All About Your Copyright Office - The US Copyright Office
How Do I Contact the US Copyright Office?
Where Can I Get Copyright Office Application Forms?
How Do I Register a Copyright?
Is the US Copyright Office the Only Place To Register a Copyright?
What is the Status of My Application? Will My Work Be Returned?
What is a Library of Congress Number or ISBN?
Will the Copyright Office Accept a Copy of My Work in any Form?
Does the LOC Provide Copies of Applications or Certificates?
Does the LOC Have a List of Public Domain Material?
Can I Search the Copyright Office?
Does a Work Have to Originate from the United States?
Copyright protection is available for all unpublished works, however, published works need to meet conditions.
Does an American Copyright Have International Copyright Protection?
There is no such thing as an international copyright.
Can Foreigners Register Their Works with the US Copyright Office?
Any work that is protected by US copyright law can be registered.
Copyright Office Information Circulars and Form Letters
All of the official United States Copyright Office information circulars are available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, and some are also in HTML text versions.
Copyright Law
The online version of the U.S. Copyright law is in the Adobe Acrobat PDF format.