Active Policy Studies


Docket Number Title
2020-13 Satellite Television Community Protection and Promotion Act of 2019 Study
2020-9 State Sovereign Immunity Study
2019-6 Unclaimed Royalties Study

Policy Reports


Date Report Title
May 21, 2020 PDF (2.9 MB) Section 512 Study
October 16, 2019 PDF (1.31 MB) Fee Study - 2019
May 31, 2019 PDF (Senate Letter)
PDF (House Letter)
Response to March 14, 2019 Letter Regarding Processing Times
Response to April 3, 2019 Letter Regarding Processing Times
April 23, 2019 PDF (2.20 MB) Authors, Attribution, and Integrity: Examining Moral Rights in the United States
Jan 18, 2019 PDF (Senate Letter)
PDF (House Letter)
Copyright and Visual Works: The Legal Landscape of Opportunities and Challenges
Sep 29, 2017 PDF (1.40 MB) (Senate Letter)
PDF (1.40 MB) (House Letter)
Mass Digitization Pilot Program
Sep 15, 2017 PDF (1.15 MB) Revising Section 108: Copyright Exceptions for Libraries and Archives
Aug 18, 2017 PDF (0.87 MB) Fee Study - 2017
Jun 22, 2017 PDF (2.62 MB) Section 1201 Study
Dec 15, 2016 PDF (1.55 MB) Software-Enabled Consumer Products Study
Aug 3, 2016 PDF (1.49 MB) View of the Copyright Office Concerning FCC Set-Top Box Proposal
Reps. Blackburn, Butterfield, Collins and Deutch
Feb 23, 2016 PDF (3.45 MB) The Making Available Right in the United States
Jan 12, 2016 PDF (0.4 MB) PRO Licensing of Jointly Owned Works
Jun 4, 2015 PDF (3.6 MB) Orphan Works and Mass Digitization
Feb 5, 2015 PDF (2.41 MB) Music Licensing Study
Jan 7, 2015 PDF (2.41 MB) Transforming Document Recordation
Dec 13, 2013 PDF (1.88 MB) Resale Royalty
Nov 14, 2013 PDF (1.07 MB) Fee Study - 2013
Sep 30, 2013 PDF (1.44 MB) Small Claims
Dec 28, 2011 PDF (1.95 MB) Federal Copyright Protection for Pre-1972 Sound Recordings
Oct 31, 2011 PDF (1.95 MB) Mass Digitization
Aug 29, 2011 PDF (2.36 MB) STELA - 302 Report
Dec 7, 2010 PDF (445 KB) Possible Gap in Termination Provisions

Other Reports and Publications