82 FR 22886 - Disruption of Copyright Office Electronic Systems

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Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 96 (May 19, 2017)

Page Range		22886-22888
FR Document		2017-10218
The U.S. Copyright Office is amending its regulations governing delays in the receipt of material caused by the disruption of postal or other transportation or communication services. The amendments, for the first time, specifically address the effect of a disruption or suspension of any Copyright Office electronic system on the Office's receipt of applications, fees, deposits, or other materials, and the assignment of a constructive date of receipt to such materials. The amendments also make various revisions to the existing portions of the rule for usability and readability. In addition, the amendments specify how the Office will assign effective dates of receipt when, in the absence of a declaration of a general disruption, the Office does not receive, loses, or misplaces materials that were physically delivered or attempted to be physically delivered to the Office.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Copyright Office

37 CFR Part 201

[Docket No. 2017-4]


Disruption of Copyright Office Electronic Systems

AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Copyright Office is amending its regulations 
governing delays in the receipt of material caused by the disruption of 
postal or other transportation or communication services. The 
amendments, for the first time, specifically address the effect of a 
disruption or suspension of any Copyright Office electronic system on 
the Office's receipt of applications, fees, deposits, or other 
materials, and the assignment of a constructive date of receipt to such 
materials. The amendments also make various revisions to the existing 
portions of the rule for usability and readability. In addition, the 
amendments specify how the Office will assign effective dates of 
receipt when, in the absence of a declaration of a general disruption, 
the Office does not receive, loses, or misplaces materials that were 
physically delivered or attempted to be physically delivered to the 
Office.

DATES: Effective June 19, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Chauvet, Assistant General 
Counsel, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 202-707-8350.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 709 of the Copyright Act (title 17, 
United States Code) addresses the situation where the ``general 
disruption or suspension of postal or other transportation or 
communications services'' prevents the timely receipt by the U.S. 
Copyright Office (``Office'') of ``a deposit, application, fee, or any 
other material.'' In such situations, and ``on the basis of such 
evidence as the Register may by regulation require,'' the Register of 
Copyrights may deem the receipt of such material to be timely, so long 
as it is actually received ``within one month after the date on which 
the Register determines that the disruption or suspension of such 
services has terminated.'' 17 U.S.C. 709. In addition, section 702 of 
the Copyright Act authorizes the Register to ``establish regulations 
not inconsistent with law for the administration of the functions and 
duties made the responsibility of the Register under this title.'' 17 
U.S.C. 702.

