(a) General. This section prescribes the fees for registration, recordation, and related services, special services, and services performed by the Licensing Division.
(b) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) Registration, recordation, and related service fee. This is the fee for a registration or recordation service that the Office is required to perform under 17 U.S.C., or a directly related service. It includes those services described in section 708(a)(1)-(9) and authorized by Pub. L. 105-80.
(2) Special service fee. This is a fee for a special service not specified in title 17, which the Register of Copyrights may fix at any time on the basis of the cost of providing the service, as provided by 17 U.S.C. 708(a).
(3) Licensing Division service fee. This is a fee for a service performed by the Licensing Division.
(c) Registration, recordation, and related service fees. The Copyright Office has established the following fees for these services: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Registration of a standard claim in an original work
of authorship:
Electronic filing:
(i) Single author, same claimant, one work, not 35
for hire.......................................
(ii) All other filings.......................... 55
Paper Filing (Forms PA, SR, TX, VA, SE, SR)......... 85(2) Registration of a claim in a group of contributions 85
to periodicals (Form GR/CP) or database updates........(3) Registration for a group of published photographs,
or an automated database that predominately consists of
photographs and updates thereto:
(i) Electronic filing............................... 55
(ii) Paper filing................................... 65(4) Registration of a renewal claim (Form RE):
(i) Claim without addendum.......................... 100
(ii) Addendum (in addition to the fee for the claim) 100(5) Registration of a claim in a group of serials (Form 25
SE/Group) (per issue, minimum 2 issues)................(6) Registration of a claim in a group of daily 80
newspapers and qualified newsletters (Form G/DN).......(7) Registration of a claim in a restored copyright 85
(Form GATT)............................................(8) Preregistration of certain unpublished works........ 140(9) Registration of a correction or amplification to a
claim.
(Form CA)........................................... $130
(Form DC)........................................... 100(10) Registration of a claim in a mask work (Form MW)... 120(11) Registration of a claim in a vessel hull (Form D/ 400
VH)....................................................(12) Provision of an additional certificate of 40
registration...........................................(13) Certification of other Copyright Office records, 200
including search reports (per hour)....................(14) Search report prepared from official records other 200
than Licensing Division records (per hour, 2 hour
minimum)...............................................
Estimate of search fee (credited to search fee)..... 200(15) Retrieval of in-process or completed Copyright
Office records or other Copyright Office materials:
(i) Retrieval of paper records (per hour, 1 hour 200
minimum)...........................................
(ii) Retrieval of digital records (per hour, half 200
hour minimum, quarter hour increments).............(16) Recordation of document, including a notice of
intention to enforce...................................
(single title)...................................... 105
Additional titles (per group of 1 to 10 titles)..... 35
Correction of online Public Catalog data due to 7
erroneous electronic title submission (per title)..(17) Recordation of a designation of agent to receive 105
notification of claimed infringements under Sec.
512(c)(2)..............................................
Additional names (per group of 1 to 10)............. 35(18) Issuance of a receipt for a Sec. 407 deposit..... 30------------------------------------------------------------------------
(d) Special Service Fees. The Copyright Office has established the following fees for special services of the Office: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Service charge for deposit account overdraft........ 250(2) Service charge for dishonored deposit account 100
replenishment check....................................(3) Service charge for an uncollectible or non- 30
negotiable payment.....................................(4) Appeals:
(i) First appeal (per claim)........................ 250
(ii) Second appeal (per claim)...................... 500(5) Secure test processing charge (per staff member per 250
hour)..................................................(6) Copying of Copyright Office records by staff:
Photocopy (black & white, 8\1/2\ x 11) (per page, 0.50
minimum: $12)......................................
Photocopy (black & white, 11 x 17) (per page, 1
minimum: $12)......................................
Photocopy (color, 8\1/2\ x 11) (per page, minimum: 2
$12)...............................................
Photocopy (color, 11 x 17) (per page, minimum: $12). 4
Audiocassette (first 30 minutes).................... 75
Additional 15 minute increments................. 20
Videocassette (first 30 minutes).................... 75
Additional 15 minute increments................. 20
CD or DVD........................................... 30
Flash drive......................................... 30
Unsupported formats and other copying of materials Variable.
by outside providers, at cost of provider..........(7) Special handling fee for a claim.................... 800
Handling fee for each non-special handling claim 50
using the same deposit.............................(8) Special handling fee for recordation of a document.. 550(9) Handling fee for extra deposit copy for 50
certification..........................................(10) Full-term retention of a published deposit......... 540(11) Special handling of search report, per hour (for up 300
to 2 hours)............................................
Additional hours of searching, per hour............. 500(12) Special handling of retrieval, certification, and 305
copying, per hour......................................(13) Notice to libraries and archives................... 50
Each additional title............................... 20(14) Service charge for Federal Express mailing......... 45(15) Service charge for delivery of documents via 1
facsimile (per page, 7 page maximum)...................------------------------------------------------------------------------
(e) Licensing Division service fees. The Copyright Office has established the following fees for specific services of the Licensing Division: ------------------------------------------------------------------------
(1) Recordation of a notice of intention to make and 75
distribute phonorecords (17 U.S.C. 115)................
Additional titles (per group of 1 to 10 titles) 20
(paper filing).....................................
Additional titles (per group of 1 to 100 titles) 10
(online filing)....................................(2) Statement of account amendment (cable television 150
systems and satellite carriers, 17 U.S.C. 111 and 119;
digital audio recording devices or media, 17 U.S.C.
1003)..................................................(3) Recordation of a licensing agreement for use of 140
certain works in connection with noncommercial
broadcasting (17 U.S.C. 118)...........................(4) Recordation of certain contracts by cable TV systems 50
located outside the 48 contiguous states...............(5) Notice of digital transmission of sound recording 40
(17 U.S.C. 112, 114)...................................
Amended notice of digital transmission of sound 40
recording..........................................(6) Processing of a statement of account based on
secondary transmissions of primary transmissions
pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 111:
(i) Form SA1........................................ 15
(ii) Form SA2....................................... 20
(iii) Form SA3...................................... 725(7) Processing of a statement of account based on 725
secondary transmissions of primary transmissions
pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 119 or 122.......................(8) Search report prepared from Licensing Division 200
records (per hour, 1 hour minimum).....................------------------------------------------------------------------------
(f) Fees for travel in connection with educational activities. For travel expenses in connection with Copyright Office educational activities when participation by Copyright Office personnel has been requested by another organization or person and that organization or person has agreed to pay such expenses, collection of the fee shall be subject to, and the amount of the fee shall be no greater than, the amount authorized under the Federal Travel Regulations found in Chapters 300 through 304 of Title 41. [64 FR 29520, June 1, 1999, as amended at 64 FR 36574, July 7, 1999; 65 FR 39819, June 28, 2000; 67 FR 38005, May 31, 2002; 71 FR 31090, June 1, 2006; 71 FR 46402, Aug. 14, 2006; 72 FR 33691, June 19, 2007; 74 FR 12556, Mar. 25, 2009, 74 FR 32807, July 9, 2009; 77 FR 18705, Mar. 28, 2012; 77 FR 18707, Mar. 28, 2012; 78 FR 71501, Nov. 29, 2013; 79 FR 15918, Mar. 24, 2014; 79 FR 24334, Apr. 30, 2014; 79 FR 68623, Nov. 18, 2014]