1110.6 The Timeliness Requirement
As discussed in Section 1110.2, the U.S. Copyright Office must receive a completed application, the correct filing fee, and the correct deposit copies within three months after the date of publication for the last issue that is included in the group. See 37 C.F.R. § 202.3(b)(7)(i)(F). For example, if the last issue was published on November 30, 2013, and if the Library of Congress has selected the newspaper for its collections, the Office must receive the following items by February 28, 2014:
• A completed application on Form G/DN.
• The filing fee specified on the U.S. Copyright Office's fee schedule. 37 C.F.R. § 201.3(c)(6), available atwww.copyright.gov/docs/fees.html.
• The correct deposit copies, namely, positive 35mm silver halide microfilm containing one complete copy of the final edition of each issue that was published in November 2013.
If the application, deposit, and filing fee are not received by the deadline, the Office will refuse to register the newspapers as a group.
If the applicant is unable to register a particular issue using the group registration option for newspapers, the applicant may submit a separate application for that issue using the online application or a paper application submitted on Form SE. For information concerning the procedures for registering a single issue of a serial publication, see Chapter 700, Section 712.
1111 Group Registration of Daily Newsletters
This Section discusses the U.S. Copyright Office's current practices and procedures for registering a group of daily newsletters.
The regulation governing the group registration of daily newsletters became effective on September 1, 1992. Newsletters published before that date are not eligible for this group registration option.
For guidance on registering a single issue of a serial publication, see Chapter 700, Section 712. For information concerning the group registration options for serials and daily newspapers, see Sections 1109 and 1110. For a general overview of the similarities and differences among 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 Newsletters, 64 Fed. Reg. 29,522 (June 1, 1999); Registration of Claims to Copyright; Group Registration of Daily Newsletters, 60 Fed. Reg. 15,874 (Mar. 28, 1995).
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