Supplementary Copyright Statutes, US Copy. Office by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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requires additional information. Therefore, if they use the Copyright
Office's NIE format as a guide for the actual notice, it will be incomplete unless the additional information specified is added. The URAA specifies: Notices of Intent to Enforce a Restored Copyright served on a reliance party shall be signed by the owner or the owner's agent, shall identify the restored work and the work in which the restored work is used, if any, in detail sufficient to identify them, include an English translation of the title, any other alternative titles known to the owner by which the work may be identified, the use or uses to which the owner objects, and an address and telephone number at which the reliance party may contact the owner. If the notice is signed by an agent, the agency relationship must have been constituted in writing and signed by the owner before service of the notice.8 \8\ Emphasis added to show additional requirements for actual notice. 104A(e)(2)(B) of the URAA. Actual notices may be served on a reliance party at any time after the work is restored. 3. Who may file a Notice of Intent To Enforce? A NIE may be filed by someone who has the authority to sign it. The statute says that the NIE must be signed by the owner or the owner's agent. It can also be signed by the owner of any exclusive right in the restored copyright. As noted in the URAA and emphasized in the certification requirement, an agent cannot sign a NIE unless the agency |
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