1900-8
1903
Copying of Copyright Office records, indexes, correspondence, and deposits in general. (cont'd)
1903.03
Copies of records. The Copyright Office will furnish a copy of any official record upon request and payment of the duplication fee. Official records include completed records of registrations, rejections, or recorded documents; indexes; litigation statements; and catalog entries relating to a registration or a recorded document.
1903.04
Materials which may generally be copied. The Copyright Office will furnish a copy of official correspondence, including preliminary applications, between copyright and mask work claimants or their agents and the Office, that directly relate to a completed registration (however, see section 1903 above), a recorded document, a rejected application for registration, or a document for which recordation was refused. See 37 C.F.R. 201.2(c)(1).
1903.05
Materials which may generally not be copied. The Copyright Office will not make copies available of correspondence, application forms, and any accompanying material (including deposit material) forming part of a pending application. As a general rule and subject to requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act, the Office will not furnish copies of notes, internal memoranda, information relating to facts concerning personal privacy or financial information, trade secret or internal matters of a relatively trivial nature. Similarly, no copies will be furnished of material relating to internal matters of personnel and procedures, Office administration, security matters, or internal consideration of policy and decisional matters, including the work product of office attorneys.
1903.06
Administrative staff manuals. Copies of Compendium I (1973) are available for purchase from the National Technical Information Service and copies of Compendium II (1984) may be purchased from the Government Printing Office. As Compendium II is updated, changes will be available on-line at www.loc.gov/copyright. In addition, requests for photocopies of the administrative staff manuals referred to as "Compendium of Copyright Office Practices I" and "Compendium of Copyright Office Practices II" may be submitted to the Certifications and Documents Section of the Copyright Office during regular
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