  
			
			Copyright Office Fees Set to Change on August 1 
			              The Copyright Office has submitted to Congress a  proposed new fee schedule that will go into effect on August 1 unless Congress  rejects the schedule. The fee for registration of a basic claim to copyright filed  electronically will remain $35. Filing on a Form CO, which is filled out  online, printed with 2D barcodes that contain the information from the  application, and mailed to the Office, will increase to $50. Filing on  traditional paper forms without barcodes will be $65 to reflect the higher cost  to the Office of processing these forms. The $65 fee will apply likewise to  paper filings of applications for group registration for database updates,  contributions to periodicals, and published photographs. To read the complete  report and see the entire proposed fee schedule, go to the Copyright Office  website at www.copyright.gov. (Read  further          information.)
			   
                  
                 
                
                  
                    April 3  | 
                     Deadline to submit requests to testify in  public hearings on possible exemptions to prohibition against circumvention of  technological measures that control access to copyrighted works  | 
                   
                  
                    | April 21 | 
                    Deadline for comments on facilitating access to copyrighted works for the blind or persons with other disabilities  | 
                   
                  
                    May 1  | 
                     Public hearing in Palo Alto, California, on  possible exemptions to prohibition against circumvention of technological  measures that control access to copyrighted works  | 
                   
                  
                    May 4  | 
                    Due date for reply comments on facilitating access to  copyrighted works for the blind or persons with other disabilities  | 
                   
                  
                    May 6, 7, 8   | 
                    Public hearings in Washington, D.C.,  on possible exemptions to prohibition against circumvention of technological  measures that control access to copyrighted works  | 
                   
                  
                    | May 18 | 
                    Public meeting in Washington, D.C., on facilitating access  to copyrighted works for the blind or persons with other disabilities  | 
                   
                  
                    | August 1 | 
                    Copyright Office fees set to change | 
                   
                 
               
               
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