United States Copyright Office
E2768
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.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| United States Copyright Office canonical | 31 |
| U.S. Copyright Office | 2 |
| Register of Copyrights | 1 |
| United States Copyright Office (in part) | 1 |
| https://www.copyright.gov | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10892 — 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: United States Copyright Office Context triple: [Library of Congress, oversees, United States Copyright Office]
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A.
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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B.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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C.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
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D.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is a U.S. government agency responsible for designing and producing paper currency and other secure documents for the federal government.
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E.
Library of Congress Online Catalog
The Library of Congress Online Catalog is the digital search system that provides public access to the Library of Congress’s vast collections of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and other materials.
- 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: United States Copyright Office Target entity description: 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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A.
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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B.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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C.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
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D.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is a U.S. government agency responsible for designing and producing paper currency and other secure documents for the federal government.
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E.
Library of Congress Online Catalog
The Library of Congress Online Catalog is the digital search system that provides public access to the Library of Congress’s vast collections of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and other materials.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
copyright office
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government agency ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| 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
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copyright policy ⓘ copyright registration ⓘ intellectual property policy ⓘ |
| hasExecutive |
United States Copyright Office
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Register of Copyrights
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| 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
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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 ⓘ Register of Copyrights ⓘ
surface form:
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 government
ⓘ
surface form:
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
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surface form:
Library of Congress buildings
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| 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/ ⓘ |
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: United States Copyright Office Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (36)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
United States Copyright Office
→
hasExecutive
→
United States Copyright Office
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Register of Copyrights
Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator
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worksWith
→
United States Copyright Office
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
U.S. Copyright Office
subject surface form:
Office of the Chief Information Officer (U.S. Copyright Office)
subject surface form:
Office of the Chief Information Officer (U.S. Copyright Office)
subject surface form:
Office of the General Counsel (U.S. Copyright Office)
subject surface form:
Office of the General Counsel (U.S. Copyright Office)
this entity surface form:
https://www.copyright.gov
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:
United States Copyright Office (in part)
Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Copyright Office
→
employer
→
United States Copyright Office
ⓘ
Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Copyright Office
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positionHeldIn
→
United States Copyright Office
ⓘ
United States Mission to the World Intellectual Property Organization
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collaboratesWith
→
United States Copyright Office
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subject surface form:
Title I (DMCA)
this entity surface form:
U.S. Copyright Office