chapter 7 by deleting section 710, entitled,
"Reproduction for use of the blind and physically handicapped: Voluntary
licensing forms and procedures." Pub. L. No. 106-379, 114 Stat. 1444,
1445.
2 The Copyright Fees and Technical Amendments Act of 1989 amended
section 701 by adding subsection (e). Pub. L. No. 101-319, 104 Stat.
290. In 1998, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act amended section 701
by adding a new subsection (b), redesignating former subsections (b)
through (e) as (c) through (f) respectively, and, in the new subsection
(f), by substituting "III" for "IV" and "5314" for "5315." Pub. L. No.
105-304, 112 Stat. 2860, 2887.
3 Title 5 of the *United States Code* is entitled "Government
Organization and Employees."
4 Copyright Office regulations are published in the *Federal Register
[http://www.loc.gov/copyright/fedreg/] *and in title 37, Chapter II,
of the *Code of Federal Regulations.
[http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title37/] *
5 The Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000 amended
section 705 by rewriting paragraph (a). Pub. L. No. 106-379, 114 Stat.
1444, 1445.
6 The Copyright Fees and Technical Amendments Act of 1989 amended
section 708 by substituting a new subsection (a), by redesignating
subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively, and by
adding a new subsection (b). Pub. L. No. 101-318, 104 Stat. 287. The Act
states that these amendments "shall take effect 6 months after the date
of the enactment of this Act" and shall apply to:
(A) claims to original, supplementary, and renewal copyright received
for registration, and to items received for recordation in the Copyright
Office, on or after such effective date, and
(B) other requests for services received on or after such effective
date, or received before such effective date for services not yet
rendered as of such date.
With respect to prior claims, the Act states that claims to original,
supplementary, and renewal copyright received for registration and items
received for recordation in acceptable form in the Copyright Office
before the above mentioned effective date, and requests for services
which are rendered before such effective date "shall be governed by
section 708 of title 17, United States Code, as in effect before such
effective date." Pub. L. No. 101-318, 104 Stat. 287, 288.
The Copyright Renewal Act of 1992 amended paragraph (2) of section
708(a) by striking the wor
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