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Ch. 15
15.2.2
15.2.2
15.2.2
Nature and kinds of certified documents.(cont'd)
II.
Kinds of certified documents.(cont'd)
b.
Additional certificates. Additional certificates of registration are, "upon payment of the prescribed fee,...given to any person making application for the same" (17 U.S.C. §209). (See topic 15.3.1.)
1.
Additional certificates are typewritten, certified copies of the record of a registration, and have the same legal effect as the original certificate.
2.
Additional certificates are generally typed on printed forms from information taken from the official records of the Copyright Office. Sometimes an additional certificate may be a substantial duplicate of the original certificate, but this is frequently not the case because of the many changes in the size, format, or wording of the printed certificate forms over the years.
c.
Certified copies of official records. Upon payment of certification and photoduplication fees, certified copies may be furnished of official records of the Copyright Office. (See topic 15.3.2)
1.
Examples of official records: entries in the record books, numbered applications, indexes to registration, recorded assignments and related documents,notices of use, and notices of intention to use.
2.
The Copyright Office Regulations provide that such copies may be made "of completed records and indexes relating to a registration or a recorded document ... at such times as will not result in interference with or delay in the work of the Copyright Office." (37 C.F.R. § 201.2(b))
