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| Preregistration of certain unpublished works |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 |
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