37 CFR § 210.9 - Harmless errors.

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title: "37 CFR § 210.9 - Harmless errors."
title_number: 37
title_name: "Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights"
section_number: "210.9"
section_name: "Harmless errors."
chapter_name: "U.S. COPYRIGHT OFFICE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS"
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subchapter_name: "COPYRIGHT OFFICE AND PROCEDURES"
part_number: "210"
part_name: "COMPULSORY LICENSE FOR MAKING AND DISTRIBUTING PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL PHONORECORDS OF NONDRAMATIC MUSICAL WORKS"
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authority: "17 U.S.C. 115, 702."
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# 210.9 Harmless errors.

Errors in a Monthly or Annual Statement of Account that do not materially prejudice the rights of the copyright owner shall be deemed harmless, and shall not render that statement of account invalid or provide a basis for the exercise of the remedies set forth in 17 U.S.C. 115(c)(2)(J).

[79 FR 56206, Sept. 18, 2014, as amended at 83 FR 63065, Dec. 7, 2018. Redesignated at 85 FR 58143, Sept. 17, 2020]