The Register of Copyrights is the Director of the U.S. Copyright Office. By statute, the Register works under the general…
Members of the U.S. Copyright Office’s Recordation Section who are responsible for recording documents.
Recordation is the official filing in the public records of the U.S. Copyright Office of a document having to do…
Official records maintained by the U.S. Copyright Office relating to registrations and document recordations, which are made available to the…
“To perform or display a work ‘publicly’ means to perform or display it at a place open to the public…
A work of authorship that is not protected by copyright is in the public domain. In the United States, a…
“‘Publication’ is the distribution of copies or phonorecords of a work to the public by sale or other transfer of…
“A ‘pseudonymous work’ is a work on the copies or phonorecords of which the author is identified under a fictitious…
A procedure that allows certain copyright owners to file an action for infringement and to seek statutory damages and attorney’s…