Federal Register/Vol. 63, No. 20/Friday, January 30, 1998/Notices
5142 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 20 / Friday, January 30, 1998 / Notices LIBRARY OF CONGRESS provided by the URAA, copyright work before December 8, 1994, the date protection was restored on January 1, the URAA was enacted. See 17 U.S.C. Copyright Office 1996, in certain works by foreign 104A(h)(4). Before a copyright owner [Docket No. 97±3C] nationals or domiciliaries of World can enforce a restored copyright against Trade Organization (WTO) or Berne a reliance party, the copyright owner Copyright Restoration of Works In countries that were not protected under must file a Notice of Intent (NIE) with Accordance With the Uruguay Round the copyright law for the reasons listed the Copyright Office or serve an NIE on Agreements Act; List Identifying below in (2). Specifically, for restoration such a party. Copyrights Restored Under the of copyright, a work must be an original An NIE may be filed in the Copyright Uruguay Round Agreements Act for work of authorship that: Office within 24 months of the date of Which Notices of Intent to Enforce (1) is not in the public domain in its restoration of copyright. Alternatively, Restored Copyrights Were Filed in the source country through expiration of an owner may serve an NIE on an Copyright Office term of protection; individual reliance party at any time (2) is in the public domain in the during the term of copyright; however, AGENCY: Copyright Office, Library of United States due to: such notices are effective only against Congress. (i) noncompliance with formalities the party served and those who have ACTION: Publication of Seventh List of imposed at any time by United States actual knowledge of the notice and its Notices of Intent to Enforce Copyrights copyright law, including failure of contents.
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