Send Via USPS Legal Washington Copyright Assignment Forms For Free

The U.S. Copyright Office does not have an official form for transfers of copyrights. Contracts handle these transfers or assignments. There is no requirement that the assignee and copyright owner draft an agreement. However, you should consider recording the transfer with the United States Copyright Office.

Form IV ? Application for Registration of Copyright In ance with Section 45 of the Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), I hereby apply for registration of Copyright and request you that entries may be made in the Register of Copyrights in the enclosed Statement of Particulars sent herewith in triplicate.

Use Form PA to register the underlying musical composition or dramatic work. Form SR has been developed specifically to register a ?sound recording? as defined by the Copyright Act?a work resulting from the ?fixation of a series of sounds,? separate and distinct from the underlying musical or dramatic work.

Registering a claim to copyright via eCO involves three steps in the following order: Complete an application. Pay the associated fee (Pay online with a credit/debit card or ACH transfer via Pay.gov, or with a deposit account) Submit your work.

In the offline copyright registration process, you don't have to create any user registration. All you need to do is, submit all relevant documents along with form XIV and a statement of particulars in a physical format to the registry. You must also submit a demand draft (DD) of the prescribed fee.

Which form should I use? Online registration through the electronic Copyright Office (eCO) is the preferred way to register basic claims. Paper versions of Form TX (literary works); Form VA (visual arts works); Form PA (performing arts); Form SR (sound recordings) are available on the Copyright Office website.