U.S. Copyright Office
Library of Congress
Fee Changes — Effective July 1, 2006

The U.S. Copyright Office plans to increase basic registration fees to $45 per application effective July 1, 2006. Fees likely to change include registrations, document recordation, supplementary registration, search services, certificates, and additional certificates. Any request received in the U.S. Copyright Office on or after July 1, 2006, for a service whose fee is scheduled to increase on that date must be accompanied by the new fee.

The Office has submitted a fee study to Congress that provides an analysis of the costs it incurs in providing services, as well as other pertinent information, including the schedule of fees. A Federal Register Notice describes the adoption of the new fees. The new fees are listed below and are also available in a fee comparison chart (PDF format).


Registration, Recordation, and Rated Services 
  Current Proposed
Registration of a basic claim in an original work of authorship:
Forms TX, SE, PA, VA (including Short Forms), and Form SR
$30 $45
Registration of a claim in a group of contribution to periodicals (GR/CP) 30 45
Registration of a renewal claim (Form RE):
  Claim without Addendum 60 75
  Addendum 30 220
Registration of a claim in a group of serials (Form SE⁄Group) [per issue, with minimum 2 issues] 15 25
Registration of a claim in a group of daily newspapers and qualified newsletters (Form G⁄DN) 55 70
Registration of a claim in a restored copyright (Form GATT) 30 45
Registration of a group of published photographs 30 45
Registration of a correction or amplification to a claim (Form CA) 100 115
Preregistration of certain unpublished works 100 100
Providing an additional certificate of registration 30 40
Certification of other Copyright Office records (per hour) 80 150
Search-report prepared from official records (per hour)
  Estimate of search fee
75
NA
150
100
Location of Copyright Office records (per hour)
  Location of in-process materials (per hour)
80
100
150
150
Recordation of document, including a Notice of Intention to Enforce (NIE) (single title)
   Additional titles (per group of 10 titles)
80
20
95
25
Recordation of Notice of Intention to Make and Distribute Phonorecords 12 12
Recordation of an Interim Designation of Agent to Receive Notification of Claimed Infringement under §512(c)(2) (Online Service Provider Designation) 30 80
Issuance of a receipt for a §407 deposit 10 20
Registration of a claim in a mask work (Form MW) 75 95
Registration of a claim in a vessel hull (Form D⁄VH) 140 200

Special Services
  Current Proposed
Special handling fee for a claim
   Each additional claim using the same deposit
$580
 50
$685
 50
Special handling fee for recordation of a document 330 435
Expedited Reference and Bibliography search and report (per hour) NA 400
Expedited Certification & Documents services (surcharge, per hour) 200 240
Requests for reconsideration:
First request 200 250
  Additional claim in related group 20 25
Second request 500 500
  Additional claim in related group 20 25
Secure test processing charge, per hour 60 150
Copying of Copyright Office Records by staff:
  Photocopy (b&w) (per page, minimum $6) 0.50 0.50
  Photocopy (color) (per page, minimum $6) 1 1.50
  Photograph (Polaroid) 10 15
  Photograph (digital) 30 45
  Slide 2 3
  Audiocassette (first 30 minutes) 50 75
  Additional 15 minute increments 20 20
  Videocassette (first 30 minutes) 50 75
  Additional 15 minute increments 25 25
  CD or DVD 40 50
  Zip or floppy disk 75 100
Handling fee of extra deposit copy for certification 30 45
Full-term retention of a published deposit 425 425
Notice to Libraries and Archives
   Each additional title
50
20
50
20
Use of COINS terminal in LM-B14 (per hour) 20 25
FedEx Service 15 35
Delivery of documents via facsimile (per page, 7 page maximum) 1 1
Service charge for deposit account overdraft 100 150
Service charge for dishonored deposit account replenishment check 35 75

Licensing Division Services
  Current Proposed
Recordation of a Notice of Intention to Make and Distribute Phonorecords (17 USC 115) (per title) $12 $12
Filing Fee for Recordation of License Agreements under 17 USC 118 50 125
Recordation of Certain Contracts by Cable Television Systems Located Outside the 48 Contiguous States 50 50
Initial Notice of Digital Transmission of Sound Recording (17 USC 114)
   Amendment of 17 USC 114 Notice
20
20
20
20
Statement of Account Amendment (Cable Television Systems and Satellite Carriers, 17 USC 111 and 119) 15 95
Statement of Account Amendment (Digital Audio Recording Devices or Media, 17 USC 1003) 20 95
Photocopy made by staff (b&w) (per page, minimum $6) 0.40 0.50
Search, per hour 65 150
Certification of Search Report 65 150