(C) by striking ‘‘Register of Copyrights’’
and inserting ‘‘Librarian of Congress’’;
(D) by inserting after the first sentence
the following: ‘‘Such demand shall specify a
date for compliance with the demand.’’;
(E) by inserting ‘‘in a civil action’’ after
‘‘are liable’’;
(F) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated
by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph) by
striking ‘‘cost of’’ and inserting ‘‘cost to’’;
(G) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated
by subparagraph (A) of this paragraph) by
striking ‘‘clauses (1) and (2)’’ and inserting
‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B)’’; and
(H) by adding after subparagraph (C) (as
so redesignated) the following:
‘‘In addition to the penalties set forth in subparagraphs
(A), (B), and (C), the person against whom an action is
brought under this paragraph shall be liable in such action
for all costs of the United States in pursuing the demand,
including an amount equivalent to a reasonable attorney’s
fee.’’.
(5) Subsection (e) is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘TRANSMISSION
PRO-
GRAMS.—’’ after ‘‘(e)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘Register of Copyrights
shall, after consulting with the Librarian of
Congress and other interested organizations
and officials,’’ and inserting ‘‘Librarian of Con-
gress shall, after consulting with interested or-
ganizations and officials,’’; and
(C) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘Register
of Copyrights’’ and inserting ‘‘Librarian of
Congress’’.
(6) Section 407 of title 17, United States Code,
is further amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(f) OBLIGATION
TO
MAKE
DEPOSITS.—Imme-
diately upon the publication in the United States of any
work in which copyright subsists under this title, it shall
be the obligation of the persons identified in subsection
(a) with respect to that work, subject to the requirements
and exceptions specified in this section, to deposit, for the
use or disposition of the Library of Congress, the copies
or phonorecords specified in such subsection. The obliga-
tion to make such deposit arises without any prior notifi-
cation or demand for compliance with subsection (a).
‘‘(g) RECORDS
OF DEPOSITS.—The Librarian of
Congress shall establish and maintain public records of
the receipt of copies and phonorecords deposited under
this section.
‘‘(h) DATABASE OF DEPOSIT RECORDS.—The Li-
brarian of Congress shall establish and maintain an elec-
tronic database containing its records of all deposits made
under this section on and after October 1, 1995, and shall
make such database available to the public through one
or more international information networks.
‘‘(i) DELEGATION AUTHORITY.—The Librarian of
Congress may delegate to the Register of Copyrights or
other officer or employee of the Library of Congress any
of the Librarian’s responsibilities under this section.’’.
SEC. 203. COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION IN GENERAL.
Section 408 of title 17, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by adding at the end
the following: ‘‘The Register is also authorized
to specify by regulation classes of material in
which registration may be made without deposit
of any copy or phonorecord, in cases in which
the Register determines that the purposes of
examination, registration, and deposit can be
adequately served by deposit of descriptive ma-
terial only, or by a written obligation to deposit
copies or phonorecords at a later date.’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘periodi-
cals, including newspapers’’ and all that follows
through the end of subparagraph (B) and in-
serting ‘‘collective works, including periodicals,
published within a 5-year period, on the basis
of a single deposit and application and upon
payment of any special registration fee imposed
under section 708(a)(10), if the application
identifies each work separately, including the
collective work containing it and its date of first
publication.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) COPYRIGHT OFFICE HEARINGS.—Not later than
1 year after the effective date of this subsection, and at
1-year intervals thereafter, the Register of Copyrights
shall hold public hearings to consider proposals to amend
the regulations and practices of the Copyright Office with
respect to deposit of works in order to eliminate deposits
that are unnecessary for copyright examination or the col-
lections of the Library of Congress, and in order to sim-
plify the registration procedures.’’.
SEC. 204. APPLICATION FOR COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION.
(a) APPLICATIONS.—Section 409 of title 17, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘The application’’ and inserting
‘‘(a) CONTENTS
OF APPLICATION.—The applica-
tion’’;
(2) in paragraph (5) by inserting before the
semicolon the following: ‘‘, and if the document by
which ownership was obtained has been recorded in
the Copyright Office, the volume and page number
of such recordation’’;
(3) by striking paragraphs (9) and (10) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(9) in the case of a compilation or derivative
work, an identification of any preexisting work or
works that it is substantially based on or substan-
tially incorporates, and a brief, general statement of
the additional material covered by the copyright
claim being registered;
‘‘(10) at the option of the applicant, names, ad-
dresses, and telephone numbers of persons or orga-
nizations that potential users of the work should
contact concerning permissions or licenses to use the
work, and any information with respect to the terms
of such permissions or licenses; and’’; and
(4) by adding at the end the following: