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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office
[Docket No. 2019–3]
Public Draft of the Compendium of
U.S. Copyright Office Practices
U.S. Copyright Office, Library
of Congress.
ACTION: U.S. Copyright Office releases
public draft of an update to the
Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office
Practices, Third Edition.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Copyright Office is
announcing the release of a public draft
of an update to its administrative
manual, the Compendium of U.S.
Copyright Office Practices, Third
Edition. The update has been released in
draft form to give the public an
opportunity to review and provide
comments on the revisions.
DATES: Comments must be made in
writing and must be received in the U.S.
Copyright Office no later than May 14,
2019. The Copyright Office will hold a
webinar to review the proposed
revisions on April 10, 2019, at 2:00 p.m.
EST, which may be accessed from the
web page referenced in the Addresses
section below.
ADDRESSES: The public draft of the
update to the Compendium of U.S.
Copyright Office Practices, Third
Edition is available on the Office’s
website at https://www.copyright.gov/
comp3/draft.html. The webinar on the
proposed revisions may be accessed
from the same web page. For reasons of
government efficiency, the Copyright
Office is using the regulations.gov
system for the submission and posting
of public comments related to this draft.
All comments are therefore to be
submitted electronically through
regulations.gov. Specific instructions for
submitting comments are available on
the Copyright Office website at https://
www.copyright.gov/comp3/draft/
comment-submission. If electronic
submission of comments is not feasible
due to lack of access to a computer and/
or the internet, please contact the Office
using the contact information below for
special instructions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert J. Kasunic, Associate Register
and Director of Registration Policy and
Practice or Regan A. Smith, General
Counsel and Associate Register of
Copyrights, by telephone at 202–707–
8040 or by email at rkas@copyright.gov
and regans@copyright.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office
Practices, Third Edition
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(‘‘Compendium’’) is the administrative
manual of the U.S. Copyright Office (the
‘‘Office’’). It ‘‘explains many of the
practices and procedures concerning the
Office’s mandate and statutory duties of
the Copyright Office under title 17 of
the United States Code.’’ 37 CFR
201.2(b)(7). ‘‘It is both a technical
manual for the Copyright Office’s staff,
as well as a guidebook for authors,
copyright licensees, practitioners,
scholars, the courts, and members of the
general public.’’ Id.
To ensure that this manual remains
up to date, the Office is now releasing
a draft revision of the Compendium.
This is the first update since the
Compendium was revised on September
29, 2017. 82 FR 45625 (Sept. 29, 2017).
This update is the result of a careful
review of changes to the Office’s
practices and procedures, as well as
recent changes in the law.
In particular, the Compendium has
been updated to reflect the Supreme
Court’s decision in Star Athletica v.
Varsity Brands, 137 S. Ct. 1002 (2017).
The draft provides new guidance for
claims involving useful articles, as well
as claims involving works of artistic
craftsmanship, models, technical
drawings, and other works of the visual
arts.
Additionally, the Compendium has
been updated to reflect rulemakings that
the Office has completed over the past
seventeen months. It provides
information concerning the new group
registration options for unpublished
works and unpublished photographs,
and the recent changes to the rules
governing the group registration options
for published photographs and serials,
newspaper, and newsletter issues.1 It
reflects the new deposit requirements
for literary monographs, printed music,
and photographic databases, and the
recent changes to the regulation on the
Single Application.2 It also incorporates
changes made by the recent technical
amendments to the regulation governing
copyright notice.3
The Office recently issued other
proposals to amend its registration
regulations, including regarding
architectural works, and a new group
registration option for short online
1 See 83 FR 2542 (Jan. 18, 2018) (final rule on
group photographs); 83 FR 4144 (Jan. 30, 2018), 84
FR 3698 (Feb. 13, 2019) (final rules on group
newspapers); 83 FR 61546 (Nov. 30, 2018) (final
rule on group serials and group newsletters); 84 FR
3693 (Feb. 13, 2019) (final rule on unpublished
works).
2 See 83 FR 2371 (Jan 17, 2018) (final rule on
literary monographs and printed music); 83 FR
2542 (Jan. 18, 2018) (final rule on group
photographs); 83 FR 66627 (Dec. 27, 2018) (final
rule on the Single Application).
3 See 82 FR 42735 (Sept. 12, 2017).
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literary works.4 The final version of the
Compendium will include information
about these amendments if the Office
issues a final rule in these proceedings
before this update goes into effect. The
final version will also include updates
to reflect the Supreme Court’s recent
decision in Fourth Estate Public Benefit
Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, 586 U.S.
l (Mar. 4, 2019).
