The United States Copyright Office is a division of the Library of Congress and is the federal agency responsible for regulating Copyright Law.
Here are some helpful links found on the United States Copyright Office Site:
- Copyright Fact Sheets and Information Circulars
- Copyright Registration Forms (for Authors of published, or unpublished works) There is a fee to register your work with the Copyright Office.
- Copyright Search Works registered and documents recorded by the U.S. Copyright Office since January1, 1978. You can search for the holder of the copyright of a work you want to use here, but keep in mind that not all works are registered with the Copyright Office and that any work fixed in a tangible medium is automatically granted copyright.
