[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 1, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 35420-35421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17238]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

37 CFR Parts 201, 202, 203


Copyright Rules and Regulations: Copyright, Freedom of 
Information Act

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

ACTION: Technical amendments.

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SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is making non-substantive housekeeping 
amendments to its regulations to update them and to correct minor 
errors.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 30, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marilyn J. Kretsinger, Assistant 
General Counsel, or Patricia L. Sinn, Senior Attorney, Copyright GC/
I&R, P.O. Box 70400, Southwest Station, Washington, DC 20024. 
Telephone: (202) 707-8380. Telefax: (202) 707-8366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Copyright Office periodically reviews 
its regulations as published in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 
to correct minor errors perceived in the published text. The Office has 
identified minor errors in the currently published rules. The following 
sections are amended to correct changed address references: 
Secs. 201.1(a), 201.1(b), 201.1(c), 201.1(d), 201.2(b)(5), 201.5(c)(2), 
and 202.3(b)(2). Typographical errors are corrected in 
Secs. 202.20(c)(2)(vii)(A)(2) and 202.20(c)(2)(vii)(D)(1). An update in 
citation to the copyright statute and authority for issuing regulations 
to implement the Freedom of Information Act is made to Sec. 203.2(a).

List of Subjects

37 CFR Part 201

    Copyright, General Provisions.

37 CFR Part 202

    Copyright, Registration.

37 CFR Part 203

    Freedom of Information Act.

Final Rule

    Accordingly, 37 CFR Chapter II is corrected by making the following 
corrections and amendments.

PART 201--GENERAL PROVISIONS

    1. The authority citation for Part 201 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702, 17 U.S.C. 1003.


Sec. 201.1  [Amended]

    2. Section 201.1(a) is amended by removing ``Washington, DC 
20559.'' and adding ``Copyright Office, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., 
Washington, DC 20559-6000.'' after ``Library of Congress.''
    3. Section 201.1(b) is amended by removing ``Copyright Office, 
Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20557.'' and adding in its place 
``Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., 
Washington, DC 20559-6000.''

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    4. Section 201.1(c) is amended by removing ``Copyright Office, 
Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20559.'' and adding in its place 
``Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., 
Washington, DC 20559-6000.''
    5. Section 201.1(d) is amended by removing ``Copyright Office, 
Library of Congress, Washington DC 20559.'' and adding in its place 
``Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., 
Washington, DC 20559-6000.''


Sec. 201.2  [Amended]

    6. Section 201.2(b)(5) is amended by removing ``the General Counsel 
of the Copyright Office, Department DS, Washington, DC 20540.'' and 
adding ``:Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. Box 70400, Southwest Station, 
Washington, DC 20024.''


Sec. 201.5  [Amended]

    7. Section 201.5(c)(2) is amended by removing ``United States 
Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20559.'' and 
adding in its place ``Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 101 
Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, DC 20559-6000.''

PART 202--REGISTRATION OF CLAIMS TO COPYRIGHT

    8. The authority citation for part 202 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702.


Sec. 202.3  [Amended]

    9. Section 202.3(b)(2) is amended by removing `` United States 
Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20559.'' and 
adding in its place ``Library of Congress, Copyright Office, 101 
Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, DC 20559-6000.''


Sec. 202.20  [Amended]

    10. Section 202.20(c)(2)(vii)(A)(2) is amended by removing ``or for 
programs consisting of or less than 25 pages or equivalent units, 
source code with the trade secret portions blocked-out, provided that 
the blocked-out portions are proportionately less than the material 
remaining, and the remaining portion reveals an appreciable amount of 
orginal computer code.'' and by adding in its place ``or for programs 
consiting of, or less than, 50 pages or equivalent units, entire source 
code with the trade secret portions blocked-out, provided that the 
blocked-out portions are proportionately less than the material 
remaining, and the remaining portion reveals an appreciable amount of 
original computer code.''
    11. Section 202.20(c)(2)(vii)(D)(1) is amended by adding the word 
``pages'' after the numeral ``25''.

PART 203--FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

    12. The authority citation for part 203 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702; and 5 U.S.C. 552(a)(1).


Sec. 203.2  [Amended]

    13. Section 203.2(a) is amended by removing ``17 U.S.C. 101-710.'' 
and adding in its place: ``17 U.S.C. 101-1101.''

    Dated: June 26, 1997.
Marilyn J. Kretsinger,
Assistant General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-17238 Filed 6-30-97; 8:45 am]
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