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1900-4

1902
Inspection of Copyright Office records and deposits in general. (cont'd)
1902.05

Records not open to public inspection. (cont'd)

be obtained by anyone upon request. See section 1902.06 below. In no case, however, will access be permitted to any financial or accounting records without the prior approval of the Register or the General Counsel.

1902.06
Requests by the public for information in the inprocess files.
1902.06 (a)
Requests not requiring payment of a fee.

Limited access to in-process files. Public access to a limited amount of information contained in the Copyright Office's inprocess files is permitted on a computer terminal designated for that purpose in the Records Maintenance Unit of the Information and Reference Division. The in-process file may be accessed between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excepting legal holidays, upon payment of the applicable fees. The following information is available:

1)
the title(s) of the work(s), including,in the case of serials, volume number, date of issue, and issue number. NOTE: Only the first title listed in an application or document is included;
2)
the date(s) of receipt of the application or document;
3)
the class of an application for registration;
4)
the number of deposit copies, sets of identifying material, or phonorecords received;
5)
the name of the remitter; and
6)
the name of the claimant, if different from the name of the remitter.
1902.06(b)
Requests requiring payment of a fee. Certain information contained in the Copyright Office in-process files may be obtained by anyone upon request and the payment of applicable fees to the Certifications and Documents
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