37 CFR § 204.1 - Purposes and scope.

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title: "37 CFR § 204.1 - Purposes and scope."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "204.1"
section_name: "Purposes and scope."
chapter_name: "U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"
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subchapter_name: "COPYRIGHT OFFICE AND PROCEDURES"
part_number: "204"
part_name: "PRIVACY ACT: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "17 U.S.C. 702; 5 U.S.C. 552(a)."
regulatory_source: "43 FR 776, Jan. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted."
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# 204.1 Purposes and scope.

The purposes of these regulations are:

(a) The establishment of procedures by which an individual can determine if the Copyright Office maintains a system of records in which there is a record pertaining to the individual; and

(b) The establishment of procedures by which an individual may gain access to a record or information maintained on that individual and have such record or information disclosed for the purpose of review, copying, correction, or amendment.