Chapter 1400, Sections 1403.4 and 1403.5. The package may be delivered by mail, by courier, or by hand delivery to the Public Information Office.
1110 Group Registration of Daily Newspapers
This Section discusses the U.S. Copyright Office's current practices and procedures for registering a group of daily newspapers.
The regulation governing the group registration of daily newspapers became effective on September 1, 1992. Newspapers published before that date are not eligible for this group registration option.
For guidance on registering a single issue of a newspaper as a single serial publication, see Chapter 700, Section 712. For information concerning the group registration options for serials and daily newsletters, see Sections 1109 and 1111. For a general overview of the similarities and differences between the group registration options for serials, daily newspapers, and daily newsletters, see Section 1118. For information concerning the group registration option for contributions to periodicals, see Section 1115.
See generally Registration of Claims to Copyright: Group Registration of Daily Newspapers, 57 Fed. Reg. 39,615 [Sept. 1, 1992); see also H.R. Rep. No. 94-1476, at 154 (1976), reprinted in 1976 U.S.C.C.A.N. 5659, 5770 (citing "the various editions or issues of a daily newspaper" as an example of a group of related works that might qualify for group registration).
1110.1 What Is a Daily Newspaper?
For purposes of this group registration option, a daily newspaper is defined as a serial that has been selected by the Newspaper Section of the Serials and Government Publications Division for the collections of the Library of Congress. The papers that have been selected by the Library are listed in a policy document titled "Newspapers Received Currently in the Library of Congress." Generally speaking, the newspapers on this list (i) are mainly designed to be a primary source of written information on current events, either local, national, or international in scope, (ii) contain a broad range of news on all subjects and activities and are not limited to any particular subject matter, and (iii) are intended for either the general public or a particular ethnic, cultural, or national group. See 37 C.F.R. § 202. 3(b)(7) (ii). For a definition of the term serial, see Section 1109.1.
1110.2 Eligibility Requirements
A group of daily newspapers may be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, provided that the following conditions have been met:
• Each issue in the group must be a daily newspaper as defined in Section 1110.1.
• Each issue must bear the same title.
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