Shown below are fees for copyright registration, recordation, and other services. Note that there is now a lower filing fee for online registration of basic claims through the electronic Copyright Office.
Effective August 1, 2009, some fees changed based on regulations to be issued by the Copyright Office. (Read Fee Study Report.)
Registration, Recordation, and Other Services |
Effective
Aug 1 |
| Online registration of a basic claim in an original work of authorship (electronic filing) |
$35 |
| Registration of a basic claim in an original work of authorship on Form CO (paper filing with 2-D barcode-generated form) |
$50 |
| Registration of a basic claim in an original work of authorship on Forms PA, SR, TX, VA, SE (paper filing) |
$65 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of contributions to periodicals (Form GR/CP), or database updates (paper filing) |
$65 |
| Registration of a group of published photographs (Form GR/PPh/CON) (paper filing) |
$65 |
Registration of renewal claim (Form RE) without addendum (paper filing)
Addendum to Form RE (paper filing) |
$115
$220
|
| Registration of a claim in a group of serial issues (Form SE/Group, per issue, minimum 2 issues) (paper filing) |
$25 |
| Registration of a claim in a group of daily newspapers
or newsletters (Form G⁄DN) (paper filing) |
$80 |
| Registration of a claim in a restored copyright (Form
GATT) (paper filing) |
$65 |
Supplementary registration to amend a completed registration
(Form CA) (paper filing) |
$100 |
| Registration of a claim in a vessel hull (Form D⁄VH) (paper filing) |
$220 |
| Registration of a correction or amplification to a vessel hull design
registration (Form DC) |
$100 |
| Preregistration of certain unpublished works |
$115 |
| Additional certificate of registration |
$35 |
| Certification of Copyright Office records |
$165 |
Search report prepared from official records (per hour) (minimum: 2 hours)
Estimate of search fee |
$165
$115 |
Location and retrieval of nonelectronic Copyright Office materials or records (per hour)
Locating or retrieving electronic records (per quarter hr [with 1/2 hr minimum]) (e.g., $82.50 up to 1/2 hr, plus $41.25 for each subsequent 1/4 hr)
|
$165
$41.25 |
Recordation of a document (single title)
Additional titles (per group of 10 or fewer titles) |
$105
$30 |
| Issuance of a receipt for a sec 407 deposit |
$30 |
Online service provider designation (Recordation of an Interim Designation of Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement under sec 512(c)(2))
Alternative names, including websites (per group of 10 or fewer) |
$105
$30 |
| Registration of a claim in a mask work (Form MW) (paper filing) |
$105 |
| Registration of a claim in a vessel hull (Form D⁄VH) (paper filing) |
$220 |
| Special Services |
Special handling for registration of qualified copyright claims
Fee to expedite processing of qualified claims
Special handling fee (per claim)
Additional fee for each (non-special-handling) claim using the same deposit |
$760
$50 |
| Special handling fee for recordation of a document |
$480 |
| Expedited search report
(per hour) (minimum 2 hours) |
$445 |
| Expedited certification and copying services (surcharge,
per hour) |
$265 |
Requests for reconsideration:
For claims previously refused registration
First request
Additional claim in related group (each)
Second request
Additional claim in related group (each)
|
$250
$25
$500
$25 |
| Secure test processing charge (per hour) |
$165 |
Copying of Copyright Office Records by staff:
Photocopy (b&w, 8 1/2"x11") (per page, minimum $12)
Photocopy (b&w, 11"x17") (per page, minimum $12)
Photocopy (color, 8 1/2"x11") (per page, minimum $12)
Photocopy (color, 11"x17") (per page, minimum $12)
Photograph (Polaroid)
Photograph (digital)
Slide
Audiocassette (first 30 minutes)
Additional 15-minute increments
Videocassette (first 30 minutes)
Additional 15-minute increments
CD or DVD
Zip or floppy disk
|
$0.50
$1
$2
$4
$15
$45
$3
$75
$20
$75
$25
$100
$
100 |
| Full-term retention of a published deposit |
$470 |
Notice to libraries and archives
Each additional title |
$50
$20 |
| FedEx Service |
$40 |
| Delivery of documents by facsimile (per page, 7 page
maximum) |
$1 |
| Service charge for deposit account overdraft |
$165 |
| Service charge for dishonored deposit account replenishment
check |
$85 |
| Service charge for an uncollectible or non-negotiable check |
$25 |
| Licensing Division Services |
Recordation of a Notice of Intention to obtain a compulsory license under 17 USC 115b (to make
and distribute phonorecords) (17 USC 115)
Additional titles (per group of 10) |
$60
$20 |
| Filing fee for recordation of a license agreement (17 USC 118) |
$140 |
| Recordation of certain contracts by cable television systems
located outside the 48 contiguous states |
$50 |
Notice of use of sound recordings under statutory license (17 USC 112 and 114)
Amended 17 USC 112 and 114 notice |
$25
$25 |
| Statement of account amendment (cable television systems and satellite carriers [17 USC 111, 119], and digital audio recording devices or media [17 USC 1003]) |
$100 |
| Photocopy made by staff (b&w) (per page, minimum $12) |
$0.50 |
| Search report, per hour |
$165 |
| Certification of search report (per hour) |
$165 |
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 |
