Register of Copyrights
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The Register of Copyrights is the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, responsible for administering and interpreting federal copyright law and overseeing the nation’s copyright registration system.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Register of Copyrights canonical | 11 |
| Office of the Register of Copyrights | 1 |
| Register of Copyrights of the United States | 1 |
| U.S. Register of Copyrights | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T137019 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Register of Copyrights Context triple: [United States Copyright Office, chiefExecutiveOfficer, Register of Copyrights]
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A.
United States Copyright Office
The United States Copyright Office is the federal agency responsible for administering and registering copyrights in the United States and advising Congress on copyright policy.
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B.
Librarian of Congress
The Librarian of Congress is the chief executive and primary steward of the United States Library of Congress, overseeing its collections, services, and national library programs.
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C.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency responsible for granting patents, registering trademarks, and overseeing key aspects of intellectual property protection in the United States.
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D.
Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
The Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator is a federal office that develops and oversees the U.S. government’s overall strategy for protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights domestically and internationally.
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E.
Director General of WIPO
The Director General of WIPO is the chief executive officer of the World Intellectual Property Organization, responsible for leading its global intellectual property policy, administration, and strategic direction.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Register of Copyrights Target entity description: The Register of Copyrights is the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, responsible for administering and interpreting federal copyright law and overseeing the nation’s copyright registration system.
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A.
United States Copyright Office
The United States Copyright Office is the federal agency responsible for administering and registering copyrights in the United States and advising Congress on copyright policy.
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B.
Librarian of Congress
The Librarian of Congress is the chief executive and primary steward of the United States Library of Congress, overseeing its collections, services, and national library programs.
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C.
United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office is the federal agency responsible for granting patents, registering trademarks, and overseeing key aspects of intellectual property protection in the United States.
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D.
Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
The Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator is a federal office that develops and oversees the U.S. government’s overall strategy for protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights domestically and internationally.
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E.
Director General of WIPO
The Director General of WIPO is the chief executive officer of the World Intellectual Property Organization, responsible for leading its global intellectual property policy, administration, and strategic direction.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government position
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public office ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Head of the U.S. Copyright Office
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Register of Copyrights ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. Register of Copyrights
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| appliesTo | works protected under U.S. copyright law ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Librarian of Congress
ⓘ
head of the Library of Congress ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| domain |
copyright law
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intellectual property ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
administrative practices of the U.S. Copyright Office
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copyright registration procedures in the United States ⓘ recordation of copyright documents ⓘ |
| hasDuty |
administer federal copyright law in the United States
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advise Congress on copyright policy ⓘ advise the Librarian of Congress on copyright matters ⓘ interpret federal copyright law for the U.S. Copyright Office ⓘ issue regulations related to copyright registration and recordation ⓘ maintain public records of copyright registrations ⓘ manage operations of the United States Copyright Office ⓘ oversee the U.S. copyright registration system ⓘ participate in international copyright policy discussions ⓘ provide public information on copyright law and procedures ⓘ represent the U.S. Copyright Office in domestic copyright policy discussions ⓘ |
| inception | 1897 ⓘ |
| isOfficeIn |
Library of Congress
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surface form:
United States Library of Congress system
United States Congress ⓘ
surface form:
United States legislative branch
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| jurisdiction |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| legalBasis |
Title 17 of the United States Code
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U.S. Copyright Act ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| officeHolderOf | head of the United States Copyright Office ⓘ |
| partOf |
Library of Congress
ⓘ
United States Copyright Office ⓘ |
| positionHeldBy | Shira Perlmutter ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Librarian of Congress ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
coordinating with other U.S. government agencies on copyright issues
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developing copyright regulations and practices ⓘ implementing copyright-related provisions of U.S. law ⓘ issuing certificates of copyright registration ⓘ maintaining the public catalog of copyright registrations ⓘ |
| seat |
James Madison Memorial Building
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Library of Congress ⓘ
surface form:
Library of Congress buildings
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| selectionMethod | appointment ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Librarian of Congress
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Library of Congress ⓘ |
| supervises | staff of the United States Copyright Office ⓘ |
| website | https://www.copyright.gov ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Register of Copyrights Description of subject: The Register of Copyrights is the head of the U.S. Copyright Office, responsible for administering and interpreting federal copyright law and overseeing the nation’s copyright registration system.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Office of the Register of Copyrights
this entity surface form:
U.S. Register of Copyrights
subject surface form:
Office of the General Counsel (U.S. Copyright Office)
subject surface form:
Office of the Chief Financial Officer (U.S. Copyright Office)
this entity surface form:
Register of Copyrights of the United States