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- 201.23 Transfer of unpublished copyright deposits to the Library of Congress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