Crossword-Solution: LORENTE 7 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 7

The Office received comments from the following parties: The Association of American Publishers (AAP); Irwin Karp; Janine Lorente, for Societe des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD); Nancy McAleer, for Thomson & Thomson; Bill Patry; David Pierce; Linda Shaughnessy, for AP Watt Ltd.

Lorente asserted that the NIE is a formality in violation of at least the spirit of Berne and that because reliance parties are free to continue to exploit restored works in the United States unless a NIE is filed, an author cannot exercise his or her rights in the restored work automatically.

Lorente noted that it is often impossible for foreign authors to know the English language title under which a work is being exploited, especially as it is often not a literal translation.

Lorente asked that other means of getting information about NIEs, including written inquiries to the Copyright Office, should not be excluded.

Lorente stated that it is very important that an author or agent have a document providing that he or she has complied with the URAA's provisions.