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807
Motion Picture Agreement. (cont'd)
807.06
Supplemental Property Agreement. Where a depositor who has entered into a Motion Picture Agreement has deposited for registration a copy of a motion picture which does not represent the form of copy which the Library of Congress wishes to retain for its collections, such copy may be accepted for registration if the depositor specifically agrees in accordance with a Supplementary Property Agreement that a copy of archival quality will be delivered on demand under the Motion Picture Agreement.
807.07
Termination of the Motion Picture Agreement. The Library of Congress may terminate the Motion Picture Agreement for any good cause, including single or repeated instances of breach of the Agreement. If an Agreement is terminated by the Library, the termination applies only to motion pictures deposited after the termination, and does not affect the rights or obligations of either party with respect to any copies already deposited or returned under the Agreement. If
the Agreement is terminated by the Library, it is not subject to reinstatement unless the Library believes that reinstatement, or entering into a new Agreement, would be in its best interests. See 37 C.F.R. 202.20(c)(2)(ii).808
Special relief from the deposit requirements for registration. Special relief is a procedure which
allows the Register of Copyrights to grant the requestor the option of depositing less than or other than that which is required under the general deposit provisions. See 37 C.F.R. 202.20(d): see also 17 U.S.C. 407(c) and 408(c).808.01
Special relief: in general. Special relief was devised because it is impossible to establish exemptions or alternatives to cover all cases where the general deposit provisions of the statute might cause unnecessary hardship. Special relief is intended to respond to the legislative directive that deposit provisions be kept flexible "so that there will be no obligation to make deposit where it serves no purpose, so that only one copy or phonorecord may be
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