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The U.S. Copyright Office issues announcements, rules, proposed rules, and other notices in the Federal Register, an official U.S. government publication published daily by the National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Register documents are also available online via GPO.

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Rulemaking Proceedings

Also see the complete record of various rulemakings that involve solicitation of comments from interested parties, roundtable discussions, reply comments, and hearings.

2012

Registration of Copyright: Definition of Claimant; Notice of proposed rulemaking
77 FR 29257 May 17, 2012
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Discontinuance of Form CO in Registration Practices; Correction
77 FR 20988 April 10, 2012
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Cable Statutory License: Specialty Station List; Final specialty station list
77 FR 18869 March 28, 2012
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Copyright Office Fees; Notice of proposed rulemaking
77 FR 18742 March 28, 2012
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Discontinuance of Form CO in Registration Practices; Final rule
77 FR 18705 March 28, 2012
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Fees; Final rule
77 FR 18704 March 28, 2012
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Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies; Notice of Public Hearings
77 FR 15327 March 15, 2012
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Copyright Office Fees; Notice of Inquiry
77 FR 3506 January 24, 2012
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2011

Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies; Notice of proposed rulemaking
76 FR 78866 December 20, 2011
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Cable Statutory License: Specialty Station List; Correction; Notice of objections and specialty station filings; correction
76 FR 72982 November 28, 2011
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Cable Statutory License: Specialty Station List; Notice of objections and specialty station filings
76 FR 69288 November 8, 2011
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Remedies for Small Copyright Claims; Notice of Inquiry
76 FR 66758 October 27, 2011
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Discontinuance of Form CO in Registration Practices; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and request for comments
76 FR 60774 September 30, 2011
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Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies; Notice of Inquiry and request for comments
76 FR 60398 September 29, 2011
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Designation of Agent To Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement; Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments
76 FR 59953 September 28, 2011
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Fees for Special Handling of Registration Claims; Extension of temporary rule
76 FR 38306 June 30, 2011
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Gap in Termination Provisions; Final rule
76 FR 32316 June 6, 2011
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Cable Statutory License: Specialty Station List ; Notice of specialty station filings
76 FR 22733 April 22, 2011
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Section 302 Report; Notice of inquiry
76 FR 11816 March 3, 2011
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Federal Copyright Protection of Sound Recordings Fixed Before February 15, 1972; Notice of inquiry: Extension of reply comment period
76 FR 10405 February 24, 2011
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Administration of Copyright Office Deposit Accounts; Final Rule
76 FR 9229 February 17, 2011
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Cable Compulsory License: Specialty Station List; Request for information
76 FR 5213 January 28, 2011
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Deposit Requirements for Registration of Automated Databases That Predominantly Consist of Photographs; Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments
76 FR 5106 January 28, 2011
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Registration of Claims of Copyright; Interim rule
76 FR 4072 January 24, 2011
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2010

Gap in Termination Provision; Notice of inquiry: Extension of comment period
75 FR 81952 December 29, 2010
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Federal Copyright Protection of Sound Recordings Fixed Before February 15, 1972; Notice of inquiry: Extension of comment period; extension of reply comment period
75 FR 74749 December 1, 2010
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Gap in Termination Provisions; Notice of proposed rulemaking; request for comments
75 FR 72771 November 26, 2010
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Federal Copyright Protection of Sound Recordings Fixed Before February 15, 1972; Notice of inquiry
75 FR 67777 November 3, 2010
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Refunds Under the Cable Statutory License; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: correction
75 FR 62488 October 12, 2010
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Minimum Balance Requirement and Automatic Replenishment Option for Deposit Account Holders; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
75 FR 62345 October 8, 2010
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Refunds Under the Cable Statutory License; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
75 FR 61116 October 4, 2010
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Implementation of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010; Interim Rule
75 FR 56868 September 17, 2010
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Waiver of Statement of Account Filing Deadline for the 2010/1 Periods; Extension of Cable Statement of Account Filing Deadline
75 FR 52267 August 25, 2010
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Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies; Final Rule; correction
75 FR 47464 August 6, 2010
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Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies; Final Rule
75 FR 43825 July 27, 2010
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The Register of Copyrights’ and the Copyright Royalty Judges’ authority to determine the constitutionality of 17 U.S.C. 114(f)(5); Final Order
75 FR 26278 May 11, 2010
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Gap in Termination Provisions; Inquiry
75 FR 27248 May 4, 2010
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Section 111 and Interest Payments; Final rule
75 FR 20526 April 20, 2010
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Gap in Termination Provisions; Request for comments
75 FR 15390 March 29, 2010
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Copyright Royalty Judges’ Authority to Subpoena a Nonparticipant to Appear and Give Testimony or to Produce and Permit Inspection of Documents or Tangible Things; Final Order
75 FR 13306 March 19, 2010
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Mandatory Deposit of Published Electronic Works Available Only Online; Interim rule
75 FR 3863 January 25, 2010
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