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    The Office's regulations implementing section 709 can be found in 
37 CFR 201.8. When the Office first promulgated these regulations, many 
of the Office's current electronic systems did not exist, and the 
regulations were not amended to specifically address outages of such 
systems. In 2015, the Office's online system used to register copyright 
claims was disrupted for over a week due to an equipment failure, 
highlighting the need for the Office to update its regulations to 
address the effect of a disruption or suspension of any Copyright 
Office electronic system on the Office's receipt of applications, fees, 
deposits, or any other materials.
    On March 2, 2017, the Office published a Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking (``NPRM'') setting forth proposed regulatory amendments 
designed to close this gap in the Office's regulations. 82 FR 12326. 
The proposed amendments addressed the effect of a disruption or 
suspension of any Copyright Office electronic system on the Office's 
receipt of applications, fees, deposits, or other materials, and the 
assignment of a constructive date of receipt to such materials. 82 FR 
12326. The Office received six comments in response to the NPRM. None 
of the commenters opposed or proposed amendments to the proposed rule.
    As explained in the NPRM, assigning a date of receipt based on the 
date materials would have been received but for the disruption of a 
Copyright Office electronic system is important in a number of 
contexts. For example, thousands of copyright claims are filed each 
year using the Office's electronic filing system, and the effective 
date of registration of a copyright is the date the application, fees, 
and deposit are received by the Office. 17 U.S.C. 410(d). That date can 
affect the copyright owner's rights and remedies, such as eligibility 
for statutory damages and attorney's fees. See 17 U.S.C. 412 (statutory 
damages and attorney's fees available only for works with effective 
date of registration prior to commencement of infringement or, for 
published works, within three months of first publication of the work). 
In addition, certain filings may be submitted to the Office only in 
electronic form. See 37 CFR 201.38 (online service providers must 
designate an agent to receive notifications of claimed copyright 
infringement through the Copyright Office's Web site).
    The Office's amendments accordingly make several updates to 37 CFR 
201.8 to account for electronic outages. Among other things, the 
amendments allow the Register to assign, as the date of receipt, the 
date on which she determines the material would have been received but 
for the disruption or suspension of the electronic system. Ordinarily, 
when a person submits materials through an Office electronic system, 
those materials are received in the Office on the date the submission 
was made. In cases where a person attempts to submit materials, but is 
unable to do so because of a disruption or suspension of a Copyright 
Office electronic system, the amendments will allow the Register to use 
the date that the attempt was made as the date of receipt. In cases 
where it is unclear when the attempt was made, the amendments provide 
the Register with discretion to determine the effective date of receipt 
on a case-by-case basis.
    In addition, the amendments make several other changes to update 
the rule to account for more recent practices, and improve the 
usability and readability of the regulation. For instance, the 
amendments comprehensively update paragraph (c) of Sec.  201.8, which 
specifies the deadline for requesting an adjustment of the date of 
receipt in cases where a person attempted to submit material to the 
Office but was unable to do so due to the declared suspension or 
disruption of postal or other transportation or communications 
services. Under the previous rule, an applicant could only submit such 
a request after the issuance of a certificate of registration or 
recordation. That is because, in the past, most materials were 
submitted to the Office on paper. Permitting the submission of requests 
prior to the issuance of the certificate would have imposed 
unacceptable burdens on the Office, primarily due to difficulties in 
locating the pending paper applications or submissions to which the 
requests pertained. Now that the Office has implemented electronic 
systems, it is easier to make date adjustments, such as correcting the 
effective date of registration or date of recordation, while the 
application or submission is still pending. Accordingly, the Office's 
amendments allow persons seeking to adjust the date of receipt of any 
material that could not be submitted electronically due to a disruption 
or suspension of a Copyright Office electronic system, to submit a 
request on the date the Register publishes the announcement declaring 
that the disruption or suspension has terminated under Sec.  201.8(a), 
up to one year after the date on which the disruption or suspension has 
terminated under Sec.  201.8(a).
    Finally, the amendments add Sec.  201.8(b)(2) and (c)(2), which 
address a related issue. On occasion, a person may deliver or attempt 
to deliver material to the Office, but the Office may have no record of 
having received such material or may have lost or misplaced that 
material after it was received. Although such situations are rare, they 
do occur occasionally as mail delivered to the Office must go through 
extensive security screening.\1\ If the person provides satisfactory 
evidence that he or she physically delivered or attempted to physically 
deliver that material to the Office, the amendment allows the Register 
to assign, as the date of receipt, the date on which the material would 
have been received. Such a request must be made no later than one year 
after the person physically delivered or attempted to physically 
deliver the application, fee, deposit, or other material to the Office.
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    \1\ As the NPRM thus made clear, sections 201.8(b)(2) and (c)(2) 
are meant to address situations where the Office does not receive, 
loses, or misplaces materials that were physically delivered or 
attempted to be physically delivered to the Office. The rule is not 
intended to address short-term or routine outages of electronic 
systems that may occur in the absence of a declaration of a general 
disruption under section 201.8(a). The language of the final rule 
clarifies this point for the avoidance of any doubt.
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    As a technical matter, these provisions do not implement section 
709, which pertains to a general disruption of postal or other 
services; rather, the Office is implementing these provisions as an 
exercise of its general regulatory authority under section 702 of the 
Copyright Act.

List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 201

    Copyright.

Final Regulations

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Copyright Office 
amends 37 CFR part 201 as follows:

PART 201--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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1. The authority citation for part 201 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702.


