§ 705. — Copyright Office records: Preparation, maintenance, public inspection, and searching.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 17USC705]
TITLE 17--COPYRIGHTS
CHAPTER 7--COPYRIGHT OFFICE
Sec. 705. Copyright Office records: Preparation, maintenance,
public inspection, and searching
(a) The Register of Copyrights shall ensure that records of
deposits, registrations, recordations, and other actions taken under
this title are maintained, and that indexes of such records are
prepared.
(b) Such records and indexes, as well as the articles deposited in
connection with completed copyright registrations and retained under the
control of the Copyright Office, shall be open to public inspection.
(c) Upon request and payment of the fee specified by section 708,
the Copyright Office shall make a search of its public records, indexes,
and deposits, and shall furnish a report of the information they
disclose with respect to any particular deposits, registrations, or
recorded documents.
(Pub. L. 94-553, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 19, 1976, 90 Stat. 2592; Pub.
L. 106-379, Sec. 3(a)(2), Oct. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 1445.)
Amendments
2000--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-379 amended subsec. (a) generally.
Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: ``The Register of
Copyrights shall provide and keep in the Copyright Office records of all
deposits, registrations, recordations, and other actions taken under
this title, and shall prepare indexes of all such records.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 104A, 708 of this title.
