1900-14
1908
Certified copy of a recorded document. (cont'd)
1908.03
Certification of copies of recorded documents. (cont'd)
seal of the Copyright Office are included on the certificate. A fee for making the copy will be charged at the rate established by the Photoduplication Service.
1909
Certification in general. Certification is an official written representation of the Copyright Office attesting to one or more facts and bearing the seal of that Office and issued under the name and title of the Register of Copyrights. The Office will certify only an authorized work product produced by the Office or official Office records.
1909.01
Register's name on certification. The name of the current Register of Copyrights will be used regardless of his or her temporary absence from the Office for reasons such as travel, illness, etc. Only during a change in terms, when an Acting Register has been appointed by the Librarian of Congress, will the name of an Acting Register be used.
1909.02
Authentication of certified documents issued by the Copyright Office. The Copyright Office has adopted an official seal to authenticate its certified documents. See 17 U.S.C. 701(b). The appearance of the seal has varied during different periods of time; however, the certification remains valid if it was correctly sealed at the time it was made. Use of the Library of Congress seal or any other non-official Copyright Office seal does not result in a valid certification.
1909.03
Omission of Register's name or Copyright Office seal. A document lacking either the Register's name or the Copyright Office seal is not validly certified.
1909.04
Appeal from denial of certification. Denial of a request for certification may be appealed in the following order: (1) Head, Certifications and Documents Section, (2) Chief of the Information and Reference Division, and (3) Register of Copyrights, who may delegate the responsibility to the General Counsel or the Assistant General Counsel.
1909.05
Undeliverable certifications. Certifications, including additional certificates of registration, returned to the Copyright Office as undeliverable,
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