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U.S. Copyright Office
NewsNet
May 5, 1998
Issue 10
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CONTENTS
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1. Federal Register
a. Determination of the Distribution of the 1991 Cable
Royalties in the
Music Category (63 FR 20428)
b. Change in Procedure for Recording Multiple Title
Documents
(63 FR 23475)
2. Legislative News
a. Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Digital Millennium
Copyright Act
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----------------Federal Register----------------
For the complete text of Federal Register announcements, visit the Copyright
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DETERMINATION OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE 1991 CABLE ROYALTIES IN THE MUSIC CATEGORY
(63 FR 20428)
Upon recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, the Librarian of Congress
is announcing resolution of a Phase II controversy and distribution of 1991
cable royalty funds in the music category. The Librarian is adopting the determination
of the Copyright Arbitration
Royalty Panel (CARP).
http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/1998/63fr20428.html
CHANGE IN PROCEDURE FOR RECORDING CERTAIN MULTIPLE TITLE DOCUMENTS (63 FR 23475)
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress issues this policy decision
changing the recordation procedure for a narrow category of multiple title documents.
The change will be incorporated in a revised Chapter 1600 of the Compendium
of Copyright Office Practices, "Recordation of Transfer and Other Documents
Pertaining to a Copyright," to be made available online on the Copyright
Office Website on July 1, 1998.
Currently, titles that are repeated in documents submitted
for recordation are indexed as a single "title" and are counted as
a single title. Similarly, titles that are repeated and followed by consecutive
issues, volumes, chapters, or installments are counted and indexed as a single
title, even when different registration numbers or dates are listed. For
index purposes, the title is followed by a notation such as "vol. 1, no.
1-12."
Under the changed practice, titles that are repeated
in documents will continue to be counted as a single title, except where the
document lists different issues, volumes, chapters, or installments following
the title. Each such entry will be regarded as a separate title, and will
be indexed separately and counted separately for purposes of computing the recordation
fee.
The Office believes that this change will facilitate
the search for individual issues or volumes in the Copyright Office records
and that the new method of assessing the fee will more accurately reflect the
additional work involved in separately indexing each entry.
POLICY DECISION:
The Copyright Office's recordation procedure set out
in 1615.07 of Chapter 1600 of the Compendium is amended to read as follows:
Single and multiple titles
distinguished. A single title that is repeated is counted as a single
"title" for the purpose of computing the fee. However, when multiple
issues or numbers of a serial, or different chapters or installments are contained
in a document, each will be indexed, and therefore each is considered to be
an individual title for which a separate fee is charged.
http://www.copyright.gov/fedreg/1998/63fr23475.html
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SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE APPROVES DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT
The "Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998," introduced by Sen.
Orrin Hatch, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was reported out by
the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 30. The as-yet unnumbered Senate bill
is similar to H.R. 2281, reported out by the House Judiciary Committee in early
April (See Newsnet issue 8). Title I incorporates S. 1121, the administration-drafted
bill to implement the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms
Treaty, with a number of amendments. Title II reflects an agreement reached
by copyright owners and Internet service providers with respect to the scope
of liability for online copyright infringements. Title III provides a clarification
in the Copyright Act to ensure that the owner of a computer may authorize someone
to maintain or repair his or her computer without running the risk of liability
in infringement based on the copying of the operating system software when the
machine is turned on.
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* CALENDAR *
April 24, 1998: Effective date of distribution of 1991 cable royalty funds in
the music category.
May 11, 1998: Written comments due in Copyright Office on proposed new fees
for special services.
July 1, 1998: Effective date of policy decision changing the recordation procedure
for a narrow category of multiple title documents.
July 1, 1998: Revised Chapter 1600 of the Compendium of Copyright Office Practices
appears on office Website.
July 28, 1998: Arbitrators in proceeding for adjustment of rates for noncommercial
educational broadcasting compulsory license will file written report with Librarian
of Congress.
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