Portal:United States Copyright Office
The United States Copyright Office, a part of the Library of Congress, is the official U.S. government body that maintains records of copyright registration in the United States. It is used by copyright title searchers who are attempting to clear a chain of title for copyrighted works.
Copyright catalog
edit- Dramatic compositions copyrighted in the United States, 1870 to 1916 - Vol 1 & 2
- Catalog of Copyright Entries
- Motion Pictures, a cumulative series started in 1951, covering 1912-69.
Circulars
edit- Copyright Basics
- Publications on Copyright
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright Fees
- How to Open and Maintain a Copyright Office Deposit Account
- Obtaining Access to and Copies of Copyright Records and Deposits
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- Supplementary Copyright Registration
- Work-Made-For-Hire Under the 1976 Copyright Act
- Special Handling
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- Recordations of Transfers and Other Documents
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- Copyright Registration for Derivative Works
- Renewal of Copyright
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- Reproductions of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians
- How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work
- Copyright Card Catalog and the Online File
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- Ideas, Methods, or Systems
- Blanks Forms and Other Works Not Protected by Copyright
- Computing and Measuring Devices
- Names, Titles, Short Phrases not Copyrightable
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- Copyright Registration for Works of the Visual Arts
- Copyright Claims in Architectural Works
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- Cartoons and Comic Strips
- Motion Pictures including Video Recordings
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- Musical Compositions
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- Copyright Registration for Multimedia Works
- Copyright for Sound Recordings
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- Copyright Registration for Computer Programs
- Copyright Registration for Serials
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- Copyright Registration for Secure Tests
- Copyright Registration for Automated Databases
- Copyright Registration for Online Works
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- Copyright Law of the United States and Related Laws Contained in Tıtle 17 of the United States Code (external scan)
Decisions
editUS Copyright Office Policy Decision on Registrability of Costume designs (ML-435) (1991)
Other documents
editSee also
edit- Portal:Federal Government of the United States
- Portal:Book industries and trade
- Portal:Copyright law
- Portal:United States copyright case law
Some or all works listed in this portal are in the public domain in the United States because they are works of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).
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