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2. Section 201.8 is amended by revising paragraphs (a) through (f) 
introductory text, (f)(4), by adding paragraph (f)(5), and by removing 
paragraph (g). The revisions and addition read as follows:


Sec.  201.8  Disruption of postal or other transportation or 
communication services.

    (a) Declaration of disruption. For purposes of 17 U.S.C. 709, when 
the Register has determined that there is or has been a general 
disruption or suspension of postal or other transportation or 
communications services, including a disruption or

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suspension of a Copyright Office electronic system, that has delayed 
the receipt by the Copyright Office of applications, fees, deposits, or 
any other materials, the Register shall publish an announcement of that 
determination, stating the date on which the disruption or suspension 
commenced. The announcement may, if appropriate, limit the means of 
delivery that are subject to relief pursuant to section 709. Following 
the cessation of the disruption or suspension of services, the Register 
shall publish an announcement stating the date on which the disruption 
or suspension has terminated, and may provide specific instructions on 
how to make a request under paragraph (b)(1) of this section.
    (b) Request for earlier filing date due to disruption--(1) When the 
Register has declared a disruption. When the Register has made a 
declaration of disruption under paragraph (a) of this section, any 
person who, in compliance with any instructions provided by the 
Register, provides satisfactory evidence as described in paragraph (e) 
of this section that he or she attempted to deliver an application, 
fee, deposit, or other material to the Copyright Office, but that 
receipt by the Copyright Office was delayed due to a general disruption 
or suspension of postal or other transportation or communications 
services announced under paragraph (a), shall be assigned, as the date 
of receipt of the application, fee, deposit, or other material, the 
date on which the Register determines the material would have been 
received but for the disruption or suspension of services, so long as 
the application, fee, deposit, or other material was actually received 
in the Copyright Office within one month after the date the Register 
identifies pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section that disruption or 
suspension of services has terminated. Such requests should be mailed 
to the address specified in Sec.  201.1(c)(1), or through any other 
delivery method the Register specifies in a published announcement 
under paragraph (a) of this section.
    (2) With respect to disruption affecting specific submission. In 
the absence of a declaration of disruption under paragraph (a) of this 
section, any person who provides satisfactory evidence as described in 
paragraph (e) of this section that he or she physically delivered or 
attempted to physically deliver an application, fee, deposit, or other 
material to the Copyright Office, but that the Office did not receive 
that material or that it was lost or misplaced by the Office after its 
delivery to the Office, shall be assigned, as the date of receipt, the 
date that the Register determines that the material was received or 
would have been received. Such requests may be mailed to the address 
specified in Sec.  201.1(c)(1), or through any other delivery method 
specified by the Copyright Office.
    (c) Timing. (1) A request under paragraph (b)(1) of this section 
shall be made no earlier than the date on which the Register publishes 
the announcement under paragraph (a) of this section declaring that the 
disruption or suspension has terminated, and no later than one year 
after the publication of that announcement.
    (2) A request under paragraph (b)(2) of this section shall be made 
no later than one year after the person physically delivered or 
attempted to physically deliver the application, fee, deposit, or other 
material to the Copyright Office.
    (d) Return of certificate. In cases where a certificate of 
registration or a certificate of recordation has already been issued, 
the original certificate must be returned to the Copyright Office along 
with the request under paragraph (b) of this section.
    (e) Satisfactory evidence. In all cases the Register shall have 
discretion in determining whether materials submitted with a request 
under paragraph (b) of this section constitute satisfactory evidence. 
For purposes of paragraph (b) of this section, satisfactory evidence 
may include:
    (1) A receipt from the United States Postal Service indicating the 
date on which the United States Postal Service received material for 
delivery to the Copyright Office by means of first class mail, Priority 
Mail, or Express Mail;
    (2) A receipt from a delivery service such as, or comparable to, 
United Parcel Service, Federal Express, or Airborne Express, indicating 
the date on which the delivery service received material for delivery 
to the Copyright Office; and
    (i) The date on which delivery was to be made to the Copyright 
Office, or
    (ii) The period of time (e.g., overnight, or two days) from receipt 
by the delivery service to the date on which delivery was to be made to 
the Copyright Office;
    (3) A statement under penalty of perjury, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 
1746, from a person with actual knowledge of the facts relating to the 
attempt to deliver the material to the Copyright Office, setting forth 
with particularity facts which satisfy the Register that in the absence 
of the general disruption or suspension of postal or other 
transportation or communications services, including a disruption or 
suspension of a Copyright Office electronic system, or but for the 
misdelivery, misplacement, or loss of materials sent to the Copyright 
Office, the material would have been received by the Copyright Office 
by a particular date; or
    (4) Other documentary evidence which the Register deems equivalent 
to the evidence set forth in paragraphs (e)(1) and (2) of this section.
    (f) Presumption of receipt. For purposes of paragraph (b) of this 
section, the Register shall presume that but for the general disruption 
or suspension of postal or other transportation or communications 
services, including a disruption or suspension of a Copyright Office 
electronic system, or but for the misdelivery, misplacement, or loss of 
materials sent to the Copyright Office:
* * * * *
    (4) Materials deposited with a delivery service such as, or 
comparable to, United Parcel Service, Federal Express, or Airborne 
Express, would have been received in the Copyright Office on the date 
indicated on the receipt from the delivery service;
    (5) Materials submitted or attempted to be submitted through a 
Copyright Office electronic system would have been received in the 
Copyright Office on the date the attempt was made. If it is unclear 
when an attempt was made, the Register will determine the effective 
date of receipt on a case-by-case basis.

