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 90 STAT. 2594

17 USC 709.

17 USC 710. Regulation.

PUBLIC LAW 94-553—OCT. 19, 1976 he or she shall prescribe, refund any sum paid by mistake or in excess of the fee required by this section; however, before making a refund in any case involving a refusal to register a claim under section 410(b), the Register may deduct all or any part of the prescribed registration fee to cover the reasonable administrative costs of processing the claim. § 709. Delay in delivery caused by disruption of postal or other services In any case in which the Register of Copyrights determines, on the basis of such evidence as the Register may by regulation require, that a deposit, application, fee, or any other material to be delivered to the Copyright Office by a particular date, would have been received in the Copyright Office in due time except for a general disruption or suspension of postal or other transportation or communications services, the actual receipt of such material in the Copyright Office within one month after the date on which the Register determines that the disruption or suspension of such services has terminated, shall be considered timely. § 710. Reproduction for use of the blind and physically handicapped: Voluntary licensing forms and procedures The Register of Copyrights shall, after consultation with the Chief of the Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and other appropriate officials of the Library of Congress, establish by regulation standardized forms and procedures by which, at the time applications covering certain specified categories of nondramatic literary works are submitted for registration under section 408 of this title, the copyright owner may voluntarily grant to the Library of Congress a license to reproduce the copyrighted work by means of Braille or similar tactile symbols, or by fixation of a reading of the work in a phonorecord, or both, and to distribute the resulting copies or phonorecords solely for the use of the blind and physically handicapped and under limited conditions to be specified in the standardized forms. Chapter 8.—COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL Sec. 801. 802. 803. 804. 805. 806. 807. 808. 809. 810.

17 USC 801.

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Copyright Royalty Tribunal: Establishment and purpose. Membership of the Tribunal. Procedures of the Tribunal. . Institution and conclusion of proceedings. Staff of the Tribunal. Administrative support of the Tribunal. Deduction of costs of proceedings. Reports. Effective date of final determinations. Judicial review.

§ 801. Copyright Royalty Tribunal: Establishment and purpose (a) There is hereby created an independent Copyright Royalty Tribunal in the legislative branch. (b) Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the purposes of the Tribunal shall be— (1) to make determinations concerning the adjustment of reasonable copyright royalty rates as provided in sections 115 and 116, and to make determinations as to reasonable terms and rates of royalty payments as provided in section 118. The rates applicable under sections 115 and 116 shall be calculated to achieve the following objectives: (A) To maximize the availability of creative works to the public;

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