[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 36 (Thursday, February 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 9111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-3578]


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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

[Docket No. 2005-1]


Registration of Claims to Copyright: New Format for Certain 
Copyright Registration Certificates

AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

ACTION: Policy decision, correction.

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SUMMARY: The Copyright Office announces a modification to a policy 
decision announced January 21, 2005, concerning changing the format of 
certain copyright registration certificates. The modification clarifies 
how the Office will select applications for registration to be included 
in a pilot program in which certificates of registration will be 
generated from registration data scanned from the applications and 
stored in an electronic information system.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Cole, Acting Reengineering 
Program Manager, or Kent Dunlap, Principal Legal Advisor to the General 
Counsel. Telephone: (202) 707-8350. Telefax: (202) 707-8366.

Correction

    The Copyright Office recently announced that it is changing the 
format of certain copyright registration certificates issued for motion 
pictures and other audiovisual works registered in class PA, as part of 
a pilot project. Unlike traditional certificates of registration, the 
certificates issued as part of the pilot project will not be facsimiles 
of the applications for registration, but will be electronically 
generated from data entered from the applications. See 70 FR 3231 
(January 21, 2005).
    In that announcement, the Office included a discussion of the 
``Transition Period'' as follows:
4. Transition Period
    Certificates in the new format will be produced only for 
applications included in the pilot project and initially received in 
the Copyright Office on or after the start date, February 14, 2005. 
For applications for motion pictures and other class PA audiovisual 
works already in process in the Copyright Office on that date, 
including those for which correspondence is pending, certificates 
will continue to be issued in the current format, even after the 
pilot begins.
    However, in order to implement the pilot project, the Office has 
modified its policy with respect to which applications will be included 
in the project. The Office's policy is as follows:

    4. Transition Period
    Certificates in the new format will be produced only for 
applications included in the pilot project, and processing in the 
pilot will be gradually phased-in to cover more and more 
applications for motion pictures and other class PA audiovisual 
works. While the start date for the pilot is February 14, 2005, some 
applications will be included in the pilot which were received 
before that date. Also, some applications received on or after the 
start date will be processed under the old procedures, and will be 
issued certificates which are a copy of the application.

    Dated: February 17, 2005.
David O. Carson,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 05-3578 Filed 2-23-05; 8:45 am]
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