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Improved Copyright Search System to Replace Current Search Systems in
Mid August
In mid August, the Copyright Office will launch a powerful new records
search system that accesses more than 20 million digital records of registrations
and recorded documents from 1978 to the present. The new system allows searching
by title, name, keyword, and registration or document number. Through a
command keyword search, elements of any or all fields can be combined to
search the records.
Users can also search by type of work, such as sound recordings, dramas,
motion pictures, visual materials, or preregistrations. The search
method combines three separate databases that previously permitted
only limited searching. The search tool uses Voyager software,
the same system used by the Library of Congress Online Catalog. (See tutorial on searching with the new system.)
Copyright Office Publishes Technical Corrections
The Copyright Office is making technical corrections to its interim regulation
implementing an online copyright registration. The interim regulation
amends regulations governing the procedures by which the public
submits, and the Office processes, copyright registrations and
recordations. The interim regulation was published in the Federal
Register on July 6, 2007. (Read further
information.)
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July 31 |
Register of Copyrights testifies before the House
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property in hearing
on Ensuring Artists Fair Compensation: Updating the Performance Right
and Platform Parity for the 21st Century |
Mid August |
Launch of new search system for copyright registrations
and recordations |
September 4 |
Due date for written comments on the interim regulation
on rules for online registration (more) |
September 13 |
Due date for reply comments on formal written comments,
oral and written testimony, and any other filings associated
with July 23—July 26 hearings (more) |
October 1 |
Due date for reply comments on issues related to Sections
111, 119, and 122 of the Copyright Act (more) |
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