Section 201.12 - Recordation of certain contracts by cable systems located outside of the forty-eight contiguous States(a) Written, nonprofit contracts providing for the equitable sharing of costs of videotapes and their transfer, as identified in 17 U.S.C. 111(e)(2) , will be filed in the Copyright Office Licensing Section by recordation upon payment of the prescribed fee. The document submitted for recordation shall meet the following requirements:(1) It shall be an original instrument of contract; or it shall be a copy of an original, accompanied by a certification that shall include a legally binding signature, including an electronic signature as defined in 15 U.S.C. 7006 , of at least one of the parties to the contract, or an authorized representative of that party, that the reproduction is a true copy;(2) It shall bear the signatures of all persons identified as parties to the contract, or of their authorized agents or representatives;(3) It shall be complete on its face, and shall include any schedules, appendixes, or other attachments referred to in the instrument as being part of it; and(4) It shall be clearly identified, in its body or a covering transmittal letter, as being submitted for recordation under 17 U.S.C. 111(e) .(b) The fee for recordation of a document is prescribed in § 201.3(e) .(c) The date of recordation is the date when all of the elements required for recordation, including the prescribed fee, have been received in the Copyright Office. A document is filed in the Copyright Office and a filing in the Copyright Office takes place on the date of recordation. After recordation the document is returned to the sender with a certificate of recordation.42 FR 53961, Oct. 4, 1977, as amended at 56 FR 59885, Nov. 26, 1991; 64 FR 29521, June 1, 1999; 82 FR 9357 , Feb. 6, 2017; 85 FR 19667 , Apr. 8, 2020; 86 FR 32642 , June 22, 2021 Pub. L. 94-553 ; 17 U.S.C. 111 , 702 , 708(11)
82 FR 9357, 3/8/2017; 85 FR 19667, 4/8/2020; 86 FR 32642, 7/22/2021