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S-78 No. 21

PRACTICE CONCERNING THE FEE TO BE CHARGED IN CASES PENDING IN THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE FEE INCREASE [November 26, 1965]

A. Public Law 89-2517, 89th Cong., 1st Sess., which provides for increases in most fees for copyright registrations and other services, was approved on October 21, 1965. Section 3 provides that "this Act shall take effect 30 days after its enactment." Under this provision, a copyright claim may be registered at the lower rate if properly filed in the Copyright Office on or before November 26, 1965, but the new higher fee will be charged for registration of claims submitted thereafter.

B. With respect to cases pending in the Copyright Office at the time of the fee increase, the following practices will be adopted:

1. In registration cases, Whether registration can be made for the lower fee will ordinarily depend upon whether a claim to copyright was presented to the Copyright Office on or before November 26, 1965. The lower fee will be charged if, on or before that date, the Copyright Office has received:

a. The full fee at the lower rate, either as a separate remittance or as part of a deposit account. In deposit account cases there is no requirement that the examiner check to make certain that the account had funds sufficient to cover a particular registration on or before November 26. 11-65