Copyright Office Fees

What it does

The Copyright Office proposes the adoption of a new fee schedule. The Office last adjusted fees in 2020, based on a study of its fiscal 2016 and 2017 costs. Since that time, the costs of providing Office services have risen substantially due to inflation and other increases. The proposed fees are intended to enable recovery of a percentage of the Office's costs, closer to historical levels, without imposing undue barriers to access its services. The Office welcomes public comment on the proposed changes in advance of submission of the fee schedule to Congress.

The Copyright Office, Library of Congress's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

3 parts of Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

37 CFR 201, 37 CFR 202, 37 CFR 203

What happens next and when

Written comments must be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on May 4, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket COLC-2026-0001 on Regulations.gov
• Title 37 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register