Federal Register, Volume 64 Issue 50 (Tuesday, March 16, 1999)

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 16, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 12902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6355]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

37 CFR Parts 201 and 202


Change of Mailing Address for Notices of Intent to Enforce a 
Restored Copyright

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

ACTION: Technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: On January 20, 1999, the Copyright Office notified the public 
that it was changing the mailing address for submitting a Notice of 
Intent to Enforce (NIE) a restored copyright or registering claims in 
restored works under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, effective 
February 22, 1999. The number of these filings has greatly decreased 
making it unnecessary for the Office to maintain a special post office 
box. In the future all NIEs must be mailed to the special GC/I&R 
address given below for mail, and all future registration claims should 
be mailed to the same address given for other registration claims.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 22, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marilyn J. Kretsinger, Assistant 
General Counsel, or Sandra Jones, Writer-Editor, Copyright GC/I&R, P.O. 
Box 70400, Southwest Station, Washington, D.C. 20024. Telephone: (202) 
707-8380. Telefax: (202) 707-8366.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Uruguay Round General Agreement on 
Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) 
provide for the restoration of copyright in certain works that were in 
the public domain in the United States. Under 17 U.S.C. 104A (1994) as 
provided by the URAA, copyright protection automatically was restored 
on January 1, 1996, in certain works by foreign nationals or 
domiciliaries of a country that is the subject of a presidential 
proclamation declaring its eligibility or that is a member of the World 
Trade Organization (WTO) or of the Berne Convention.
    Copyright owners of works meeting the requirements of section 104A 
may register a copyright claim in a restored work and file a Notice of 
Intent to Enforce (NIE) a restored copyright in the Copyright Office or 
serve an NIE on an individual reliance party, anyone who is already 
using the work or acquired copies of the work before the date of 
enactment of the URAA. The URAA instructs the Register of Copyrights to 
publish lists in the Federal Register identifying the restored works 
and their owners if a notice of intent to enforce a restored copyright 
has been filed.
    During the first two years that the lists were published, a special 
mailing address was established for the submission of NIEs and 
applications to register copyright claims under the URAA because of the 
large number of expected filings and the special handling that they 
required. The initial two-year period for filing NIE's with the Office 
ended for the overwhelming majority of countries on December 31, 1997. 
The number of filings has decreased drastically, therefore, the special 
address is no longer needed.
    On January 22, 1999, the Office issued a notice informing all 
interested parties of the change in the mailing address for filing NIEs 
or URAA/GATT registrations. The former address was: URAA/GATT, NIEs and 
Registrations, P.O. Box 72400, Southwest Station, Washington, DC 20024, 
USA. The new address for filing NIE's is GC/I&R, P.O. Box 70400, 
Southwest Station, Washington, D.C. 20024, USA. The revised address for 
GATT registrations is Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, 
Copyright Office, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. 
20559-6000. (64 FR 3574, Jan. 22, 1999). The Office is now amending its 
regulations to reflect the change of addresses.

List of Subjects

37 CFR Part 201

    Copyright.

37 CFR Part 202

    Copyright.

Final Rules

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, amend parts 201 and 202 of 
Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations as follows:

PART 201--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

    Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702.

    2. Amend Sec. 201.33 by revising paragraph (d)(1) to read as 
follows:


Sec. 201.33  Procedures for filing Notices of Intent to Enforce a 
restored copyright under the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

* * * * *
    (d * * *
    (1) Notices of Intent to Enforce should be sent to the following 
address: GC/I&R, P.O. Box 70400, Southwest Station, Washington, D.C. 
20024, USA.
* * * * *

PART 202--REGISTRATION OF CLAIMS TO COPYRIGHT

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

    Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702.


Sec. 202.12  [Amended]

    4. Amend Sec. 202.12 by revising the last sentence of paragraph 
(c)(1) to read ``The application, filing fee, and deposit should be 
sent in a single package to the following address: Library of Congress, 
Copyright Office, 101 Independence Avenue S.E., Washington, D.C. 20559-
6000.''
Marilyn Kretsinger,
Assistant General Counsel, Copyright Office.
[FR Doc. 99-6355 Filed 3-15-99; 8:45 am]
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