3406 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 14 / Friday, January 21, 2000 / Proposed Rules

List of Subjects in 37 CFR Part 201

Copyright.

In consideration of the foregoing, it is

proposed that part 201 of 37 CFR be

amended as follows:

PART 201—GENERAL PROVISIONS

1. The authority citation for part 201

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 17 U.S.C. 702.

2. Sections 201.1(c) and (d) are

revised to read as follows:

§ 201.1 Communications with the

Copyright Office.

* * * * *

(c) Copies of records or deposits.

Requests for copies of records or

deposits should be addressed to the

Library of Congress, Copyright Office,

Certifications and Documents Section,

LM–402, 101 Independence Avenue,

S.E., Washington, D.C. 20559–6000.

(d) Search of records. Requests for

searches of registrations and

recordations in the completed catalogs,

indexes, and other records of the

Copyright Office should be addressed to

the Library of Congress, Copyright

Office, Reference & Bibliography

Section, LM–451, 101 Independence

Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20559–

6000.

3. Section 201.2 is amended as

follows:

a. By revising paragraphs (b)(5) and

(b)(6);

b. By removing the last sentence of

paragraph (b)(7) and adding two

sentences in its place;

c. By revising paragraph (c)(4);

d. In paragraph (d)(2) introductory

text, by adding the phrase ‘‘or an

application for copyright registration’’

after the phrase ‘‘in connection with a

copyright registration’’; and

e. By revising paragraph (d)(2)(ii)

introductory text.

The revisions to § 201.2 read as

follows:

§ 201.2 Information given by the Copyright

Office.

* * * * *

(b) * * *

(5) In exceptional circumstances the

Register of Copyrights may allow

inspection or even copying of pending

applications and open correspondence

files by someone other than the

copyright claimant, upon submission of

a written request which is deemed by

the Register to show good cause for such

access and establishes the person

making the request is one properly and

directly concerned. Any request for

such access or copying of this material

should be directed to the Certifications

and Documents Section which will

either refer the requestor to the General

Counsel, or if litigation is involved,

send the requestor the Copyright

Office’s form known as a Litigation

Statement. If a Litigation Statement is

required, it must be submitted on the

Office’s form, comply with § 201.2(d)(2)

(ii), contain an original signature, and be

returned to the Certifications and

Documents Section at the address given

in 37 CFR 201.1(c).

(6) Direct public access will not be

permitted to any financial or accounting

records, including records maintained

on Deposit Accounts.

(7) * * * As the Office updates and

revises certain chapters of Compendium

II, it will make the information available

on the Copyright Office’s web site. This

information is also available for public

inspection and copying in the

Certifications & Documents Section.

(c) * * *

(4) The Copyright Office will not

respond to any abusive or scurrilous

correspondence or correspondence

where the intent is unknown.

(d) * * *

(2) * * *

(ii) The Copyright Office receives and

approves on a form requested from the

Certification and Documents Section, a

Litigation Statement containing a

request from an attorney on behalf of

either a plaintiff or defendant in

connection with litigation, actual or

prospective, involving a registered work

or a work on which registration is

sought. The following information must

be included in such a request:

* * * * *

Dated: January 13, 2000.

Marybeth Peters,

Register of Copyrights.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 99–2563; MM Docket No. 99–330; RM–

9677]

Radio Broadcasting Services;

Kankakee and Park Forest, IL

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The Commission requests

comments on a petition filed by Gene

Milner Broadcasting Company, Inc.,

proposing the reallotment of Channel

260B from Kankakee to Park Forest,

Illinois, as the community’s first local

aural transmission service. Channel

260B can be reallotted to Park Forest in

compliance with the Commission’s

minimum distance separation

requirements without the imposition of

a site restriction at petitioner’s licensed

site. The coordinates for Channel 260B

at Park Forest are 41–18–04 North

Latitude and 87–49–35 West Longitude.

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before February 7, 2000, and reply

comments on or before February 22,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Washington, DC 20554. In

addition to filing comments with the

FCC, interested parties should serve the

petitioner, his counsel, or consultant, as

follows: Dennis J. Kelly, Esq., Post

Office Box 6648, Annapolis, Maryland

21401 (Counsel for Petitioner).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharon P. McDonald, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

synopsis of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rule Making, MM Docket No.

99–330, adopted December 8, 1999, and

released December 15, 1999. The full

text of this Commission decision is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC Reference Information Center

(Room CY-A257), 445 12th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Service,

Inc., (202) 857–3800, 1231 20th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20036.

Provisions of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act of 1980 do not apply to

this proceeding.

Members of the public should note

that from the time a Notice of Proposed

Rule Making is issued until the matter

is no longer subject to Commission

consideration or court review, all ex

parte contacts are prohibited in

Commission proceedings, such as this

one, which involve channel allotments.

See 47 CFR 1.1204(b) for rules

governing permissible ex parte contacts.

For information regarding proper

filing procedures for comments, see 47

CFR 1.415 and 1.420.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

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