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###### Library of Congress

###### U.S. Copyright Office

          - [Docket No. 2014-5]

# AGENCY:

U.S. Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

# ACTION:

Register of Copyrights releases the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition.

# SUMMARY:

                        The U.S. Copyright Office (the “Office”) is announcing the release of its administrative manual, the                         *Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition*                         (the “                        *Third Edition*                        ”). It is available on the Office's Web site and is effective as of December 22, 2014.                    

# DATES:

                        The                         *Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition*                         is available on the Office's Web site as of December 22, 2014.                    

# FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Kasunic, Associate Register and Director of Registration Policy and Practice, U.S. Copyright Office, P.O. Box 70400, Washington, DC 20024-0400. Telephone (202) 707-8040.

# SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

                    The                     *Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices*                     is the administrative manual of the Register of Copyrights concerning the mandate and statutory duties of the Copyright Office under title 17 of the United States Code. It serves as both a technical manual for the Office's staff, as well as a guidebook for authors, copyright licensees, practitioners,                           ( print page 78912)                        scholars, the courts, and members of the general public.                

                    On August 20, 2014 the Office released a public draft of this manual titled,                     *Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices, Third Edition.*79 FR 49343. The first major revision in more than two decades, the                     *Third Edition*                     is a comprehensive overhaul that makes the practices and standards of the Office more accessible and transparent to the public and sets the stage for a number of long-term improvements in registration and recordation policy.                

                    The Office is now announcing the release of the official version of the                     *Third Edition.*                     It is available on the Office's Web site at                     *http://copyright.gov/​comp3/​.*                     The                     *Third Edition*                     is effective as of December 22, 2014 and is the governing administrative manual for registrations and recordations issued by the Office on or after that date.                

Dated: December 19, 2014.

Robert Kasunic,

Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of the Office of Registration Policy and Practice.

[FR Doc. 2014-30415 Filed 12-30-14; 8:45 am]

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