Fees in effect as of July 1, 2008, are listed below. Note that there is now a lower filing fee for online registration of basic claims through the electronic Copyright Office.
| Registration, Recordation, and Rated Services |
| Online registration of a basic claim in an original work of authorship |
$35 |
| Registration of a basic claim in an original work of authorship on Form CO or other paper form |
$45 |
Registration of contributions to periodicals (Form GR⁄CP)
|
$45 |
Registration of a renewal claim
| |
Form RE |
75 |
| |
Addendum to Form RE |
220 |
|
| Registration of a claim in a group of serials (Form SE⁄Group)
(per issue, with minimum 2 issues) |
25 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of daily newspapers
and qualified newsletters (Form G⁄DN) |
70 |
| Registration of a claim in a restored copyright (Form
GATT) |
45 |
| Registration of a group of published photographs (Form GR/PPh/CON) |
45 |
| Registration of a correction or amplification to a claim (Form CA) |
115 |
| Registration of a correction or amplification to a vessel hull design
registration (Form DC) |
115 |
| Preregistration of certain unpublished works |
100 |
| Additional certificate of registration |
40 |
| Certification of Copyright Office records (per hour) |
150 |
Search-report prepared from official records (per hour)
Estimate of search fee |
150
100 |
Location of Copyright Office records (per hour)
|
150
|
Recordation of a document, including a transfer of copyright and a notice of termination (single title)
Additional titles (per group of 10 or fewer titles) |
95
25 |
| Online service provider designation (recordation of an interim designation of agent to receive notification
of claimed infringement under §512(c)(2)) |
80 |
| Issuance of a receipt for a §407 deposit |
20 |
| Registration of a claim in a mask work (Form MW) |
95 |
| Registration of a claim in a vessel hull (Form D⁄VH) |
200 |
| Special Services |
Special handling fee for a claim
Additional fee for each non-special-handling claim using the same deposit |
$685
50 |
| Special handling fee for recordation of a document |
435 |
| Expedited search report
(per hour) |
400 |
| Expedited certification of search report (surcharge,
per hour) |
240 |
Requests for reconsideration:
| First request |
250 |
| |
Additional claim in related group (each) |
25 |
| Second request |
500 |
| |
Additional claim in related group (each) |
25 |
|
| Secure test processing charge (per hour) |
150 |
Copying of Copyright Office Records by staff:
| |
Photocopy (b&w) (per page, minimum $6) |
0.50 |
| |
Photocopy (color) (per page, minimum $6) |
1.50 |
| |
Photograph (Polaroid) |
15 |
| |
Photograph (digital) |
45 |
| |
Slide |
3 |
| |
Audiocassette (first 30 minutes) |
75 |
| |
Additional 15-minute increments |
20 |
| |
Videocassette (first 30 minutes) |
75 |
| |
Additional 15-minute increments |
25 |
| |
CD or DVD |
50 |
| |
Zip or floppy disk |
100 |
|
| Handling fee of extra deposit copy for certification |
45 |
| Full-term retention of a published deposit |
425 |
Notice to libraries and archives
Each additional title |
50
20 |
| FedEx Service |
35 |
| Delivery of documents by facsimile (per page, 7 page
maximum) |
1 |
| Service charge for deposit account overdraft |
150 |
| Service charge for dishonored deposit account replenishment
check |
75 |
| Licensing Division Services |
| Recordation of a notice of intention to make
and distribute phonorecords (17 USC 115) (per title) |
$12 |
| Filing fee for recordation of license agreements (17 USC 118) |
125 |
| Recordation of certain contracts by cable television systems
located outside the 48 contiguous states |
50 |
Initial notice of digital transmission of sound recording
(17 USC 112 and 114)
Amendment of 17 USC 112 and 114 notice |
20
20 |
| Statement of account amendment for cable television systems, satellite carriers, and digital audio recording devices or media (17 USC 111, 119, and 1003) |
95 |
| Photocopy made by staff (b&w) (per page, minimum $6) |
0.50 |
| Search, per hour |
150 |
| Certification of search report |
150 |
For further information on current fees, call the
Copyright Public Information Office at (202) 707-3000, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. eastern time, Monday through Friday, except federal holidays. See also Circular 4, Copyright Office Fees.
Or, you may write for information to:
Library of Congress
Copyright Office
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20559-6000 |
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