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The U.S. Copyright Office increased basic
registration fees to $45 per application effective
July 1, 2006. Fees that changed include registrations, document
recordation, supplementary registration, search services, certificates, and
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This is a 125 percent
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COPYRIGHT OFFICE CALENDAR:
Through late 2006: Copyright Office Public Information
Office temporarily relocated to room LM-430 in James Madison Memorial Building
October 1: Effective date of final rule governing
submission of royalty fees by electronic funds transfer (71 FR 5739)
October 24: Due date for reply comments on possible rules
governing reporting practices of cable operators (71 FR
45749)
November 6: Due date for comments on copyright issues
associated with the secondary transmission of digital television broadcast
signals by cable operators (71 FR
54948)
December 4: Due date for reply comments on copyright
issues associated with the secondary transmission of digital television
broadcast signals by cable operators (71 FR
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| Morpheus (StreamCast) found guilty
of inducing copyright infringement....sweeping victory for RIAA |
http://www.wired.com/news/wireservice/0,71856-0.html |
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| BitTorrent coopted by Warner--the
super fast torrent technology has been bought by one of the labels--another
victory in the continuing war against P2P file sharing--another win in the
RIAA battle against file sharing |
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| LimeWire sued for $485 million and
ceases operation -- another RIAA win |
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