The Compendium has been updated
to reflect certain technical upgrades that
have been made to the electronic
registration system. The Office has
introduced a new and improved version
of the Single Application, and finalized
a regulatory update related to
thisupgrade.5 It modified the authorship
statements in the application for
registering a single issue of a serial
publication. It expanded the unique
identifiers that may be provided in an
application for copyright registration,
such as ISMN, ISWC, and ISTC
numbers. And it added a new feature
that will allow certain file types to be
uploaded to the electronic system, while
blocking unacceptable file types.6
Finally, the Compendium has been
updated to reflect a number of practice
changes that have been implemented by
the Office of Registration Policy &
Practice. These changes are intended to
increase the efficiency of the
examination process, reduce pendency
times, and enhance the quality of the
registration record. Among other
improvements, the revisions clarify how
and when the Office will communicate
with applicants, when it will attempt to
correct deficiencies in the application,
when it will register a claim with an
annotation, and when it will refuse
registration.7
The public draft for this update to the
Compendium may be viewed on the
Office’s website at https://
www.copyright.gov/comp3/draft.html.
The Office has provided redlines that
compare the public draft with the
version of the Compendium that was
released on September 29, 2017. In
addition, the Office’s website provides a
complete list of the sections that will be
4 See 83 FR 65612 (Dec. 21, 2018) (proposed rule
on short online literary works); 83 FR 66182 (Dec.
26, 2018) (proposed rule on architectural works).
5 See 83 FR at 66627.
6 Additional information concerning these
technical upgrades is available on the Office’s
website at https://www.copyright.gov/eco/updates/
index.html.
7 See, e.g, Compendium public draft Chapter 600,
sections 603.2(C), 605.3(D), 605.4, 605.6(B),
605.6(C), 605.6(D), 606, 610.6(B), 610.6(D)(4),
618.8(A)(8), 618.8(C)(3), 618.8(D)(2), 618.8(F),
618.8(H), 618.8(I), 619.13(Q), 619.19(T),
620.10(D)(1)(c), 621.9(E)(3), 621.9(F)(2), and
621.9(G).
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added, amended, or removed in this
update.
The Office welcomes comments on
the public draft. In the meantime, the
update will remain in draft form
pending the Office’s review of any
comments that are received.8
Dated: March 11, 2019.
Regan A. Smith,
General Counsel and Associate Register of
Copyrights.
[FR Doc. 2019–04798 Filed 3–14–19; 8:45 am]
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ACTION: License renewal and record of
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AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has issued Renewed
Facility Operating License No. NPF–86
to NextEra Energy Seabrook, LLC
(NextEra), Hudson Light & Power
Department, Massachusetts Municipal
Wholesale Electric Company, and
Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant.
Renewed Facility Operating License No.
NPF–86 authorizes NextEra to operate
Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook)
at reactor core power levels not in
excess of 3,648 megawatts thermal, and
in accordance with the provisions of the
Seabrook renewed operating license and
technical specifications. In addition, the
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authorizing operations at Seabrook for
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SUMMARY:
8 Documents and copyright claims recorded or
registered on or after the date that the final version
goes into effect will be governed by that version of
the Compendium. Registrations and recordations
issued by the Office before that date generally will
be governed by the December 29, 2014 or
September 29, 2017 versions of the Compendium
(as the case may be), except where those versions
have been superseded by an amendment to the
regulations, intervening case law, or previously
announced changes in practices.
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information related to this document
using any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2010–0206. Address
questions about NRC dockets in
Regulations.gov to Krupskaya Castellon;
telephone: 301–287–9221; email:
Krupskaya.Castellon@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly
available documents online in the
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https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For
problems with ADAMS, contact the
NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR)
reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, 301–
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nrc.gov. The ADAMS accession number
for each document referenced (if it is
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document.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
purchase copies of public documents at
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
William ‘‘Butch’’ Burton, Office of
Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–6332; email: William.Burton@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction
The NRC hereby gives notice that it
has issued Renewed Facility Operating
License No. NPF–86 to NextEra Energy
Seabrook, LLC (NextEra), Hudson Light
& Power Department, Massachusetts
Municipal Wholesale Electric Company,
and Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant.
Renewed Facility Operating License No.
NPF–86 authorizes NextEra to operate
Seabrook Station, Unit No. 1 (Seabrook)
at reactor core power levels not in
excess of 3,648 megawatts thermal, and
in accordance with the provisions of the
Seabrook renewed operating license and
technical specifications.
