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File Description [top]

U.S. Copyrights, produced by The Dialog Corporation, provides access to registration details for all active copyright and mask-work registrations on file at the U.S. Copyright Office. The database has been designed primarily as a fast screening tool for checking the ownership and registration status of a particular work. The database is also useful for checking a particular individual's or entity's portfolio of registered works.

The database contains three type of records: monograph records, serial records, and legal document records. Monograph and serial records contain information on the initial registration and renewal of a work. Legal document records contain information on assignments and other information pertaining to the ownership status.

Each record contains the title of the work, the owner's name, the registration number, an indication of whether the work is published or unpublished, the class and retrieval code assigned by the U.S. Copyright Office, and other pertinent information about the work and nature of the registration. Registered works that have been renewed are also in the database with the status designation of renewal.

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Subject Coverage [top]

U.S. Copyrights includes works registered under the Copyright Act of 1976 and subsequent amendments, including the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984.

Sources [top]

Basic data are obtained directly from Catalog Distribution Service of the Library of Congress in conjunction with the U.S. Copyright Office. File enhancements are created by Dialog.

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Database Content [top]

• Directories

Document Types Indexed [top]

• NA

Geographic Coverage [top]

• US Only

Geographic Restrictions [top]

• None

Special Features [top]

• ERA Available
• Graduate Education Program
• KWIC and HILIGHT Available
• DIALOG Alert Available

DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

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Terms and Conditions [top]

For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive Policy, enter HELP ERA online. The following terms and conditions also apply.

U.S. Copyrights (File 120):

Data may not be duplicated in hard copy or machine-readable form without the written authorization of Dialog, 2440 El Camino Real, Mountain View, CA 94040, USA except that limited reproduction of printed output is permitted for distribution within the user's internal operation only. Under no circumstances may copies produced under this provision be offered for resale or sale. Dialog makes no representation or warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Dialog be liable for indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages. Dialog expressly disclaims responsibility for the accuracy of information originated from the U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog Distribution Service, Library of Congress or its publications, and any errors or omissions in databases partially or wholly comprised of such information or publications.

SAMPLE RECORD - MASK WORK COPYRIGHT [top]

SAMPLE RECORD - SOUND RECORDING COPYRIGHT

SAMPLE RECORD - ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS (LEGAL DOCUMENT) [top]

SAMPLE RECORD - SERIAL COPYRIGHT

BASIC INDEX [top]

¹ Available only for monograph (copyright) records.

² Available only for legal document records

³ Includes assignors.

⁴ Includes assignees.

ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

⁵ Also searchable with OW=, but CO= recommended for OneSearch compatibility.

⁶ Renewed registrations only.

⁷ Also searchable with CO= for OneSearch(r) compatibility.

⁸ Searchable with /NT.

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Rates [top]

Rates For File: U.S. Copyrights[120]
Cost per DialUnit:                 $7.50
Cost per minute:                   $2.05
Rank Elements                      $0.00
ALERT (default)                   $16.00
ALERT (Monthly)                *  $30.00
ALERT (Biweekly/twice a month) *  $23.00
ALERT (Weekly)                    $16.00
ALERT (Daily)                  *  $16.00
ALERT (Calendar weekly)        *  $16.00
ALERT (Intraday)               *  $16.00
* = custom scheduled Alerts only
ALERT Number of included prints        0

Format    Types   Prints
     1    $0.00    $0.00
     2    $2.00    $2.00
     3    $2.00    $2.00
     4    $2.00    $2.00
     5    $2.00    $2.00
     6    $0.60    $0.60
     7    $2.00    $2.00
     8    $2.00    $2.00
     9    $2.00    $2.00
KWIC95    $0.00       NA
KWIC96    $0.00       NA

REDIST/COPY Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
        1-2       1.00
       3-25       1.50
     26-100       3.00
    101-200       4.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00

ARCHIVE Multiplier Table:

      Range      Multiplier
       1-25       1.50
     26-200       3.00
    201-500       6.00
   501-1000       8.00
 1001 or more    10.00