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PA FORMS : Follow these steps to register your musical work, dramatic work, script, pantomime, choreography, motion picture, or other audiovisual work: Step 1 Make sure your work is a performing arts work. Performing arts works are intended to be “performed” directly before an audience or indirectly “by means of any device or process.” Included are (1) musical works, including any accompanying words; (2) dramatic works, such as scripts, including any accompanying music; (3) pantomimes and choreographic works; and (4) motion pictures and other audiovisual works. Note: Performing arts registration is not the same as registering a sound recording. Read more about choosing the correct registration method. To register sound recordings, see the Sound Recordings instructions. Read more about the registration of musical compositions and sound recordings. Step 2 Put into one envelope or package: a completed application Form PA or Short Form PA. a $30 payment to "Register of Copyrights." nonreturnable copy(ies) of the material to be registered. Step 3 Send the package to: Library of Congress Copyright Office 101 Independence Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20559-6000 Your registration becomes effective on the day that the Copyright Office receives your application, payment, and copy(ies) in acceptable form. If your submission is in order, you will receive a certificate of registration in 4 to 5 months. SR FORMS : Follow these steps to register your recording of music, drama, or a lecture: Step 1 Make sure your work is a sound recording. Sound recordings are “works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken, or other sounds, but not including the sounds accompanying a motion picture or other audiovisual work.” Common examples include recordings of music, drama, or lectures. Copyright registration for a sound recording alone is neither the same as, nor a substitute for, registration for the musical, dramatic, or literary work recorded. The underlying work may be registered in its own right apart from any recording of the performance, or in certain cases, the underlying work may be registered together with the sound recording. Note: To register performing arts works, see the Performing Arts instructions. Read more about the registration of musical compositions and sound recordings. Step 2 Put into one envelope or package: a completed application Form SR. a $30 payment to "Register of Copyrights." nonreturnable copy(ies) of the material to be registered. Step 3 Send the package to: Library of Congress Copyright Office 101 Independence Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20559-6000 Your registration becomes effective on the day that the Copyright Office receives your application, payment, and copy(ies) in acceptable form. If your submission is in order, you will receive a certificate of registration in 4 to 5 months. |
