Policy Studies

Active Policy Studies

Docket Number Study Page
2025-2 CASE Act Study
2025-1 Emerging Issues Related to Performing Rights Organizations
2023-6 Artificial Intelligence Study

Policy Reports

Date Report Study Page
March 12, 2024 PDF (6.4 MB) Non-Fungible Token Study
December 20, 2022 PDF (327 KB) Standard Technical Measures and Section 512
December 20, 2022 PDF (314 KB) Technical Measures Consultations
December 1, 2022 PDF (378 KB) Electronic Deposits and Best Edition Policy Study
August 1, 2022 PDF (510 KB) Deferred Registration Examination Study
June 30, 2022 PDF (2 MB) Study on Ancillary Copyright Protections for Publishers
December 1, 2021 PDF (2 MB) Online Publication
August 31, 2021 PDF (8.2 MB) State Sovereign Immunity Study
July 8, 2021 PDF (1.52 MB) Unclaimed Royalties Study
June 21, 2021 PDF (781 KB) Study on the Impact of the Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019
June 2, 2020 PDF (300 KB) Registration Modernization Work (2018-2020)
May 21, 2020 PDF (2.9 MB) Section 512 Study
October 16, 2019 PDF (1.31 MB) Fee Study - 2019
May 31, 2019 PDF (Senate Letter)
PDF (House Letter)
Response to March 14, 2019 Letter Regarding Processing Times
Response to April 3, 2019 Letter Regarding Processing Times
April 23, 2019 PDF (2.20 MB) Authors, Attribution, and Integrity: Examining Moral Rights in the United States
Jan 18, 2019 PDF (Senate Letter)
PDF (House Letter)
Copyright and Visual Works: The Legal Landscape of Opportunities and Challenges
Sep 29, 2017 PDF (1.40 MB) (Senate Letter)
PDF (1.40 MB) (House Letter)
Mass Digitization Pilot Program
Sep 15, 2017 PDF (1.15 MB) Revising Section 108: Copyright Exceptions for Libraries and Archives
Aug 18, 2017 PDF (0.87 MB) Fee Study - 2017
Jun 22, 2017 PDF (2.62 MB) Section 1201 Study
Dec 15, 2016 PDF (1.55 MB) Software-Enabled Consumer Products Study
Aug 3, 2016 PDF (1.49 MB) View of the Copyright Office Concerning FCC Set-Top Box Proposal
Reps. Blackburn, Butterfield, Collins and Deutch
Feb 23, 2016 PDF (3.45 MB) Making Available Study
Jan 29, 2016 PDF (0.4 MB) PRO Licensing of Jointly Owned Works
Jun 4, 2015 PDF (3.6 MB) Orphan Works
Feb 5, 2015 PDF (2.41 MB) Music Licensing Study
Jan 7, 2015 PDF (2.41 MB) Recordation and Reengineering
Dec 13, 2013 PDF (1.88 MB) Resale Royalty Right
Nov 14, 2013 PDF (1.07 MB) Fee Study - 2013
Sep 30, 2013 PDF (1.44 MB) Remedies for Copyright Small Claims
Dec 28, 2011 PDF (1.95 MB) A Study on the Desirability of and Means for Bringing Sound Recordings Fixed Before February 15, 1972, Under Federal Jurisdiction
Oct 31, 2011 PDF (1.95 MB) Mass Digitization Pilot Program
Aug 29, 2011 PDF (2.36 MB) Report on Marketplace Alternatives to Replace Statutory Licenses
Dec 7, 2010 PDF (445 KB) Possible Gap in Termination Provisions

Other Reports and Publications

Other Reports from 1961 to 2009