2011 US Code
Title 17 - Copyrights
Chapter 7 - COPYRIGHT OFFICE (§§ 701 - 710)
Section 705 - Copyright Office records: Preparation, maintenance, public inspection, and searching
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 17 - COPYRIGHTS CHAPTER 7 - COPYRIGHT OFFICE Sec. 705 - Copyright Office records: Preparation, maintenance, public inspection, and searching |
| Contains | section 705 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 94-553, title I, §101, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2592; Pub. L. 106-379, §3(a)(2), Oct. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1445. |
| Statutes at Large References | 90 Stat. 2592 114 Stat. 1445 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 94-553, Public Law 106-379 |
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(a) The Register of Copyrights shall ensure that records of deposits, registrations, recordations, and other actions taken under this title are maintained, and that indexes of such records are prepared.
(b) Such records and indexes, as well as the articles deposited in connection with completed copyright registrations and retained under the control of the Copyright Office, shall be open to public inspection.
(c) Upon request and payment of the fee specified by section 708, the Copyright Office shall make a search of its public records, indexes, and deposits, and shall furnish a report of the information they disclose with respect to any particular deposits, registrations, or recorded documents.
(Pub. L. 94–553, title I, §101, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2592; Pub. L. 106–379, §3(a)(2), Oct. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1445.)
Amendments2000—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–379 amended subsec. (a) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “The Register of Copyrights shall provide and keep in the Copyright Office records of all deposits, registrations, recordations, and other actions taken under this title, and shall prepare indexes of all such records.”
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