{"abstract":"The Copyright Office's interim rule governing the form, content, and manner of service of notices of termination of transfers and licenses granted by authors on or after 1978 is being adopted as a final rule with one change. Beginning on January 1, 2003, copyright owners have been able to serve notices of termination on certain copyright transferees and licensees under an interim rule effective on that date. The Office is now adopting an additional amendment that was set forth in the proposed rule published in the Federal Register on December 20, 2002.","action":"Final regulation.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"LIBRARY OF CONGRESS","name":"Library of Congress","id":277,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/library-of-congress","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/277","parent_id":null,"slug":"library-of-congress"},{"raw_name":"Copyright Office","name":"Copyright Office, Library of Congress","id":87,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/copyright-office-library-of-congress","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/87","parent_id":277,"slug":"copyright-office-library-of-congress"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2003/04/08/03-8540.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":201,"title":37}],"citation":"68 FR 16958","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"May 8, 2003.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Docket No. 2002-5B"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"03-8540","effective_on":null,"end_page":16959,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2003/04/08/03-8540.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/04/08/03-8540/notice-of-termination","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/03-8540?publication_date=2003-04-08","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2003-04-08/03-8540/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":26,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 20:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-04-08/pdf/03-8540.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2003-04-08","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2003/04/08/03-8540.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":16958,"subtype":null,"title":"Notice of Termination","toc_doc":"Transfers and licenses of copyright granted in or after 1978; notices of termination","toc_subject":"Copyright office and procedures:","topics":["Copyright"],"type":"Rule","volume":68}