Library of Congress May 16, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Copyright Royalty Judges, acting pursuant to statute, referred material questions of substantive law to the Register of Copyrights concerning the scope of the Register of Copyright's exclusive authority over Statements of Account under the section 115 Compulsory License. Specifically, the Copyright Royalty Board requested a decision by the Register of Copyrights regarding ``whether the detail requirements set forth in 37 CFR as proposed Sec. 385.12(e) (existing) and proposed Sec. 385.22(d) (new) as well as the confidentiality requirement proposed for Sec. Sec. 385.12(f) and 385.22(e) encroach upon the exclusive statutory domain of the Register under Sec. 115 of the Act.'' The Register of Copyrights responded in a timely fashion by delivering a Memorandum Opinion to the Copyright Royalty Board on May 1, 2013.