By Ryan Smith and Thomas F. Zuber of Zuber & Taillieu LLP
The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals joined the Fifth and Seventh Circuits in holding that a completed application filed with the U.S. Copyright Office suffices for “registration” for litigation purposes. In Cosmetic Ideas, Inc. v. IAC/Interactivecorp. 606 F.3d 612 (9th Cir. 2010), the Ninth Circuit determined that although the… More...
The Copyright Royalty Judges (“CRJ,” or ‘Judges”) have announced the final phase I distribution of cable royalty funds for the years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 under section 111 of the Copyright Act. More...
The Copyright Office has extended the deadline from May 14 to May 21 for reply comments in its inquiry on termination of certain grants. More...
In a Federal Register Notice, the Copyright Office (“Office”) has sought comments regarding the application of Title 17 to the termination of certain grants of transfers or licenses of copyright, specifically those for which execution of the grant occurred prior to January 1, 1978 and creation of the work occurred on or after January 1, 1978. More...
The Copyright Office (“Office”) of the Library of Congress has published an interim rule relating to fees for special handling of registration claims that have been pending for at least six months. More...
The Copyright Royalty Judges (“CRJ”) have published final regulations setting the rates and terms for the use of sound recordings in transmissions made by new subscription services and for the making of ephemeral recordings necessary for the facilitation of such transmissions for the period commencing January 1, 2011, and ending on December 31, 2015. More...
The Copyright Office (“Office”) of the Library of Congress has published a final rule establishing adjusted fees for its services. More...
The Copyright Office has issued on November 1, 2007 a final rule that revises its rules covering applications for registration of claims for renewal term of copyrights. These regulations were issued in light of fact that since January 1, 2006, all applications for renewal “have necessarily More...
The Copyright royalty Board has issued new regulations governing the rates and terms for two statutory licenses. These licenses refer to the grant of certain digital performances of sound recordings and the making of ephemeral recordings. The new regulation applies to license apply to the license More...
Amendments to copyright registration fees were undertaken by the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress. Assuming that no legislative action on this matter will be implemented by July 1, 2007, these amendments took effect on July 1, 2007. This final rule imposed a “lower basic More...
