Reports and studies issued by the U.S. Copyright Office.
“To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times
to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries”
(U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8)
The following information is a compilation of materials on United States Copyright Law, taken from U.S. Copyright Office website - www.copyright.gov
Reports
Listed below are reports and studies issued by the U.S. Copyright Office.
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Annual Reports
More older reports
Strategic Plans
Rulemaking Proceedings
See the complete record of various rulemakings that involve solicitation of comments from interested parties, roundtable discussions, reply comments, and hearings.
Other Reports
- Analysis and Proposed Copyright Fee Adjustments to Go into Effect
on or about August 1, 2009 PDF
- Copyright Cost Study and Fee Recommendations (September 30, 2008) PDF
- Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act Section 109 Report (June 2008) PDF
- Analysis and Proposed Copyright Fee Adjustments to Go into Effect
on or about July 1, 2007 (February 2007) PDF
- Rulemaking on Anticircumvention (2005—2006) Webpage
- Analysis and Proposed Copyright Fee Schedule to Go into Effect July 1, 2006 (March 2006) PDF
- SHVERA (Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization) §110
Report (February 2006) Webpage
- Orphan Works Report (January 2006) Webpage
- Vessel Hull Design Protection Act:
Overview and Analysis (November 2003) PDF
Appendices PDF
- Rulemaking on Anticircumvention (2002—2003) Webpage
- Analysis and Proposed Copyright Fee Schedule to Go into Effect July 1, 2002 (February 2002) PDF
- Digital Millennium Copyright
Act §104 Study (August 2001) Text
- Rulemaking on Anticircumvention (1999—2000) Webpage
- Joint Study on Encryption Research (May
2000) Webpage
- Copyright Office Study on Distance Education (May
1999) Webpage
- Analysis and Proposed Copyright Fee Schedule for July 1, 1999 (February
1, 1999) PDF
- Proposed Copyright Office Fee Schedule Sent to Congress (February
1, 1999) PDF
- Copyright
Cost Study and Fee Recommendations (March 1998) PDF
- Project Looking Forward - Sketching the Future of Copyright in
a Network World (July 1998) PDF
- A Review of the Copyright Licensing Regimes Covering Retransmission
of Broadcast Signals (August 1997)
Executive Summary PDF
Report PDF
- Report on Legal Protection for Databases
(August 1997)
Executive Summary PDF
Report PDF, Text
Appendices PDF
- Waiver of Moral Rights in Visual Artworks report (October 1996)
Executive Summary Text
- Report on Computer Software Rental
Act
(September 1994) Text
- Advisory Committee On Copyright Registration And Deposit (ACCORD) 1993 PDF File size: 18 MB
- The Cable and Satellite Carrier Compulsory Licenses: An Overview
and Analysis (March 1992) PDF
- The Report on Works of Architecture (June 1989) PDF
- Library Reproduction of Copyrighted Works 1988 PDF
- Library Reproduction of Copyrighted Works 1983 PDF
- Performance Rights In Sound Recordings (1978) PDF
Historical Documents Archive of
annual reports, biographies of past Registers of Copyrights, and Copyright
Lore
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