The Copyright Office has completed its annual review of Copyright Office regulations and has adopted nonsubstantive amendments to clarify, update, and correct the text of the regulations. As part of this review, the Office removed sections 211.5(f) and 201.15 because their regulatory authority had either expired or been repealed by the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984, as amended, and the Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000. The Office also added a section on limited purpose addresses for certain time-sensitive communications and made other changes to correct minor errors. (read details)

Copyright Basics Available Online in Spanish

Copyright Basics, which is Circular 1, is now available online in Spanish. Visit the Copyright Office Website at www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1-espanol.html to read Fundamentos Básicos del Derecho de Autor.