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 will change. Fees marked with an asterisk are proposed by the Copyright Office and will go into effect August 1, if Congress does not take action to disapprove them. Fees without an asterisk will take effect on August 1 based on regulations to be issued by the Copyright Office

Registration, Recordation, and Other Services

 Current Aug 1
Online registration of a basic claim in an original work of authorship (electronic filing) $35 $35 
Registration of a basic claim in an original work of authorship on Form CO (paper filing with 2-D barcode-generated form and shipping label) $45 $50*
Registration of a basic claim in an original work of authorship on Forms PA, SR, TX, VA, SE (paper filing) $45 $65*
Registration of a claim in a group of contributions to periodicals  (Form GR/CP), or database updates (paper filing) $45 $65*
Registration of a group of published photographs (Form GR/PPh/CON) (paper filing) $45 $65*
Registration of renewal claim (Form RE) without addendum (paper filing)
  Addendum to Form RE (paper filing)
$75
$220
 $115*
$220*
Registration of a claim in a group of serial issues (Form SE/Group, per issue, minimum 2 issues) (paper filing) $25 $25*
Registration of a claim in a group of daily newspapers or newsletters (Form G⁄DN) (paper filing) $70 $80*
Registration of a claim in a restored copyright (Form GATT) (paper filing) $45 $65 
Supplementary registration to amend a completed registration
(Form CA) (paper filing)		 $115 $100*
Registration of a claim in a vessel hull (Form D⁄VH) (paper filing) $200 $220 
Registration of a correction or amplification to a vessel hull design registration (Form DC) $115 $115 
Preregistration of certain unpublished works $100 $115*
Additional certificate of registration $40 $35 
Certification of Copyright Office records (per hour) $150 $165*
Search report prepared from official records (per hour) (minimum: 2 hours)
   Estimate of search fee		 $150
$100		 $165*
$115 
Location and retrieval of Copyright Office materials or records (per hour)
 $150
 $165 
Recordation of a document (single title)
   Additional titles (per group of 10 or fewer titles)		 $95
$25

$105 
$30 
Issuance of a receipt for a sec 407 deposit $20 $30 

Online service provider designation (Recordation of an Interim Designation of Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement under sec 512(c)(2))
    Additional alternative names (per group of 10)

$80

N/A		 $105 

$30 
Registration of a claim in a mask work (Form MW) (paper filing) $95

$105 
Registration of a claim in a vessel hull (Form D⁄VH) (paper filing) $200 $220 

 

Special Services
Special handling fee for a claim
    Additional fee for each non-special-handling claim using the same deposit		 $685
$50

$760
$50
Special handling fee for recordation of a document $435 $480
Expedited search report (per hour) (minimum 2 hours) $400 $445
Expedited certification and copying services (surcharge, per hour) (minimum 2 hours) $240 $265
Requests for reconsideration:
First request $250 $250
  Additional claim in related group (each) $25 $25
Second request $500 $500
  Additional claim in related group (each) $25 $25
Secure test processing charge (per hour) $150 $165
Copying of Copyright Office Records by staff:
  Photocopy (b&w, 8 1/2"x11") (per page, minimum $12) $0.50

$0.50
  Photocopy (b&w, 11"x17") (per page, minimum $12) N/A $1
  Photocopy (color, 8 1/2"x11") (per page, minimum $12) $1.50 $2
  Photocopy (color, 11"x17") (per page, minimum $12) N/A $4
  Photograph (Polaroid) $15 $15
  Photograph (digital) $45 $45
  Slide $3 $3
  Audiocassette (first 30 minutes) $75 $75
  Additional 15-minute increments $20 $20
  Videocassette (first 30 minutes) $75 $75
  Additional 15-minute increments $25 $25
  CD or DVD $50 $100
  Zip or floppy disk 100 100
Handling fee of extra deposit copy for certification $45 $45
Full-term retention of a published deposit $425 $470
Notice to libraries and archives
   Each additional title		 $50
$20		 $50
$20
FedEx Service $35 $40
Delivery of documents by facsimile (per page, 7 page maximum) $1 $1
Service charge for deposit account overdraft $150 $165
Service charge for dishonored deposit account replenishment check $75 $85
Service charge for an uncollectible or non-negotiable check N/A $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)

 $12 

N/A

 $60*

$20*
Filing fee for recordation of a license agreement (17 USC 118) $125 $140 
Recordation of certain contracts by cable television systems located outside the 48 contiguous states $50 $50 

Notice of use of sound recordings under statutory license (17 USC 112 and 114)
    Amended 17 USC 112 and 114 notice

$20

$20

$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]) $95 $100 
Photocopy made by staff (b&w) (per page, minimum $12) $0.50 $0.50 
Search report, per hour $150 $165 
Certification of search report (per hour) $150 $165 

*If Congress does not reject the proposed fees by August 1, 2009, the new fees will take effect pursuant to regulations to be published by the Register of Copyrights.

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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Revised: 15-Jun-2009