Register of Copyrights

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government position public office

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Office of the Register of Copyrights	1
Register of Copyrights of the United States	1
U.S. Register of Copyrights	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government position ⓘ public office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Head of the U.S. Copyright Office ⓘ Register of Copyrights ⓘ surface form: U.S. Register of Copyrights
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 ⓘ intellectual property ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	administrative practices of the U.S. Copyright Office ⓘ copyright registration procedures in the United States ⓘ recordation of copyright documents ⓘ
hasDuty	administer federal copyright law in the United States ⓘ 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 ⓘ surface form: United States Library of Congress system United States Congress ⓘ surface form: United States legislative branch
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
legalBasis	Title 17 of the United States Code ⓘ 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 ⓘ 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 ⓘ Library of Congress ⓘ surface form: Library of Congress buildings
selectionMethod	appointment ⓘ
subordinateTo	Librarian of Congress ⓘ Library of Congress ⓘ
supervises	staff of the United States Copyright Office ⓘ
website	https://www.copyright.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

General Counsel of the U.S. Copyright Office → advises → Register of Copyrights ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Register of Copyrights

General Counsel of the U.S. Copyright Office → appointedBy → Register of Copyrights ⓘ

United States Copyright Office → chiefExecutiveOfficer → Register of Copyrights ⓘ

United States Copyright Office → employerOf → Register of Copyrights ⓘ

United States Copyright Office → hasOrganizationalUnit → Register of Copyrights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Office of the Register of Copyrights

Shira Perlmutter → hasTitle → Register of Copyrights ⓘ

this entity surface form: Register of Copyrights of the United States

Shira Perlmutter → positionHeld → Register of Copyrights ⓘ

Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Copyright Office → reportsTo → Register of Copyrights ⓘ

Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Copyright Office → reportsTo → Register of Copyrights ⓘ

General Counsel of the U.S. Copyright Office → reportsTo → Register of Copyrights ⓘ

Office of Policy and International Affairs → reportsTo → Register of Copyrights ⓘ

Office of the General Counsel → reportsTo → Register of Copyrights ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of the General Counsel (U.S. Copyright Office)

Office of the Chief Financial Officer → worksFor → Register of Copyrights ⓘ

subject surface form: Office of the Chief Financial Officer (U.S. Copyright Office)