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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

Copyright Office Fees; Notice of proposed rulemaking
77 FR 72788 December 6, 2012
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Extension of Comment Period: Orphan Works and Mass Digitization; Extension of comment period
77 FR 71452 November 30, 2012
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Electronic Filing in the Copyright Office of Notices of Intention To Obtain a Section 115 Compulsory License; Final Rule
77 FR 71101 November 29, 2012
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Mechanical and Digital Phonorecord Delivery Compulsory License; Extension of reply comment periods
77 FR 68075 November 15, 2012
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Exemption to Prohibition on Circumvention of Copyright Protection Systems for Access Control Technologies; Final Rule
77 FR 65260 October 25, 2012
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Orphan Works and Mass Digitization; Notice of Inquiry
77 FR 64555 October 22, 2012
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Extension of Comment Period: Resale Royalty Right; Extension of comment period
77 FR 63342 October 16, 2012
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Verification of Statements of Account Submitted by Cable Operators and Satellite Carriers; Notice of proposed rulemaking; extension of reply comment period
77 FR 60333 October 3, 2012
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Resale Royalty Right; Notice of Inquiry
77 FR 58175 September 19, 2012
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Extension of Comment Period: Remedies for Small Copyright Claims: Additional Comments; Extension of comment period
77 FR 56874 September 14, 2012
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Mechanical and Digital Phonorecord Delivery Compulsory License; Notice of proposed rulemaking: Extension of comment and reply comment periods
77 FR 55783 September 11, 2012
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Verification of Statements of Account Submitted by Cable Operators and Satellite Carriers; Notice of proposed rulemaking: Extension of reply comment period
77 FR 55783 September 11, 2012
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Registration of Copyright: Definition of Claimant; Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Extension of Reply Comment Period
77 FR 538293 September 4, 2012
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Remedies for Small Copyright Claims: Additional Comments; Notice of inquiry
77 FR 51068 August 23, 2012
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Mechanical and Digital Phonorecord Delivery Compulsory License; Notice of proposed rulemaking
77 FR 44179 July 27, 2012
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Deposit Requirements for Registration of Automated Databases That Predominantly Consist of Photographs; Final Rule
77 FR 40268 July 9, 2012
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Registration of Claims to Copyright; Statement of Policy; Registration of Compilations
77 FR 37605 June 22, 2012
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Verification of Statements of Account Submitted by Cable Operators and Satellite Carriers; Notice of proposed rulemaking and request for comments
77 FR 35643 June 14, 2012
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Electronic Filing in the Copyright Office of Notices of Intention To Obtain a Section 115 Compulsory License; Notice of proposed rulemaking
77 FR 31237 May 25, 2012
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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 9, 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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