Deposits in connection with copyright registration

(a) Exemption of certain works from best edition deposit requirement Section 407 of title 17, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking subsection (c) and inserting subsections (c) and (f); and (2) by adding at the end the following: (f) Exemption for pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works The deposit requirements under subsection (a) shall not apply to a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work.. (b) Copyright registration in general Section 408(b) of title 17, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting; and; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5) in the case of a pictorial, graphic, or sculptural work, one complete electronic copy.. (c) Third-Party registries of photographs (1) In general Chapter 7 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 711. Third-party registries of photographs (a) Regulations (1) In general The Register of Copyrights shall establish regulations providing for the certification of third party registries of photographs. (2) Conditions of certification The regulations established under paragraph (1) shall require that an entity, as a condition of being certified as a third party registry, commit to— (A) collecting and maintaining electronic copies of photographs and related information for the duration of the term of protection of copyright in each photograph; (B) collecting and maintaining, with respect to each photograph deposited in the registry— (i) the name of each author; (ii) the name of each current copyright owner; (iii) current contact information for each copyright owner; (iv) the date of creation; (v) the date on which the photograph was first uploaded to the registry; and (vi) the title; (C) providing a secure, searchable database of all photographs deposited in the registry at no charge to searchers; (D) providing for the timely transfer of copies of a photograph and all associated information to another third party registry at the request of an author or copyright owner of the photograph; and (E) making the entirety of the third party registry available for interactive communication of data with systems of the Copyright Office without charge. (b) Relation to deposit requirements Deposit of a photograph in a third party registry shall satisfy the deposit requirements of section 408. (c) Applicability Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply if the Register of Copyright certifies that the Copyright Office is in compliance with subsection 409(b).. (2) Technical and conforming amendment The table of sections for chapter 7 of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 711. Third-party registries of photographs..