional objects, Deposit of

202.20(c)(2)(xi)Xerographic or photographic copies on good quality paper are acceptable deposits for archival purposes in connection with the registration of claims to copyright in architectural works

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