Licensing Documents

Circulars

• How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work (Circular 22)
• Compulsory License for Making and Distributing Phonorecords Other Than Digital Phonorecord Deliveries (Circular 73A)
• Compulsory License for Making and Distributing Digital Phonorecords and Limitations on Liability Prior to the License Availability Date (January 21, 2021) (Circular 73B)
• How to Make Statutory License Royalty EFT Payments Using Pay.gov (Circular 74)
• The Licensing Section of the Copyright Office (Circular 75)
• Licensing Section Service Fees (Circular 76)

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Forms

Cable Statement of Account Forms and Related Information for semiannual accounting periods beginning January 1, 2011

• SA1-2 Short Form or Excel-based SA1-2E form (SA1-2E Short Form) For use by cable television systems whose semiannual gross receipts are less than $527,600
• SA3 Long Form or Excel-based SA3E form (SA3E Long Form) For use by cable television systems whose semiannual gross receipts are $527,600 or more
• Old Cable Statement of Account Forms
• Specialty Station List (pdf)

Digital Audio Recording Products - Statement of Account Forms

• Quarterly Statement of Account Form
• Annual Statement of Account Form

Initial Notice of Distribution of Digital Audio Recording

• Dart Form

Satellite Statement of Account Form for semiannual accounting periods beginning January 1, 2016

• Form SC

Notice of Use Form

• M-269 Form — Notice of Use of Sound Recordings under Statutory License

Licensing Electronic Funds Transfer Form - For use by statutory licensees to receive refund payments via electronic funds transfer

• EFT Form (for refunds and disbursements only)
• Cable/Satellite Remittance Advice (for payments)
• DART Remittance Advice (for payments)

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Regulations

• 201.3 — Fees for registration, recordation and related services, special services, and services performed by the Licensing Section
• 201.6 - Payment and refund of Copyright Office fees
• 201.11 - Satellite carrier statements of account covering statutory licenses for secondary transmissions
• 201.12 - Recordation of certain contracts by cable systems located outside of the forty-eight contiguous States
• 201.17- Statements of Account covering compulsory licenses for secondary transmissions by cable systems
• 201.18 - Notice of intention to obtain a compulsory license for making and distributing phonorecords of nondramatic musical works
• 201.27 - Initial notice of distribution of digital recording devices or media
• 201.28 - Statements of Account for digital audio recording devices or media
• 201.29 - Access to and confidentiality of, Statements of Account, Verification Auditor’s Reports, and other verification information filed in the Copyright Office for digital audio recording devices or media
• 201.30 - Verification of Statements of Accounts
• 270.1- Notice of use of sound recordings under statutory license
• 270.2- Reports of use of sound recordings under statutory license for preexisting subscription services
• 270.3 - Reports of use of sound recordings under statutory license for nonsubscription transmission services, preexisting satellite digital audio radio services, new subscription services and business establishment services
• 270.4 - Reports of use of sound recordings under statutory license prior to April 1, 2004
• 270.5 - Designated collection and distribution organizations for records of use of sound recordings under statutory license