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17 U.S.C. § 704 — Retention and disposition of articles deposited in Copyright Office
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**(a)** Upon their deposit in the Copyright Office under sections 407 and 408, all copies, phonorecords, and identifying material, including those deposited in connection with claims that have been refused registration, are the property of the United States Government.
**(b)** In the case of published works, all copies, phonorecords, and identifying material deposited are available to the Library of Congress for its collections, or for exchange or transfer to any other library. In the case of unpublished works, the Library is entitled, under regulations that the Register of Copyrights shall prescribe, to select any deposits for its collections or for transfer to the National Archives of the United States or to a Federal records center, as defined in [section 2901 of title 44](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section2901&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)** The Register of Copyrights is authorized, for specific or general categories of works, to make a facsimile reproduction of all or any part of the material deposited under section 408, and to make such reproduction a part of the Copyright Office records of the registration, before transferring such material to the Library of Congress as provided by subsection (b), or before destroying or otherwise disposing of such material as provided by subsection (d).
**(d)** Deposits not selected by the Library under subsection (b), or identifying portions or reproductions of them, shall be retained under the control of the Copyright Office, including retention in Government storage facilities, for the longest period considered practicable and desirable by the Register of Copyrights and the Librarian of Congress. After that period it is within the joint discretion of the Register and the Librarian t
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**(a)** Upon their deposit in the Copyright Office under sections 407 and 408, all copies, phonorecords, and identifying material, including those deposited in connection with claims that have been refused registration, are the property of the United States Government.
**(b)** In the case of published works, all copies, phonorecords, and identifying material deposited are available to the Library of Congress for its collections, or for exchange or transfer to any other library. In the case of unpublished works, the Library is entitled, under regulations that the Register of Copyrights shall prescribe, to select any deposits for its collections or for transfer to the National Archives of the United States or to a Federal records center, as defined in [section 2901 of title 44](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section2901&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c)** The Register of Copyrights is authorized, for specific or general categories of works, to make a facsimile reproduction of all or any part of the material deposited under section 408, and to make such reproduction a part of the Copyright Office records of the registration, before transferring such material to the Library of Congress as provided by subsection (b), or before destroying or otherwise disposing of such material as provided by subsection (d).
**(d)** Deposits not selected by the Library under subsection (b), or identifying portions or reproductions of them, shall be retained under the control of the Copyright Office, including retention in Government storage facilities, for the longest period considered practicable and desirable by the Register of Copyrights and the Librarian of Congress. After that period it is within the joint discretion of the Register and the Librarian to order their destruction or other disposition; but, in the case of unpublished works, no deposit shall be knowingly or intentionally destroyed or otherwise disposed of during its term of copyright unless a facsimile reproduction of the entire deposit has been made a part of the Copyright Office records as provided by subsection (c).
**(e)** The depositor of copies, phonorecords, or identifying material under section 408, or the copyright owner of record, may request retention, under the control of the Copyright Office, of one or more of such articles for the full term of copyright in the work. The Register of Copyrights shall prescribe, by regulation, the conditions under which such requests are to be made and granted, and shall fix the fee to be charged under section 708(a) if the request is granted.
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As used in this chapter, and chapters 21, 25, 31, and 33 of this title—
(1) the term “records” has the meaning given it by [section 3301 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title44-section3301&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) the term “records management” means the planning, controlling, directing, organizing, training, promoting, and other managerial activities involved with respect to records creation, records maintenance and use, and records disposition in order to achieve adequate and proper documentation of the policies and transactions of the Federal Government and effective and economical management of agency operations;
(3) the term “records creation” means the production or reproduction of any record;
(4) the term “records maintenance and use” means any activity involving—
(A) location of records of a Federal agency;
(B) storage, retrieval, and handling of records kept at office file locations by or for a Federal agency;
(C) processing of mail by a Federal agency; or
(D) selection and utilization of equipment and supplies associated with records and copying;
(5) the term “records disposition” means any activity with respect to—
(A) disposal of temporary records no longer necessary for the conduct of business by destruction or donation;
(B) transfer of records to Federal agency storage facilities or records centers;
(C) transfer to the National Archives of the United States of records determined to have sufficient historical or other value to warrant continued preservation; or
(D) transfer of records from one Federal agency to any other Federal agency;
(6) the term “records center” means an establishment maintained and operated by the Archivist or by another Federal agency primarily for the storage,
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**(a) Fees.—** Fees shall be paid to the Register of Copyrights—
(1) on filing each application under section 408 for registration of a copyright claim or for a supplementary registration, including the issuance of a certificate of registration if registration is made;
(2) on filing each application for registration of a claim for renewal of a subsisting copyright under section 304(a), including the issuance of a certificate of registration if registration is made;
(3) for the issuance of a receipt for a deposit under section 407;
(4) for the recordation, as provided by section 205, of a transfer of copyright ownership or other document;
(5) for the filing, under section 115(b),11 See References in Text note below. of a notice of intention to obtain a compulsory license;
(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;
(7) for the issuance, under section 706, of an additional certificate of registration;
(8) for the issuance of any other certification;
(9) for the making and reporting of a search as provided by section 705, and for any related services;
(10) on filing a statement of account based on secondary transmissions of primary transmissions pursuant to section 119 or 122; and
(11) on filing a statement of account based on secondary transmissions of primary transmissions pursuant to section 111.
The Register is authorized to fix fees for other services, including the cost of preparing copies of Copyright Office records, whether or not such copies are certified, based on the cost of providing the service. Fees established under paragraphs (10) and (11) shall be reasonable a
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TITLE 17—COPYRIGHTS
§ 702
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON NEW TECHNOLOGICAL USES
OF COPYRIGHTED WORKS
Pub. L. 93–573, title II, §§ 201–208, Dec. 31, 1974, 88 Stat.
1873–1875, as amended by Pub. L. 94–314, June 21, 1976, 90
Stat. 692; Pub. L. 95–146, Oct. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1226, cre-
ated in the Library of Congress a National Commission
on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works to
study and compile data on (1) the reproduction and use
of copyrighted works of authorship (A) in conjunction
with automatic systems capable of storing, processing,
retrieving, and transferring information, and (B) by
various forms of machine reproduction, not including
reproduction by or at the request of instructors for use
in face-to-face teaching activities, and (2) the creation
of new works by the application or intervention of such
automatic systems or machine reproduction, required
the Commission to submit a final report to the Presi-
dent and Congress on or before July 31, 1978, and pro-
vided that the Commission terminated the sixtieth day
after submitting the final report.
§ 702. Copyright Office regulations
The Register of Copyrights is authorized to es-
tablish regulations not inconsistent with law for
the administration of the functions and duties
made the responsibility of the Register under
this title. All regulations established by the
Register under this title are subject to the ap-
proval of the Librarian of Congress.
(Pub. L. 94–553, title I, § 101, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat.
2591.)
§ 703. Effective date of actions in Copyright Of-
fice
In any case in which time limits are pre-
scribed under this title for the performance of
an action in the Copyright Office, and in which
the last day of the prescribed period falls on a
Saturday, Sunday, holiday
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