United States Copyright Office

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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.

Aliases (4)

Register of Copyrights ×1
U.S. Copyright Office ×1
United States Copyright Office (in part) ×1
https://www.copyright.gov ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	copyright office → government agency →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States →
chiefExecutiveOfficer	Register of Copyrights →
country	United States of America →
describedBySource	official website of the United States Copyright Office →
employerOf	Register of Copyrights → copyright examiners → policy attorneys →
fieldOfWork	copyright law → copyright policy → copyright registration → intellectual property policy →
hasExecutive	Register of Copyrights →
hasFunction	administering statutory licenses for certain uses of copyrighted works → administering the U.S. copyright registration system → advising the United States Congress on copyright policy → conducting studies on copyright law and policy → maintaining public records of copyright registrations → promulgating regulations related to copyright registration and recordation → providing information to the public about copyright → recording copyright transfers and other documents → supporting copyright litigation through records and certifications →
hasJurisdictionOver	copyright registration in the United States → recordation of copyright documents in the United States → statutory licenses under U.S. copyright law →
hasOrganizationalUnit	Office of Policy and International Affairs → Office of Public Information and Education → Office of Registration Policy and Practice → Office of the Chief Financial Officer → Office of the Chief Information Officer → Office of the General Counsel → Office of the Register of Copyrights →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
inception	1897 →
industry	intellectual property →
isPartOf	legislative branch of the United States government →
jurisdiction	United States federal government →
legalBasis	Title 17 of the United States Code → U.S. Copyright Act →
legalForm	federal agency →
locatedInBuilding	James Madison Memorial Building →
locatedInComplex	Library of Congress buildings →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	District of Columbia →
officialLanguage	English →
parentOrganization	Library of Congress →
partOf	Library of Congress →
replaces	copyright functions of the Library of Congress prior to 1897 →
subordinateTo	Librarian of Congress →
website	https://www.copyright.gov/ →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Copyright Office → Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Copyright Office → General Counsel of the U.S. Copyright Office → Office of Policy and International Affairs → Office of Public Information and Education → Office of Registration Policy and Practice → Office of the Chief Financial Officer (U.S. Copyright Office) → Office of the Chief Information Officer (U.S. Copyright Office) → Office of the General Counsel (U.S. Copyright Office) → Register of Copyrights →	partOf
Office of Policy and International Affairs → Office of Public Information and Education → Office of Registration Policy and Practice → Office of the Chief Information Officer (U.S. Copyright Office) → Office of the General Counsel (U.S. Copyright Office) →	parentOrganization
Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Copyright Office → Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Copyright Office → General Counsel of the U.S. Copyright Office → Shira Perlmutter →	employer
Office of Policy and International Affairs → Office of Public Information and Education →	subsidiaryOf
IP Czar → Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator →	worksWith
Title 17 of the United States Code ("United States Copyright Office (in part)") →	administeredBy
IPEC →	collaboratesWith
Office of Public Information and Education →	governingBody
United States Copyright Office ("Register of Copyrights") →	hasExecutive
Office of Public Information and Education →	operatedBy
U.S. Copyright Act ("U.S. Copyright Office") →	overseenBy
Library of Congress →	oversees
Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Copyright Office →	positionHeldIn
Office of the General Counsel (U.S. Copyright Office) ("https://www.copyright.gov") →	website