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NOTICES: Satellite carrier compulsory license; rate adjustment,
Published: 2004-12-30
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is announcing
the voluntary negotiation period for the purpose of determining the
royalty fees for analog signals to be paid by satellite carriers under
the satellite carrier compulsory license.
RULES: Registration refusal reconsideration procedures,
Published: 2004-12-28
The Copyright Office is publishing a final rule concerning
reconsideration procedures. With a few modifications, this regulation
continues procedures adopted by the U.S. Copyright Office in 1995 that
permit copyright applicants to request reconsideration of its decisions
to refuse registration. This regulation amends those procedures and
RULES: Inspection and copying of records,
Published: 2004-12-06
This document makes a non-substantive, technical amendment to
a Copyright Office regulation.
RULES: Musical compositions performance by colleges and universities; cost of living adjustment,
Published: 2004-12-01
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress announces a
cost of living adjustment of 3.2% in the royalty rates paid by
colleges, universities, or other nonprofit educational institutions
that are not affiliated with National Public Radio for the use of
copyrighted published nondramatic musical compositions in the BMI,
ASCAP and SESAC
RULES: DART royalty funds; claims filing methods,
Published: 2004-11-29
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is announcing
alternative methods for the filing of claims to the DART royalty funds
for the year 2004 while it completes the transition to a permanent
system for the electronic filing of claims. In order to ensure that
claims are timely received, claimants are encouraged to file their DART
claims
RULES: Unpublished audio and audiovisual transmission programs; acquisition and deposit,
Published: 2004-10-26
This final rule amends the regulations of the Copyright Office
to extend the Library of Congress' recording of unpublished
transmission programs that have been fixed in a tangible medium of
expression, which currently involves the recording of unpublished
television programs, to include the recording of unpublished radio and
other audio and
PROPOSED RULES: Cable, satellite and DART royalties; claims filing methods,
Published: 2004-10-18
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is proposing
to amend its regulations governing the filing of claims to allow for
the online submission of cable, satellite, and DART claims and to
require claimants file their claims by hand delivery or by mail using
forms created by the Copyright Office.
RULES: Sound recordings use under statutory licenses; notice and recordkeeping requirements; Correction,
Published: 2004-10-05
Correction
In rule document 0422002 beginning on page 58261 in the issue of
Thursday, September 30, 2004 make the following corrections:
(1) On page 58261, in the third column, in the second paragraph, in
the next to last line ``new types of subscription'' should read ``new subscription''.
(2) On page 58262, in the first column, in the
RULES: Sound recordings use under statutory licenses; notice and recordkeeping requirements,
Published: 2004-09-30
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is announcing
a final regulation specifying notice and recordkeeping requirements
governing the reporting of certain uses of sound recordings performed
by means of digital audio transmissions pursuant to statutory license
for the period October 28, 1998, through March 31, 2004.
PROPOSED RULES: Unpublished audio and audiovisual transmission programs; acquisition and deposit,
Published: 2004-08-05
This notice is issued to inform the public that the Copyright
Office of the Library of Congress is proposing to amend its regulations
to permit the Library of Congress to record unpublished radio and other
audio and audiovisual transmission programs. The Copyright Office
regulations already provide for the Library of Congress to obtain
copies of
NOTICES: Cable statutory licenses; Phase I or II controversy ascertainment; fees distribution,
Published: 2004-07-26
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress directs all
claimants to royalty fees collected for calendar year 2002 under the
cable statutory license to submit comments as to whether a Phase I or
Phase II controversy exists as to the distribution of those fees and
announces the deadline for the filing of Notices of Intention to
Participate in a
PROPOSED RULES: Registration refusal reconsideration procedures,
Published: 2004-07-13
With a few modifications, this notice of proposed rulemaking
continues procedures adopted by the U.S. Copyright Office in 1995 that
permit copyright applicants to request reconsideration of its decisions
to refuse registration. The purpose of this notice of proposed
rulemaking is to amend those procedures and incorporate them into
Copyright Office
PROPOSED RULES: Sound recordings use under statutory licenses; notice and recordkeeping for use,
Published: 2004-07-13
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is proposing
to amend its regulations to provide for the reporting of uses of sound
recordings performed by means of digital audio transmissions pursuant
to statutory license for the period October 28, 1998, through March 31,
2004.
