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 Compendium of

Copyright Office Practices

FOREWORD

The Copyright Office has made available to the its administrative staff manual known as the "Compendium of Copyright Office Practices." This step was taken pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. § 552). Accordingly, the Regulations of the Copyright Office [37 C.F.R., ch. II (24 F.R. 4955)] were amended, effective July 4, 1967, to provide in Section 201.2(b)(3):

"The Copyright Office maintains an administrative staff manual referred to as its "Compendium of Office Practices, II and an index to the manual, for the general guidance of its staff in making registrations and recording documents. The manual and index, as amended and supplemented from time to time, are available in the Copyright Office for public inspection and copying."

Although previously available for inspection and copying, it was not until the July 1970 edition that the Compendium was published through the Superintendent of Documents of the Government Printing Office.

The Compendium has not yet been completed and does not cover all aspects of Copyright Office work. Additional portions will be issued as they are completed, and amendments and supplements will be issued from time to time. These changes will be published in the form of additional or replacement pages of this looseleaf publication. REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS iii