The NRC ROD that supports the
NRC’s decision to issue Renewed
Facility Operating License No. NPF–86
is available in ADAMS under Accession
No. ML19002A160. The NRC
documented its environmental review
for the license renewal in the ROD and
the final supplemental environmental
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impact statement (FSEIS) for the
Seabrook license renewal, NUREG–
1437, Supplement 46, ‘‘Generic
Environmental Impact Statement for
License Renewal of Nuclear Plants
Regarding Seabrook Station, Final
Report,’’ dated July 2015 (ADAMS
Accession Nos. ML15209A575 and
ML15209A870). As part of its
environmental review, the NRC
considered a range of reasonable
alternatives to license renewal that
included a natural gas-fired combinedcycle (NGCC) alternative, a new nuclear
alternative, a combination alternative of
NGCC and wind, and the no-action
alternative. As discussed in Chapter 9,
‘‘Conclusion,’’ of the FSEIS, the NRC
has determined that the adverse
environmental impacts of license
renewal for Seabrook are not so great
that preserving the option of license
renewal for energy-planning decision
makers would be unreasonable. This
recommendation is based on: (1) The
analysis and findings in the generic
environmental impact statement
(NUREG–1437), (2) information
provided in the environmental report
and other documents submitted by
NextEra, (3) consultation with Federal,
State, local, and Tribal agencies, (4) the
NRC staff’s independent environmental
review, and (5) consideration of public
comments received during the scoping
process and on the draft supplemental
environmental impact statement.
Seabrook is a pressurized-water
reactor located approximately 15 miles
(24 km) south of Portsmouth, NH. The
Seabrook license renewal application,
dated May 25, 2010 (ADAMS Package
Accession No. ML101590094), as
supplemented by letters dated through
August 29, 2018, complies with the
standards and requirements of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended
(the Act), and the NRC’s regulations in
Chapter I of Title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR). As
required by the Act and the NRC’s
regulations, the NRC has made
appropriate findings, which it has set
forth in the renewed license. On July 21,
2010, the NRC published in the Federal
Register a public notice of the proposed
issuance of the renewed license for
Seabrook. This public notice also
included an opportunity to request a
hearing (75 FR 42462). No adjudicatory
matters are pending before the
Commission or the Atomic Safety and
Licensing Board regarding the Seabrook
license renewal application.
For further details with respect to the
issuance of the Seabrook renewed
operating license, see: (1) NextEra’s
license renewal application for
Seabrook dated May 25, 2010 (ADAMS
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Copyright Office
[Docket No. 2019-3]
Public Draft of the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices
AGENCY: U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
ACTION: U.S. Copyright Office releases public draft of an update to the
Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Copyright Office is announcing the release of a
public draft of an update to its administrative manual, the Compendium
of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition. The update has been
released in draft form to give the public an opportunity to review and
provide comments on the revisions.
DATES: Comments must be made in writing and must be received in the
U.S. Copyright Office no later than May 14, 2019. The Copyright Office
will hold a webinar to review the proposed revisions on April 10, 2019,
at 2:00 p.m. EST, which may be accessed from the web page referenced in
the Addresses section below.
ADDRESSES: The public draft of the update to the Compendium of U.S.
Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition is available on the Office's
website at https://www.copyright.gov/comp3/draft.html. The webinar on
the proposed revisions may be accessed from the same web page. For
reasons of government efficiency, the Copyright Office is using the
regulations.gov system for the submission and posting of public
comments related to this draft. All comments are therefore to be
submitted electronically through regulations.gov. Specific instructions
for submitting comments are available on the Copyright Office website
at https://www.copyright.gov/comp3/draft/comment-submission. If
electronic submission of comments is not feasible due to lack of access
to a computer and/or the internet, please contact the Office using the
contact information below for special instructions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert J. Kasunic, Associate Register
and Director of Registration Policy and Practice or Regan A. Smith,
General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights, by telephone at
202-707-8040 or by email at rkas@copyright.gov and
regans@copyright.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office
Practices, Third Edition (``Compendium'') is the administrative manual
of the U.S. Copyright Office (the ``Office''). It ``explains many of
the practices and procedures concerning the Office's mandate and
statutory duties of the Copyright Office under title 17 of the United
States Code.'' 37 CFR 201.2(b)(7). ``It is both a technical manual for
the Copyright Office's staff, as well as a guidebook for authors,
copyright licensees, practitioners, scholars, the courts, and members
of the general public.'' Id.
To ensure that this manual remains up to date, the Office is now
releasing a draft revision of the Compendium. This is the first update
since the Compendium was revised on September 29, 2017. 82 FR 45625
(Sept. 29, 2017). This update is the result of a careful review of
changes to the Office's practices and procedures, as well as recent
changes in the law.
