The U.S. Copyright Office regulations set forth the rules by which the Copyright Office operates. For instance, the rules regarding examination of registration applications and deposits are included within the Copyright Office regulations. The regulations, which are listed below, can also be found in title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
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201
General provisions
- 201.1 Communication with the U.S. Copyright Office
- 201.2 Information given by the Copyright Office
- 201.3 Fees for registration, recordation, and related services, special services, and services performed by the Licensing Division
- 201.4 Recordation of transfers and certain other documents
- 201.5 Corrections and amplifications of copyright registrations; applications for supplementary registration
- 201.6 Payment and refund of Copyright Office fees
- 201.7 Cancellation of completed registrations
- 201.8 Disruption of postal or other transportation or communication services
- 201.9 Recordation of agreements between copyright owners and public broadcasting entities
- 201.10 Notices of termination of transfers and licenses
- 201.11 Satellite carrier statements of account covering statutory licenses for secondary transmissions
- 201.12 Recordation of certain contracts by cable systems located outside of the forty-eight contiguous States
- 201.13 Notices of objection to certain noncommercial performances of nondramatic literary or musical works
- 201.14 Warnings of copyright for use by certain libraries and archives
- 201.16 Verification of a Statement of Account and royalty fee payments for secondary transmissions made by cable systems and satellite carriers
- 201.17 Statements of Account covering compulsory licenses for secondary transmissions by cable systems
- 201.18 Notice of intention to obtain a compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords of nondramatic musical works
- 201.19 Royalties and statements of account under compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords of nondramatic musical works
- 201.20 Methods of affixation and positions of the copyright notice on various types of works
- 201.21 [Reserved]
- 201.22 Advance notices of potential infringement of works consisting of sounds, images, or both
- 201.23 Transfer of unpublished copyright deposits to the Library of Congress
- 201.24 Warning of copyright for software lending by nonprofit libraries
- 201.25 Visual Arts Registry
- 201.26 Recordation of documents pertaining to computer shareware and donation of public domain computer software
- 201.27 Initial notice of distribution of digital audio recording devices or media
- 201.28 Statements of Account for digital audio recording devices or media
- 201.29 Access to, and confidentiality of, Statements of Account, Verification Auditor’s Reports, and other verification information filed in the Copyright Office for digital audio recording devices or media
- 201.30 Verification of Statements of Account
- 201.31 Procedures for copyright restoration in the United States for certain motion pictures and their contents in accordance with the North American Free Trade Agreement
- 201.32 [Reserved]
- 201.33 Procedures for filing Notices of Intent to Enforce a restored copyright under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
- 201.34 Procedures for filing Correction Notices of Intent to Enforce a Copyright Restored under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act
- 201.35-201.37 [Reserved]
- 201.38 Designation of agent to receive notification of claimed infringement
- 201.39 Notice to Libraries and Archives of Normal Commercial Exploitation or Availability at Reasonable Price
- 201.40 Exemption to prohibition against circumvention
202
Preregistration and Registration of Claims to Copyright
- 202.1 Material not subject to copyright
- 202.2 Copyright notice
- 202.3 Registration of copyright
- 202.4 Effective date of registration
- 202.5 Reconsideration Procedure for Refusals to Register
- 202.6-202.9 [Reserved]
- 202.10 Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
- 202.11 Architectural works
- 202.12 Restored copyrights
- 202.13-202-15 [Reserved]
- 202.16 Preregistration of copyrights
- 202.17 Renewals
- 202.18 [Reserved]
- 202.19 Deposit of published copies or phonorecords for the Library of Congress
- 202.20 Deposit of copies and phonorecords for copyright registration
- 202.21 Deposit of identifying material instead of copies
- 202.22 Acquisition and deposit of unpublished audio and audiovisual transmission programs
- 202.23 Full term retention of copyright deposits
- 202.24 Deposit of published electronic works available only online
- Appendix A Technical Guidelines Regarding Sound Physical Condition
- Appendix B “Best Edition” of Published Copyrighted Works for the Collections of the Library of Congress
203
Freedom of Information Act: Policies and procedures
204
Privacy Act: Policies and procedures
- 204.1 Purposes and scope
- 204.2 Definitions
- 204.3 General policy
- 204.4 Procedure for notification of the existence of records pertaining to individuals
- 204.5 Procedures for requesting access to records
- 204.6 Fees
- 204.7 Request for correction or amendment of records
- 204.8 Appeal of refusal to correct or amend an individual’s record
- 204.9 Judicial review
205
Legal Processes
- Subpart A—General Provisions
- 205.1 Definitions
- 205.2 Address for mail and service; telephone number
- 205.3 Waiver of rules
- 205.4 Relationship of this part to the Federal Rules of Civil and Criminal Procedure
- 205.5 Scope of this part related to Copyright Office duties under title 17 of the U.S. Code
- Subpart B—Service of Process
- 205.11 Scope and purpose
- 205.12 Process served on the Register of Copyrights or an employee in his or her official capacity
- 205.13 Complaints served on the Register of Copyrights pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 411(a)
- Subpart C—Testimony By Employees and Production of Documents in Legal Proceedings in Which the Office Is Not a Party
- 205.21 Scope and purpose
- 205.22 Production of documents and testimony
- 205.23 Scope of testimony
210
Compulsory License for Making and Distributing physical and Digital Phonorecords for Nondramatic Musical Works
- 210.1–210.10 [Reserved]
- 210.11 General
- 210.12 Definitions
- 210.13 Accounting requirements where sales revenue is ‘‘recognized’’
- 210.14 Accounting requirements for offsetting phonorecord reserves with returned phonorecords
- 210.15 Situations in which a compulsory licensee is barred from maintaining reserves
- 210.16 Monthly statements of account
- 210.17 Monthly statements of account
- 210.18 Documentation
- 210.19 Harmless errors
211
Mask work protection
- 211.1 General provisions
- 211.2 Recordation of documents pertaining to mask works
- 211.3 Mask work fees
- 211.4 Registration of claims of protection in mask works
- 211.5 Deposit of identifying material
- 211.6 Methods of affixation and placement of mask work notice
- 211.7 Reconsideration procedure for refusals to register
212
Protection of vessel hull designs
- 212.1 Scope
- 212.2 Fees
- 212.3 Registration of claims for protection of eligible designs
- 212.4 Affixation and placement of design notice
- 212.5 Recordation of distinctive identification of vessel hull designer
- 212.6 Recordation of transfers and other documents
- 212.7 Reconsideration procedure for refusals to register
- 212.8 Correction of errors in certificates of registration