Effective July 1, 2007:
$45—Basic filing fee. The fee for a paper
application.
$35—Electronic filing fee. On a limited
basis, a fee of $35
is in effect for electronic filing of a basic copyright registration.
Online filing began in a beta
test mode last year. Anyone wishing to file their registration
claim electronically may submit their request form available online
on the beta test page.
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Fees in effect as of July 1, 2007, are listed below.
| Registration, Recordation, and Rated Services |
Registration of a basic claim in an original work of authorship:
Forms TX, SE, PA, VA (including Short Forms), and Form SR |
$45 (paper)
$35 (online) |
Form GR⁄CP
(This form is an adjunct to Forms VA, PA, and TX.
There is no additional charge.) |
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Registration of a renewal claim
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Form RE |
75 |
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Addendum to Form RE |
220 |
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| 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 |
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| Preregistration of certain unpublished works |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 |
| Providing an additional certificate of registration |
40 |
| Certification of other 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)
Location of in-process materials (per hour) |
150
150 |
Recordation of document, including a Notice of Intention to Enforce
(NIE) (single title)
Additional titles (per group of 10 titles) |
95
25 |
| Recordation of Notice of Intention to Make and Distribute Phonorecords |
12 |
| Recordation of an Interim Designation of Agent to Receive Notification
of Claimed Infringement under §512(c)(2) (Online Service Provider
Designation) |
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
Each additional claim using the same deposit |
$685
50 |
| Special handling fee for recordation of a document |
435 |
| Expedited Reference and Bibliography search and report
(per hour) |
400 |
| Expedited Certification & Documents services (surcharge,
per hour) |
240 |
Requests for reconsideration:
| First request |
250 |
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Additional claim in related group |
25 |
| Second request |
500 |
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Additional claim in related group |
25 |
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| Secure test processing charge, per hour |
150 |
Copying of Copyright Office Records by staff:
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Photocopy (b&w) (per page, minimum $6) |
0.50 |
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Photocopy (color) (per page, minimum $6) |
1.50 |
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Photograph (Polaroid) |
15 |
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Photograph (digital) |
45 |
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Slide |
3 |
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Audiocassette (first 30 minutes) |
75 |
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Additional 15 minute increments |
20 |
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Videocassette (first 30 minutes) |
75 |
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Additional 15 minute increments |
25 |
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CD or DVD |
50 |
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Zip or floppy disk |
100 |
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| 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 |
| Use of COINS terminal in LM-B14 (per hour) |
25 |
| FedEx Service |
35 |
| Delivery of documents via 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 under
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 114)
Amendment of 17 USC 114 Notice |
20
20 |
| Statement of Account Amendment (Cable Television Systems
and Satellite Carriers, 17 USC 111 and 119) |
95 |
| Statement of Account Amendment (Digital Audio Recording
Devices or Media, 17 USC 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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