Work Made for Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000
PL 106-379 (H.R.5107), enacted 10/27/2000

114 STAT. 1444 
PUBLIC LAW 106-379—OCT. 27, 2000 
Public Law 106-379 
106th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 27, 2000 
[H. R. 5107] 
To make certain corrections in copyright law. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
Work Made For 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
Hire and 
Copyright 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
of 2000 
This Act may be cited as the **Work Made For Hire and Copy-
17 use 101 note, right Corrections Act of 2000". 
SEC. 2. WORK MADE FOR HIRE. 
(a) DEFINITION.—The definition of "work made for hire" con-
tained in section 101 of title 17, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking "as a sound recording,"; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: 
"In determining whether any work is eligible to be considered 
a work made for hire under paragraph (2), neither the amend-
ment contained in section 1011(d) of the Intellectual Property 
and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999, as enacted 
by section 1000(a)(9) of PubHc Law 106-113, nor the deletion 
of the words added by that amendment— 
"(A) shall be considered or otherwise given any legal 
significance, or 
"(B) shall be interpreted to indicate congressional 
approval or disapproval of, or acquiescence in, any judicial 
determination, 
by the courts or the Copyright Office. Paragraph (2) shall 
be interpreted as if both section 2(a)(1) of the Work Made 
For Hire and Copyright Corrections Act of 2000 and section 
1011(d) of the Intellectual Property and Communications Omni-
bus Reform Act of 1999, as enacted by section 1000(a)(9) of 
Public Law 106-113, were never enacted, and without regard 
to any inaction or awareness by the Congress at any time 
of any judicial determinations.". 
17 u s e 101 note. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The amendments made by this sec-
tion shall be effective as of November 29,1999. 
(2) SEVERABILITY.—If the provisions of paragraph (1), or 
any application of such provisions to any person or cir-
cumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this section, 
the amendments made by this section, and the application 
of this section to any other person or circumstance shall not 
be affected by such invalidation. 
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114 STAT. 1445 
SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 17, UNITED STATES CODE. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 7.—Chapter 7 of title 17, United 
States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) Section 710, and the item relating to that section in 
the table of contents for chapter 7, are repealed. 
(2) Section 705(a) is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) The Register of Copyrights shall ensure that records of Records, 
deposits, registrations, recordations, and other actions taken under 
this title are maintained, and that indexes of such records are 
prepared.". 
(3)(A) Section 708(a) is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) FEES.—Fees shall be paid to the Register of Copyrights— 
"(1) on filing each application under section 408 for registra-
tion of a copyright claim or for a supplementary registration, 
including the issuance of a certificate of registration if registra-
tion is made; 
"(2) on filing each application for registration of a claim 
for renewal of a subsisting copyright under section 304(a), 
including the issuance of a certificate of registration if registra-
tion is made; 
"(3) for the issuance of a receipt for a deposit under section 
407; 
"(4) for the recordation, as provided by section 205, of 
a transfer of copjndght ownership or other document; 
"(5) for the filing, under section 115(b), of a notice of 
intention to obtain a compulsory license; 
"(6) for the recordation, under section 302(c), of a statement 
revealing the identity of an author of an anonymous or 
pseudonymous work, or for the recordation, under section 
302(d), of a statement relating to the death of an author; 
"(7) for the issuance, under section 706, of an additional 
certificate of registration; 
"(8) for the issuance of any other certification; and 
"(9) for the making and reporting of a search as provided 
by section 705, and for any related services. 
The Register is authorized to fix fees for other services, including 
the cost of preparing copies of Copyright Office records, whether 
or not such copies are certified, based on the cost of providing 
the service.". 
(B) Section 708(b) is amended— 
(i) by striking the matter preceding paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following: 
"(b) ADJUSTMENT OF FEES.—The Register of Copyrights may, 
by regulation, adjust the fees for the services specified in paragraphs 
(1) through (9) of subsection (a) in the following manner:"; 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking "increase" and 
inserting "adjustment"; 
(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking "increase" the 
first place it appears and inserting "adjust"; and 
(iv) in paragraph (5), by striking "increased" and 
inserting "adjusted". 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 121(a) of title 17, 
United States Code, is amended by striking "sections 106 and 
710" and inserting "section 106". 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
I7 use 708 note. 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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(2) CARRY-OVER OF EXISTING FEES.—The fees under section 
708(a) of title 17, United States Code, on the date of the 
enactment of this Act shall be the fees in effect under section 
708(a) of such title on the day before such date of enactment. 
Approved October 27, 2000. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5107: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 106-861 (Comm. on the Judiciary). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 146 (2000): 
Sept. 19, considered and passed House. 
Oct. 12, considered and passed Senate.