    Dated: May 11, 2017.
Karyn Temple Claggett,
Acting Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright 
Office.

    Approved by:
Carla D. Hayden,
Librarian of Congress.
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Copies of Statements of Account. In ■ b. Revising paragraph (d); LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
light of the changes to section 201.17(d), ■ c. Revising paragraphs (e)(14)
which clarify that instructions for introductory text and (e)(14)(iii)(A); Copyright Office
submitting forms will be provided by ■ d. Removing paragraph (l);
the Office on its Web site or the form 37 CFR Part 201
■ e. Redesignating paragraphs (m) and
itself, the Office is removing section [Docket No. 2017–4]
201.17(l), which currently proscribes (n) as paragraphs (l) and (m),
the number of physical copies that must respectively; and
Disruption of Copyright Office
be filed by licensees. ■ f. Revising newly redesignated Electronic Systems
Corrections, Supplemental Payments, paragraph (l)(4)(iii)(B).
and Refunds. As raised in the NPRM, The revisions read as follows: AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library
and following the same rationale of Congress.
allowing for the electronic signature and § 201.17 Statements of account covering ACTION: Final rule.
submission of SOAs, the Office is compulsory licenses for secondary
updating its rule to allow for electronic transmissions by cable systems. SUMMARY: The U.S. Copyright Office is
signatures and submission in * * * * * amending its regulations governing
connection with corrections, (c) * * * delays in the receipt of material caused
supplemental payments, and refunds. In (2) Upon receiving a Statement of by the disruption of postal or other
addition, as proposed in the NPRM, the Account and royalty fee, the Copyright transportation or communication
Office is now codifying its practice of Office will make an official record of the services. The amendments, for the first
accepting a signed and certified actual date when such Statement and time, specifically address the effect of a
amended SOA in lieu of a sworn fee were received in the Copyright disruption or suspension of any
affidavit or statement under 28 U.S.C. Office. * * * Copyright Office electronic system on
1746 currently required by the the Office’s receipt of applications, fees,
* * * * * deposits, or other materials, and the
regulation. In practice, the Office
receives few sworn affidavits or (d) Statement of Account forms and assignment of a constructive date of
statements that are not part of an submission. Cable systems should receipt to such materials. The
amended SOA, and so to facilitate submit each Statement of Account using amendments also make various
efficiency and clarity, the final rule an appropriate form provided by the revisions to the existing portions of the
removes references to separate affidavits Copyright Office on its Web site and rule for usability and readability. In
or statements and simply requires following the instructions for addition, the amendments specify how
remitters to submit an amended SOA. completion and submission provided on the Office will assign effective dates of
Batch Submissions. The proposed the Office’s Web site or the form itself. receipt when, in the absence of a
rule also included language permitting (e) * * * declaration of a general disruption, the
