Copyright Law Updates | New Federal Register Notices
January 26, 2010
Copyright Office Issues Final Rule Establishing Adjusted Fees for Its Various Services
Final Rule Establishing Adjusted Fees
37 CFR Part 201, Docket No. RM 2008–9, 8/1/2009
The Copyright Office (“Office”) of the Library of Congress has published a final rule establishing adjusted fees for its services. The adjusted fees will recover a significant part of the costs to the Office of registering claims and provide full cost recovery for many other services provided by the Office which benefit only or primarily the user of that service.
According to the Office, the new fees are based on reliable information regarding the costs of providing services, and reflect cost savings associated with the implementation of electronic processing in the Copyright Office in 2007. Under the new fee structure, the…
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