United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2019_register executive 2019-02-13 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c7db77e3 D09002ee1c7db7b19 United States Library of Congress originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Copyright Office originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The U.S. Copyright Office is modernizing its practices and procedures to increase the efficiency and quality of the registration process. As part of this effort, this final rule establishes a new group registration option for a limited number of unpublished works, replacing the prior accommodation for "unpublished collections." The new group registration option will allow the Office to examine each work for copyrightable authorship, create a more robust record of the claim, and improve the overall efficiency of the registration process. In addition, the final rule makes certain technical amendments to the regulations governing the group registration option for photographs. 84 FR 3693 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-02-13/2019-02185 2019-02185 fr13fe19-9 1410-30-P Docket No. 2017-15 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-02-13/2019-02185 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/html/2019-02185.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/2019-02185.pdf Copyright General Provisions Preregistration and Registration of Claims to Copyright 6 p. 3693 3698 84 FR 3693 Title 37 Part 201 37 CFR Part 201 Title 37 Part 202 37 CFR Part 202 Group Registration of Unpublished Works; Federal Register Vol. 84, Issue RULE 2019-02185 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Copyright Office 2019-03-15 Docket No. 2017-15 1410-30-P 2019-02185 Final rule.

The U.S. Copyright Office is modernizing its practices and procedures to increase the efficiency and quality of the registration process. As part of this effort, this final rule establishes a new group registration option for a limited number of unpublished works, replacing the prior accommodation for "unpublished collections." The new group registration option will allow the Office to examine each work for copyrightable authorship, create a more robust record of the claim, and improve the overall efficiency of the registration process. In addition, the final rule makes certain technical amendments to the regulations governing the group registration option for photographs.

Effective March 15, 2019. Robert J. Kasunic, Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Registration Policy and Practice by email at rkas@copyright.gov; Erik Bertin, Deputy Director of Registration Policy and Practice by email at ebertin@copyright.gov; or Mark Gray, Attorney-Advisor, by email at mgray@copyright.gov; all can be reached by telephone at 202-707-8040. Copyright General Provisions Preregistration and Registration of Claims to Copyright Group Registration of Unpublished Works , ebertin@copyright.gov mgray@copyright.gov rkas@copyright.gov https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf https://www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/feestudy2018/fee_study_q&a.pdf https://www.copyright.gov/rulemaking/group-unpublished/ Vol. 84, no. 30 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2019-02-13 continuing daily deposited born digital 302 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-02-13 P0b002ee19f469d0d 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr13fe19 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2019-02-13 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/pdf/FR-2019-02-13.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-02-13/xml/FR-2019-02-13.xml fdlp 3669 3965 DGPO 2019-02-13 2024-05-31 FR-2019-02-13 machine generated eng FR FR-2019-02-13 84 30