In particular, the Compendium has been updated to reflect the
Supreme Court's decision in Star Athletica v. Varsity Brands, 137 S.
Ct. 1002 (2017). The draft provides new guidance for claims involving
useful articles, as well as claims involving works of artistic
craftsmanship, models, technical drawings, and other works of the
visual arts.
Additionally, the Compendium has been updated to reflect
rulemakings that the Office has completed over the past seventeen
months. It provides information concerning the new group registration
options for unpublished works and unpublished photographs, and the
recent changes to the rules governing the group registration options
for published photographs and serials, newspaper, and newsletter
issues.\1\ It reflects the new deposit requirements for literary
monographs, printed music, and photographic databases, and the recent
changes to the regulation on the Single Application.\2\ It also
incorporates changes made by the recent technical amendments to the
regulation governing copyright notice.\3\
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\1\ See 83 FR 2542 (Jan. 18, 2018) (final rule on group
photographs); 83 FR 4144 (Jan. 30, 2018), 84 FR 3698 (Feb. 13, 2019)
(final rules on group newspapers); 83 FR 61546 (Nov. 30, 2018)
(final rule on group serials and group newsletters); 84 FR 3693
(Feb. 13, 2019) (final rule on unpublished works).
\2\ See 83 FR 2371 (Jan 17, 2018) (final rule on literary
monographs and printed music); 83 FR 2542 (Jan. 18, 2018) (final
rule on group photographs); 83 FR 66627 (Dec. 27, 2018) (final rule
on the Single Application).
\3\ See 82 FR 42735 (Sept. 12, 2017).
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The Office recently issued other proposals to amend its
registration regulations, including regarding architectural works, and
a new group registration option for short online literary works.\4\ The
final version of the Compendium will include information about these
amendments if the Office issues a final rule in these proceedings
before this update goes into effect. The final version will also
include updates to reflect the Supreme Court's recent decision in
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, 586 U.S. _
(Mar. 4, 2019).
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\4\ See 83 FR 65612 (Dec. 21, 2018) (proposed rule on short
online literary works); 83 FR 66182 (Dec. 26, 2018) (proposed rule
on architectural works).
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The Compendium has been updated to reflect certain technical
upgrades that have been made to the electronic registration system. The
Office has introduced a new and improved version of the Single
Application, and finalized a regulatory update related to
thisupgrade.\5\ It modified the authorship statements in the
application for registering a single issue of a serial publication. It
expanded the unique identifiers that may be provided in an application
for copyright registration, such as ISMN, ISWC, and ISTC numbers. And
it added a new feature that will allow certain file types to be
uploaded to the electronic system, while blocking unacceptable file
types.\6\
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\5\ See 83 FR at 66627.
\6\ Additional information concerning these technical upgrades
is available on the Office's website at https://www.copyright.gov/eco/updates/.
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Finally, the Compendium has been updated to reflect a number of
practice changes that have been implemented by the Office of
Registration Policy & Practice. These changes are intended to increase
the efficiency of the examination process, reduce pendency times, and
enhance the quality of the registration record. Among other
improvements, the revisions clarify how and when the Office will
communicate with applicants, when it will attempt to correct
deficiencies in the application, when it will register a claim with an
annotation, and when it will refuse registration.\7\
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\7\ See, e.g, Compendium public draft Chapter 600, sections
603.2(C), 605.3(D), 605.4, 605.6(B), 605.6(C), 605.6(D), 606,
610.6(B), 610.6(D)(4), 618.8(A)(8), 618.8(C)(3), 618.8(D)(2),
618.8(F), 618.8(H), 618.8(I), 619.13(Q), 619.19(T), 620.10(D)(1)(c),
621.9(E)(3), 621.9(F)(2), and 621.9(G).
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The public draft for this update to the Compendium may be viewed on
the Office's website at https://www.copyright.gov/comp3/draft.html. The
Office has provided redlines that compare the public draft with the
version of the Compendium that was released on September 29, 2017. In
addition, the Office's website provides a complete list of the sections
that will be
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added, amended, or removed in this update.
The Office welcomes comments on the public draft. In the meantime,
the update will remain in draft form pending the Office's review of any
comments that are received.\8\
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\8\ Documents and copyright claims recorded or registered on or
after the date that the final version goes into effect will be
governed by that version of the Compendium. Registrations and
recordations issued by the Office before that date generally will be
governed by the December 29, 2014 or September 29, 2017 versions of
the Compendium (as the case may be), except where those versions
have been superseded by an amendment to the regulations, intervening
case law, or previously announced changes in practices.
Dated: March 11, 2019.
Regan A. Smith,
General Counsel and Associate Register of Copyrights.
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