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- (3) for the issuance of a receipt for a deposit under section 407, $2;
- (4) for the recordation, as provided by section 205, of a transfer of copyright ownership or other document of six pages or less, covering no more than one title, $10; for each page over six and for each title over one, 50 cents additional;
- (5) for the filing, under section 115(b), of a notice of intention to make phonorecords, $6;
- (6) for the recordation, under section 302(c), of a statement revealing the identity of an author of an anonymous or pseudonymous work, or for the recordation, under section 302(d), of a statement relating to the death of an author, $10 for a document of six pages or less, covering no more than one title; for each page over six and for each title over one, $1 additional;
- (7) for the issuance, under section 601, of an important statement, $3;
- (8) for the issuance, under section 706, of an additional certficate of registration, $4;
- (9) for the issuance of any other certification, $4; the Register of Copyrights has discretion, on the basis of their cost, to fix the fees for preparing copies of Copyright Office records, whether they are to be certified or not;
- (10) for the making and reporting of a search as provided by section 705, and for any related services, $10 for each hour or fraction of an hour consumed;
- (11) for any other special services requiring a substantial amount of time or expense, such fees as the Register of Copyrights may fix on the basis of the cost of providing the service.
(b) The fees prescribed by or under this section are applicable to the United States Government and any of its agencies, employees, or officers, but the Register of Copyrights has discretion to waive the requirement of this subsection in occasional or isolated cases involving relatively small amounts.
§ 709. Delay in delivery caused by disruption of postal or other services
In any case in which the Register of Copyright determines, on the basis of such evidence as he may by regulation require, that a deposit, application, fee, or any other material to be delivered to the Copyright Office by a particular date, would have been received in the Copyright Office in due time except for a general disruption or suspension of postal or other transportation or communications services, the actual receipt of such material in the Copyright Office within one month after the date on which the Register determines that the disruption or suspension of such services has terminated, shall be considered timely.
§ 710. Reproductions for use of the blind and physically handicapped: Voluntary licensing forms and procedures
The Register of Copyrights shall, after consultation with the Chief of the Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and other appropriate officials of the Library of Congress, establish by regulation standardized forms and procedures by which, at the time applications covering certain specified categories of nondramatic literary works are submitted for registration under section 408 of this title, the copyright owner may voluntarily grant to the Library of Congress a license to reproduce the copyrighted work by means of Braille or similar tactile symbols, or by fixation of a reading of the work in a phonorecord, or both, and to distribute the resulting copies or phonorecords solely for the use of the blind and physically handicapped and under limited conditions to be specified in the standardized forms.
Chapter 8.——COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL
Sec.
- Copyright Royalty Tribunal: Establishment and purpose.
- Petitions for the adjustment of royalty rates.
- Membership of the Tribunal.
- Procedures of the Tribunal.
- Compensation of members of the Tribunal: Expenses of the Tribunal.
- Reports to the Congress.
- Effective date of royalty adjustment.
- Effective date of royalty distribution.
- Judicial review.
§ 801. Copyright Royalty Tribunal: Establishment and purpose
(a) There is hereby created in the Library of Congress a Copyright Royalty Tribunal.
