for claims to renew copyright in works
copyrighted under the law in
effect through December 31, 1977 (1909
Copyright Act) and registered
during the initial 28-year copyright term
Form RE Addendum [http://www.loc.gov/copyright/forms/formrea.pdf]
accompanies Form RE for claims to renew
copyright in works copyrighted
under the 1909 Copyright Act but never
registered during their initial
28-year copyright term
*** For Corrections and Amplifications
Form CA [http://www.loc.gov/copyright/forms/formca.pdf]
for supplementary registration to correct
or amplify information given
in the Copyright Office record of an earlier
registration
*** For a Group of Contributions to Periodicals
Form GR/CP [http://www.loc.gov/copyright/forms/formgrcp.pdf]
an adjunct application to be used for
registration of a group of
contributions to periodicals in addition
to an application Form TX,
PA, or VA
*** How to Obtain Application Forms
See “For Further Information” below.
You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader (R) [http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html] installed on your computer to view and print the forms accessed on the Internet. Adobe Acrobat Reader may be downloaded free from Adobe Systems Incorporated through links from the same Internet site from which the forms are available.
Print forms head to head (top of page 2 is directly behind the top of page 1) on a single piece of good quality, 8-1/2-inch by 11-inch white paper. To achieve the best quality copies of the application forms, use a laser printer.
*** FILL-IN FORMS AVAILABLE
All Copyright Office forms are available on the Copyright Office Website in fill-in version. Go to http://www.loc.gov/copyright/forms/ and follow the instructions. The fill-in forms allow you to enter information while the form is displayed on the screen by an Adobe Acrobat Reader product. You may then print the completed form and mail it to the Copyright Office. Fill-in forms provide a clean, sharp printout for your records and for filing with the Copyright Office.
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FEES
All remittances should be in the form of drafts, that is, checks, money orders, or bank drafts, payable to: Register of Copyrights. Do not send cash. Drafts must be redeemable without service or exchange fee through a U. S. institution, must be payable in U. S. dollars, and must be imprinted with American Banking Association routing numbers. International Money Orders and Postal Money Orders that are negotiable only at a post office are not acceptable.
If a check received in payment of the filing fee is returned to the Copyright Office as uncollectible, the Copyright Office will cancel the registration and will notify the remitter.