All of these expedited service fees are surcharges that will be added to the regular charge for the service provided. The first hour is more costly because it reflects time expended by several staff members. This service costs more to provide because support services are more numerous and time-consuming and must also cover the cost of returning the deposit or correspondence file to the Federal Records Center. V. Reference and Bibliographic Searches Services provided Copyright owners and users frequently need to get information on registrations, renewals, and transfers and other documents relating to copyright. Our records on these copyright related facts are public and are available for public inspection.
Several organizations provide such services for a fee.
The Reference and Bibliography Section of the Copyright Office will perform an expedited search of these public records for a fee when there is a compelling reason to do so. This fee will remain unchanged. Additional charges for specialized copying, for example audio cassette copying charges, are fixed by other divisions of the Library providing these services. All of these fees may be adjusted periodically. For example, a request is made for a certification of records and after a search by our staff, the file cannot be found.