Copyright Basics eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 29 pages of information about Copyright Basics.

Copyright Basics eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 29 pages of information about Copyright Basics.

  for claims to renew copyright in works copyrighted under the law in
  effect through December 31, 1977 (1909 Copyright Act) and registered
  during the initial 28-year copyright term

Form RE Addendum [http://www.loc.gov/copyright/forms/formrea.pdf]

  accompanies Form RE for claims to renew copyright in works copyrighted
  under the 1909 Copyright Act but never registered during their initial
  28-year copyright term

*** For Corrections and Amplifications

Form CA [http://www.loc.gov/copyright/forms/formca.pdf]

  for supplementary registration to correct or amplify information given
  in the Copyright Office record of an earlier registration

*** For a Group of Contributions to Periodicals

Form GR/CP [http://www.loc.gov/copyright/forms/formgrcp.pdf]

  an adjunct application to be used for registration of a group of
  contributions to periodicals in addition to an application Form TX,
  PA, or VA

*** How to Obtain Application Forms

See “For Further Information” below.

You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader (R) [http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html] installed on your computer to view and print the forms accessed on the Internet.  Adobe Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free from Adobe Systems Incorporated through links from the same Internet site from which the forms are available.

Print forms head to head (top of page 2 is directly behind the top of page 1) on a single piece of good quality, 8-1/2-inch by 11-inch white paper.  To achieve the best quality copies of the application forms, use a laser printer.

*** FILL-IN FORMS AVAILABLE

All Copyright Office forms are available on the Copyright Office Website in fill-in version.  Go to http://www.loc.gov/copyright/forms/ and follow the instructions.  The fill-in forms allow you to enter information while the form is displayed on the screen by an Adobe Acrobat Reader product.  You may then print the completed form and mail it to the Copyright Office.  Fill-in forms provide a clean, sharp printout for your records and for filing with the Copyright Office.

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FEES

All remittances should be in the form of drafts, that is, checks, money orders, or bank drafts, payable to:  Register of Copyrights.  Do not send cash.  Drafts must be redeemable without service or exchange fee through a U. S. institution, must be payable in U. S. dollars, and must be imprinted with American Banking Association routing numbers.  International Money Orders and Postal Money Orders that are negotiable only at a post office are not acceptable.

If a check received in payment of the filing fee is returned to the Copyright Office as uncollectible, the Copyright Office will cancel the registration and will notify the remitter.

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