Copyright Office: Online Registration of Works Coming Soon
According to the Copyright Office web site, the Office is reengineering many of its internal systems, including the system for registration and recordation. The implementation of an online registration system as part of the reengineering process reportedly requires that the Office amend its implementing regulations governing the procedures by which the public will be able to submit, and the Office process, copyright registrations and recordations.
The Office announced the availability of interim rules that identify the principal changes and upgrades to the registration system, and also announced the proposed amendments to the regulations to accommodate online registration. The Office has commenced Beta testing of the electronic online registration system, which went on-line July 9, 2007. According to the Office, the Beta testing will be limited to selected participants until system testing is complete, at which time the Office will open the electronic registration system to the public.
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- Once the Copyright Office's on-line registration and recordation system is fully operational, the government's three administrative bodies that govern IP--the U.S. Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Offices--will provide for further electronic filing of applications and forms over the Internet
