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Issue 203 - June 30, 2003 |
COPYRIGHT OFFICE MAKES TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO REGISTRATION OF ARCHITECTURAL WORKS
The Copyright Office has reviewed its regulations and makes technical amendments to 37 CFR part 202. In 1990, the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act amended 17 U.S.C. 101 to add the definition for "architectural work." The Act also exempts from copyright registration architectural works embodied in unpublished plans or drawings created before December 1, 1990, if the works remained unconstructed on December 31, 2002. Regulations pertaining to registration of architectural works are found at 37 CFR part 202.11, and paragraph (d) of that section covers works excluded from protection. The time for unpublished works created before December 1, 1990, to become constructed has now expired. The technical amendments are intended to reflect the exclusion and to clarify that the full title of the amending legislation is the Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act, title VII of the Judicial Improvements Act of 1990, Public Law 101-650, 104 Stat. 5089, 5133. (read details).
| Jun. 19: |
Due date for Notices of Intent to Participate and comments on the new proposed regulations that set rates and terms for the use of public performances of sound recordings and for ephemeral recordings |
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| Jul. 18: |
Effective date of regulations governing SoundExchange |
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| Jul. 31: |
Deadline for receipt in the Copyright Office of claims for 2002 cable and satellite royalties filed by mail |
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| Jul. 31 at 5:00pm EST: |
Deadline for receipt in the Copyright Office of hand-delivered claims for 2002 cable and satellite royalties |
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| Jul. 31 at 11:59pm EST: |
Deadline for receipt on the Copyright Office server of electronically filed claims for 2002 cable and satellite royalties |
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