User Signup
By becoming a registered user of the Electronic Copyright Office (eCO) web site, you will be able to request services electronically through the site. Only the Contact Us and Help portions of the site are accessible to non-registered users.
Tasks
Signing Up and Creating a Profile
Updating Your User Profile (and Password)
Signing Up and Creating a Profile
To sign up and create a profile
- In the login area at the right of the eCO Home page, click the New User hyperlink and follow the on-screen instructions. Note that the required fields are indicated with an asterisk. When you have completed the fields in the Profile, click on the Next button and the Address fields will appear. Complete them and click Next.
User ID Requirements
- User names must be at least six characters.
- User names must contain only letters and numbers, not special characters such as apostrophes, ampersands, etc. ($, %, &, *, #)
Library of Congress - Password Policy Requirements
Each person using the Electronic Copyright Office System, eCO, must comply with the following:
- Minimum password length must be 8 characters and consist of at least 2 alpha characters, 1 number and 1 special character (but not an ampersand - &).
- A password must have no consecutive repeated characters.
- A password must not include your user name or any part thereof.
- A password must not include the names of a spouse, children, pets or one's own name.
- A password must not include any regional sports teams or players.
- A password must not include any office symbols.
- A password must not include your social security number or any subset of your social security number that is more than a single number.
- A password must not include words that can be found in any dictionary, whether English or any language.
- A password must not be any of the 11 most recently used passwords for the account.
- Every user with an account on a Library of Congress system including eCO is responsible for safeguarding access to that account.
- A password must not ever be shared with anyone.
- An account owner can change his or her password at any time, but at a maximum of once per day.
- An account owner must change his or her password when prompted by the system.