RULES: Legal processes,
Published: 2004-06-30
The Copyright Office is publishing a final rule concerning
legal processes. These regulations govern procedures for the service of
process on the Copyright Office, the Register of Copyrights or an
employee of the Copyright Office acting in his or her official capacity
and the production of Office documents and testimony of Office
employees in
RULES: Copyright General Counsel Office; address change,
Published: 2004-06-30
The Copyright Office is amending its regulations to reflect a
change and/or correction in the filing address for handdelivered
correspondence, claims and other documents intended for the Office of
the Copyright General Counsel. The amendments direct such document
deliveries to the appropriate location. The Office is also making minor
changes to
RULES: Musical works; compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords, including digital phonorecord deliveries,
Published: 2004-06-22
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is amending
its regulations governing the content and service of certain notices on
the copyright owner of a musical work. The notice is served or filed by
a person who intends to use a musical work to make and distribute
phonorecords, including by means of digital phonorecord deliveries,
under a
RULES: Cable and satellite royalties; alternative claims filing methods,
Published: 2004-05-28
Due to continuing delays in the receipt of mail, the Copyright
Office of the Library of Congress is announcing alternative methods for
the filing of claims to the cable and satellite royalty funds for the
year 2003. In order to ensure that claims are received timely,
claimants are encouraged to file their cable and satellite claims
online,
NOTICES: Syndicated programing; Phase II distribution of 1993-1997 funds,
Published: 2004-04-30
The Librarian of Congress is announcing the vacatur of his Order rejecting the initial and revised reports
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of the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (``CARP'') in the Phase II
proceeding to determine the distribution of 1997 cable royalty funds in
the syndicated programming category. The Librarian's Order as well as
the initial and
RULES: Sound recordings use under statutory licenses; notice and recordkeeping requirements; Correction,
Published: 2004-03-19
Correction
In rule document 045404 beginning on page 11515 in the issue of Thursday, March 11, 2004, make the following correction:
Sec. 270.1 [Corrected]
On page 11528, in the first column, in 270.1, in paragraph (e)(2),
in the second line from the bottom, ``igital'' should read ``digital''. [FR Doc. C45404 Filed 31804; 8:45 am]
BILLING
RULES: Sound recordings use under statutory licenses; notice and recordkeeping requirements,
Published: 2004-03-11
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is announcing
interim regulations specifying notice and recordkeeping requirements
for use of sound recordings under two statutory licenses under the
Copyright Act. Electronic data format and delivery requirements for
records of use as well as regulations governing prior records of use
shall be
PROPOSED RULES: Musical works; compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords, including digital phonorecord deliveries,
Published: 2004-03-11
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is proposing
to amend its regulations governing the content and service of certain
notices on the copyright owner of a musical work. The notice is served
or filed by a person who intends to use a musical work to make and
distribute phonorecords, including by means of digital phonorecord
deliveries,
PROPOSED RULES: Legal processes,
Published: 2004-02-23
The Copyright Office is proposing adoption of rules governing
service of process on the Copyright Office, the Register of Copyrights
or an employee of the Copyright Office acting in his or her official
capacity and adoption of rules governing production of Office documents
and testimony of Office employees in legal proceedings. These
regulations
RULES: Sound recordings and ephemeral recordings; digital performance right; rates and terms,
Published: 2004-02-06
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress is announcing
final regulations that set rates and terms for the public performance
of a sound recording made pursuant to a statutory license by means of
certain eligible nonsubscription transmissions and digital
transmissions made by a new type of subscription service. The final
rule also announces
NOTICES: Arbitrators; list,
Published: 2004-02-04
The Copyright Office is publishing the list of arbitrators
eligible for service on a Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel
(``CARP'') during 2004 and 2005. This list will be used to select the
arbitrators who will serve on panels initiated in 2004 and 2005 for
determining the distribution of royalty fees or the adjustment of
royalty rates.
NOTICES: Delivery policy; new procedures for hand deliveries from private parties to Copyright Office General Counsel,
Published: 2004-02-04
The Copyright Office is adopting a new policy for delivering
documents to the Office of the General Counsel.