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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 29 / Tuesday, February 16, 2021 / Rules and Regulations the attorneys behalf. The attorney designees eCRB account and password will be activated upon approval by the Copyright Royalty Board of the attorney designees completed online registration form available on the eCRB website.
3 Pro se parties. A party not represented by an attorney a pro se party may register for an eCRB account and create an eCRB password. The pro se partys eCRB account and password will be activated if the Copyright Royalty Judges, in their discretion, approve the pro se partys completed online application form available on the eCRB website. Once a pro se partys application has been approved, that party must make all subsequent filings by electronic means through eCRB.
4 Claimants. Any person desiring to file a claim with the Copyright Royalty Board for copyright royalties must register for an eCRB account and create an eCRB password for the limited purpose of filing claims by completing the registration form available on the eCRB website.
d Use of an eCRB password. An eCRB password may be used only by the person to whom it is assigned. The person to whom an eCRB password is assigned is responsible for any document filed using that password, except that designating attorneys are responsible for any document filed on the attorneys behalf by an attorney designee.
e Signature. The use of an eCRB
password to log in and submit documents creates an electronic record.
The password operates and serves as the signature of the person to whom the password is assigned for all purposes under this chapter III, except that the password of an attorney designee serves as the signature of the designating attorney on whose behalf the document is filed.
f Originals of sworn documents. The electronic filing of a document that contains a sworn declaration, verification, certificate, statement, oath, or affidavit certifies that the original signed document is in the possession of the attorney or pro se party responsible for the filing and that it is available for review upon request by a party or by the Copyright Royalty Judges. The filer must file through eCRB a scanned copy of the signature page of the sworn document together with the document itself.
g Consent to delivery by electronic means. An attorney or pro se party who obtains an eCRB password consents to electronic delivery of all documents, subsequent to the petition to participate, that are filed by electronic means through eCRB. Attorneys and pro se parties are responsible for monitoring
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their email accounts and, upon receipt of notice of an electronic filing, for retrieving the noticed filing. Parties and their counsel bear the responsibility to keep the contact information in their eCRB profiles current.
h Accuracy of docket entry. A
person filing a document by electronic means, or, if the filer is an attorney designee, the designating attorney, is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of the official docket entry generated by the eCRB system, including proper identification of the proceeding, the filing party, and the description of the document. The Copyright Royalty Board will maintain on its website www.loc.gov/crb appropriate guidance regarding naming protocols for eCRB
filers.
i Documents subject to a protective order. A person filing a document by electronic means must ensure, at the time of filing, that any documents subject to a protective order are identified to the eCRB system as restricted documents. This requirement is in addition to any requirements detailed in the applicable protective order. Failure to identify documents as restricted to the eCRB
system may result in inadvertent publication of sensitive, protected material.
j Exceptions to requirement of electronic filing1 Certain exhibits or attachments. Parties may file in paper form any exhibits or attachments that are not in a format that readily permits electronic filing, such as oversized documents; or are illegible when scanned into electronic format. Parties filing paper documents or things pursuant to this paragraph must deliver legible or usable copies of the documents or things in accordance with 303.6a2 and must file electronically a notice of filing that includes a certificate of delivery.
2 Pro se parties. A pro se party may file documents in paper form and must deliver and accept delivery of documents in paper form, unless the pro se party has obtained an eCRB
password.
k Privacy requirements. 1 Unless otherwise instructed by the Copyright Royalty Judges, parties must exclude or redact from all electronically filed documents, whether designated restricted or not:
i Social Security numbers. If an individuals Social Security number must be included in a filed document for evidentiary reasons, the filer must use only the last four digits of that number.
ii Names of minor children. If a minor child must be mentioned in a
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document for evidentiary reasons, the filer must use only the initials of that child.
iii Dates of birth. If an individuals date of birth must be included in a pleading for evidentiary reasons, the filer must use only the year of birth.
iv Financial account numbers. If a financial account number must be included in a pleading for evidentiary reasons, the filer must use only the last four digits of the account identifier.
2 Protection of personally identifiable information. If any information identified in paragraph k1 of this section must be included in a filed document, the filing party must treat it as confidential information subject to the applicable protective order. In addition, parties may treat as confidential, and subject to the applicable protective order, other personal information that is not material to the proceeding.
l Incorrectly filed documents. 1
The Copyright Royalty Board may direct an eCRB filer to re-file a document that has been incorrectly filed, or to correct an erroneous or inaccurate docket entry.
2 If an attorney or a pro se party who has been issued an eCRB password inadvertently presents a document for filing in paper form, the Copyright Royalty Board may direct that person to file the document electronically. The document will be deemed filed on the date it was first presented for filing if, no later than the next business day after being so directed by the Copyright Royalty Board, the attorney or pro se participant files the document electronically. If the filer fails to make the electronic filing on the next business day, the document will be deemed filed on the date of the electronic filing.
m Technical difficulties. 1 A filer encountering technical problems with an eCRB filing must immediately notify the Copyright Royalty Board of the problem either by email, or by telephone, followed promptly by written confirmation.
2 If a filer is unable, due to technical problems, to make a filing with eCRB by an applicable deadline, and makes the notification required by paragraph m1 of this section, the filer shall use electronic mail to make the filing with the Copyright Royalty Board and deliver the filing to the other parties to the proceeding. The filing shall be considered to have been made at the time it was filed by electronic mail. The Copyright Royalty Judges may direct the filer to refile the document through eCRB when the technical problem has been resolved, but the document shall retain its original filing date.

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