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                Issue 250 - February
                  24, 2005   | 
               
             
			             
		      
Office Modifies Policy on Selection of Applications Included in Pilot
		    Program 
			The Copyright Office announces a modification to a policy decision (70
			  FR 3231) concerning changing the format of certain copyright registration
			  certificates. The modification clarifies which applications for
			  registration will be included in the pilot program in which certificates
			  of registration will be generated from registration data scanned from the
			  applications and stored in an electronic information system. (Read further
		    information.) 
			
			  	          
                    
            
			 
			
			  
                | Feb.
                    25 | 
                Due date for Notices of Intent to Participate
                  and comments on royalty rates for analog television broadcast
                  stations retransmitted by satellite carriers (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) | 
			   
				
				  | Mar. 18  | 
				  Due date for Petitions to Participate and the filing
			      fee for rate adjustment proceeding (html)
			      (pdf) | 
			   
				
				  | Mar. 25 | 
				  Due date for comments on orphan works issues   (html)
			      (pdf) | 
			   
				
				  | May 9  | 
				  Due date for reply comments on orphan works issues
			      (html) (pdf) | 
			   
			 
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