 Serials and Periodicals
Follow these steps to register your periodical, newspaper, magazine, or other
similar work. Serial works are issued or intended to be issued in successive
parts bearing numerical or chronological designations and are intended to be
continued indefinitely (click here
for more examples
of serial works).
Step 1
Select
the appropriate application for your work.
- For single issues, use Form SE or Short Form SE and Form CON if needed (choose which form to use)
- For a group of issues that meet certain conditions, use Form SE/Group.
- For a group of daily newspapers or newsletters that meet certain conditions, use Form G/DN.
Step 2
Put into one envelope or package:
Please read this important notice about mail
delivery disruption. Step 3
Send the package to:
Library of Congress
Copyright Office
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20559-6000
Your registration becomes effective on
the day that the Copyright Office receives your application, payment, and
copy(ies) in acceptable form. If your submission is in order, you will receive a certificate of
registration in approximately 6 months." (Note: We are currently
experiencing processing delays.)"
For more details, please
see Circular 62: Copyright Registration
for Serials, Circular 62a: Group
Registration of Newspapers and Newsletters on Form G/DN,
and other informational circulars.
Notice: Please be aware that when you register your claim to a
copyright in a work with the U.S. Copyright Office, you are making a
public record. All the information you provide on your copyright
registration is available to the public and will be available on the
Internet.
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