[Federal Register: May 14, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 93)]

[Rules and Regulations]               

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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS



Copyright Office



37 CFR Parts 202



[Docket No. RM 2001-4]



 

Renewal Copyright Registration



AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of Congress.



ACTION: Final rule: technical amendment.



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SUMMARY: The Copyright Office is making technical amendments in the 

regulation regarding copyright renewal to reflect the modification in 

duration of the extended renewal term from forty-seven years to sixty-

seven years as a result of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.



EFFECTIVE DATE: May 14, 2001.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent Dunlap, Principal Legal Advisor 

for the General Counsel, Telephone: (202) 707-8380. Telefax: (202) 707-

8366.



SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 27, 1998, President Clinton 

signed into law the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, Pub. L. 

105-298, extending for an additional 20 years the term of copyright 

protection in the United States. This law increased the extended 

copyright renewal term under section 304 of the copyright law, from 

forty-seven years to sixty-seven years. These technical amendments add 

a reference to Pub. L. 105-298 and substitute sixty-seven years in 

places where the renewal regulation designates forty-seven years.



List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 202



    Copyright registration.



Technical Amendment



    In consideration of the foregoing, the Copyright Office is amending 

part 202 of 37 CFR, chapter II in the manner set forth below.



PART 202--REGISTRATION OF CLAIMS TO COPYRIGHT



    1. The authority citation for part 202 continues to read as 

follows:



    Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702.





Sec. 202.17  [Amended]



    2. In Sec. 202.17:



    a. Paragraph (a) is amended by adding ``and Pub. L. 105-298.'' at 

the end of the paragraph.

    b. Paragraph (c) is amended by removing the phrases ``extended 

forty-seven year second term'' and ``forty-seven year extended term'' 

and adding ``extended sixty-seven year second



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term'' and ``sixty-seven year extended term,'' respectively.

    c. Paragraph (e)(1) is amended by removing the phrase ``extended 

forty-seven year second term'' and adding ``extended sixty-seven year 

second term''.

    d. Paragraph (f)(1) is amended by removing the phrase ``forty-seven 

year renewal term'' and adding ``sixty-seven year renewal term.''



    Dated: May 9, 2001.

Marilyn J. Kretsinger,

Assistant General Counsel.

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