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					Issue 241 - December 8,
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Hours of Public Access to Records Maintenance Unit Will
Change January 10, 2005
	        
			The hours of public access to the Copyright Office's Records
			  Maintenance Unit will change. Beginning January 10, 2005,
			  the Records Maintenance Unit will be open to the public from
			  9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Records Maintenance Unit, located
			  in room B-14 of the James Madison Memorial Building, houses
			  the copyright registration records. The new hours apply only
			  to the Records Maintenance Unit, not to any other part of
			  the Copyright Office accessible to the public. A technical
			  amendment to 37 CFR 201 will delete the reference to the 
			  hours the Records Maintenance Unit is open to the public. For
			  further information, click
			  here.
        
             
			                  
              	          
                    
             
			 
			
				
				  | Jan. 1 | 
				  Effective date of cost of living adjustment
			      in royalty rates for 17 U.S.C. 118 compulsory license (html)
			      (pdf) | 
			   
				
				  | Jan. 1 | 
				  Claims to 2004 DART royalty funds may be
				    filed online through the Copyright Office website beginning
			      on this date (html) (pdf) | 
			   
				
					| Jan. 10 | 
					Effective date of new hours of public access to the
				    Records Maintenance Unit of the Copyright Office (html)
				    (pdf) | 
				 
					| Feb. 28  | 
					Claims to the 2004 DART royalty funds must be received
				    in the Copyright Office by 5 p.m. on this date  (html) (pdf) | 
				 
			 
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