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, Third Edition The applicant should provide only one mailing address in the application. The Office will send a single copy of the certificate of registration to that address by first class mail. Additional copies of the certificate of registration may be obtained from the Office for an additional fee. For instructions on how to request additional copies of a certificate of registration, see.

The name and mailing address provided in the application will appear on the certificate of registration, which will be made available to the public upon request, although it will not appear in the. As discussed in, the Office will not remove this information from the registration once a registration has been issued.

For a general discussion of privacy concerns, see.

622.5&emsp;Privacy Concerns

Because registration records are open to the public, an should not provide any private, confidential, or personally identifiable information that is not required for registration. Any information that is provided in the application may be made available to the general public through the U.S. Copyright Office’s online database and the public records of the Office.

If the applicant provides private, confidential, or personally identifiable information in the application, that information may appear on the as well as online public record for the work, which can be accessed by anyone who runs a search work on the Office’s website. This information also will be made a permanent part of public record, and as a general rule, the Office will not remove any information from public record once a registration has been issued.

For a general discussion of privacy issues, see.

623&emsp;Special Handling

This Section discusses the U.S. Copyright Office’s practices and procedures for.

623.1&emsp;What Is Special Handling?

Special handling is a procedure for expediting the examination of an application to register a to copyright or the recordation of a document pertaining to copyright. The U.S. Copyright Office offers this service in certain circumstances where a copyright owner or other interested parties have a compelling reason for the expedited issuance of a or a certificate of recordation, as described in. The Office charges an additional fee for this service, which is discussed in.

The copyright law provides that a work of authorship is protected by copyright from the moment it is in a tangible medium of expression and that a registration or recordation is not a prerequisite for such protection. 17 U.S.C. §§ 102(a), 408(a). However, registration is required in order to institute a lawsuit for the of a U.S. work, and recordation is required in order to obtain the benefit of certain statutory Chapter 600 : 226