the submission of multiple SOAs by the (14) A legally binding signature, Office does not receive, loses, or
same cable operator in one group or including an electronic signature as misplaces materials that were physically
‘‘batch’’ filing. NCTA’s comment raised defined in 15 U.S.C. 7006, of: delivered or attempted to be physically
a concern that this change would be (iii) * * * delivered to the Office.
‘‘unnecessarily burdensome’’ by DATES: Effective June 19, 2017.
(A) The printed name of the person
imposing overly rigid requirements for FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
signing the Statement of Account;
the review, signature, and submission of Anna Chauvet, Assistant General
SOAs upon remitters. NCTA Comments * * * * *
Counsel, by email at achau@loc.gov, or
at 4. In light of the Office’s redirected (l) * * *
by telephone at 202–707–8350.
efforts described above and NCTA’s (4) * * *
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
comment, the final rule does not (iii) * * *
include this originally-proposed 709 of the Copyright Act (title 17,
(B) In the case of a request filed under United States Code) addresses the
amendment.
paragraph (m)(2)(ii) of this section, situation where the ‘‘general disruption
List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 201 where the royalty fee was miscalculated or suspension of postal or other
Copyright. and the amount deposited in the transportation or communications
Copyright Office was either too high or services’’ prevents the timely receipt by
Regulations too low, the request must be the U.S. Copyright Office (‘‘Office’’) of
For the reasons set forth in the accompanied by an amended Statement ‘‘a deposit, application, fee, or any other
preamble, the Copyright Office amends of Account. The amended Statement material.’’ In such situations, and ‘‘on
37 CFR part 201 as follows: shall include an explanation of why the the basis of such evidence as the
royalty fee was improperly calculated Register may by regulation require,’’ the
PART 201—GENERAL PROVISIONS and a detailed analysis of the proper Register of Copyrights may deem the
royalty calculations. receipt of such material to be timely, so
■ 1. The authority citation for part 201
* * * * * long as it is actually received ‘‘within
continues to read as follows:
Dated: May 12, 2017.
one month after the date on which the
Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702. Register determines that the disruption
Karyn Temple Claggett,
■ 2. Amend § 201.17 by: or suspension of such services has
■ a. Revising the first sentence of Acting Register of Copyrights and Director terminated.’’ 17 U.S.C. 709. In addition,
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paragraph (c)(2); of the U.S. Copyright Office.
section 702 of the Copyright Act
Approved by: authorizes the Register to ‘‘establish
Intention to the Copyright Office, https:// Carla D. Hayden, regulations not inconsistent with law for
www.copyright.gov/licensing/115/noi- Librarian of Congress.
instructions.html (‘‘The NOI must be emailed as an
the administration of the functions and
Excel file, and must not be converted to PDF or any [FR Doc. 2017–10219 Filed 5–18–17; 8:45 am] duties made the responsibility of the
other file format.’’). BILLING CODE 1410–30–P Register under this title.’’ 17 U.S.C. 702.

