CO NPRM Would Amend Submission Rules, Ahead of E-Recordation System Development
A Copyright Office NPRM Thursday would amend rules for recording transfers of copyright ownership, notices of copyright termination and other copyright-related documents. The CO said it's part of planned development of a fully electronic recordation system. The CO must “make…
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a number of policy decisions critical to the design of the to-be-developed system,” the office said in the Federal Register: Several of the changes “could be implemented in the near future, without the new system.” The NPRM would in part update document submission rules to allow for e-submission and would lay out the process for an applicant to submit information directly via e-recordation. The CO still would require submission of official documents through the portal but would be able to swiftly index the information via user-submitted data. The office plans closer to the program's launch to evaluate how to structure fees under the e-recordation plan. The CO said it would, as planned, begin “making all documents recorded after the launch of the new arrangement available on the internet, regardless of whether the document was submitted through the new approach or via the paper process.” The office said it “sees no reason why someone should be required to travel to [Washington], or to make an expensive search and retrieval request to view these records.” The CO said it plans to issue a separate NPRM later on making “documents recorded prior to the system's introduction available online.” Comments are due July 17.