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suspension of a Copyright Office determines that the material was misdelivery, misplacement, or loss of
electronic system, that has delayed the received or would have been received. materials sent to the Copyright Office,
receipt by the Copyright Office of Such requests may be mailed to the the material would have been received
applications, fees, deposits, or any other address specified in § 201.1(c)(1), or by the Copyright Office by a particular
materials, the Register shall publish an through any other delivery method date; or
announcement of that determination, specified by the Copyright Office. (4) Other documentary evidence
stating the date on which the disruption (c) Timing. (1) A request under which the Register deems equivalent to
or suspension commenced. The paragraph (b)(1) of this section shall be the evidence set forth in paragraphs
announcement may, if appropriate, limit made no earlier than the date on which (e)(1) and (2) of this section.
the means of delivery that are subject to the Register publishes the (f) Presumption of receipt. For
relief pursuant to section 709. Following announcement under paragraph (a) of purposes of paragraph (b) of this
the cessation of the disruption or this section declaring that the section, the Register shall presume that
suspension of services, the Register disruption or suspension has but for the general disruption or
shall publish an announcement stating terminated, and no later than one year suspension of postal or other
the date on which the disruption or after the publication of that transportation or communications
suspension has terminated, and may announcement. services, including a disruption or
provide specific instructions on how to (2) A request under paragraph (b)(2) of suspension of a Copyright Office
make a request under paragraph (b)(1) of this section shall be made no later than electronic system, or but for the
this section. one year after the person physically misdelivery, misplacement, or loss of
(b) Request for earlier filing date due delivered or attempted to physically materials sent to the Copyright Office:
to disruption—(1) When the Register has deliver the application, fee, deposit, or * * * * *
declared a disruption. When the other material to the Copyright Office. (4) Materials deposited with a
Register has made a declaration of (d) Return of certificate. In cases
delivery service such as, or comparable
disruption under paragraph (a) of this where a certificate of registration or a
to, United Parcel Service, Federal
section, any person who, in compliance certificate of recordation has already
Express, or Airborne Express, would
with any instructions provided by the been issued, the original certificate must
have been received in the Copyright
Register, provides satisfactory evidence be returned to the Copyright Office
Office on the date indicated on the
as described in paragraph (e) of this along with the request under paragraph
receipt from the delivery service;
section that he or she attempted to (b) of this section. (5) Materials submitted or attempted
deliver an application, fee, deposit, or (e) Satisfactory evidence. In all cases
to be submitted through a Copyright
other material to the Copyright Office, the Register shall have discretion in
Office electronic system would have
but that receipt by the Copyright Office determining whether materials
been received in the Copyright Office on
was delayed due to a general disruption submitted with a request under
the date the attempt was made. If it is
or suspension of postal or other paragraph (b) of this section constitute
unclear when an attempt was made, the
transportation or communications satisfactory evidence. For purposes of
Register will determine the effective
services announced under paragraph (a), paragraph (b) of this section, satisfactory
date of receipt on a case-by-case basis.
shall be assigned, as the date of receipt evidence may include:
of the application, fee, deposit, or other (1) A receipt from the United States Dated: May 11, 2017.
material, the date on which the Register Postal Service indicating the date on Karyn Temple Claggett,
determines the material would have which the United States Postal Service Acting Register of Copyrights and Director
been received but for the disruption or received material for delivery to the of the U.S. Copyright Office.
suspension of services, so long as the Copyright Office by means of first class Approved by:
application, fee, deposit, or other mail, Priority Mail, or Express Mail; Carla D. Hayden,
material was actually received in the (2) A receipt from a delivery service
Librarian of Congress.
Copyright Office within one month after such as, or comparable to, United Parcel
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disruption or suspension of services has the delivery service received material
terminated. Such requests should be for delivery to the Copyright Office; and
mailed to the address specified in (i) The date on which delivery was to ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
§ 201.1(c)(1), or through any other be made to the Copyright Office, or AGENCY
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but that the Office did not receive that suspension of postal or other ACTION: Final rule.
material or that it was lost or misplaced transportation or communications
by the Office after its delivery to the services, including a disruption or SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Rules and Regulations
Action		Final rule.
Dates		Effective June 19, 2017.
Contact		Anna Chauvet, Assistant General Counsel, by email at [email protected], or by telephone at 202-707-8350.
FR Citation		82 FR 22886
82 FR 22886 - Disruption of Copyright Office Electronic Systems

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