The US Copyright Office is proposing increases to its fees for copyrighting materials as of August 1, 2009. The fee for form CO (used for most fiction and non-fiction) mailed into the Copyright Office for processing will change from $40 to $50. Other fee increases include $65 for other paper forms without barcodes; $80 for group daily newspapers/newsletters; $115 for supplementary registration; $115 for renewal registration; $30 for issuance of receipt for a deposit; $105 for transfer of copyright for a single work, and $30 for transfer of copyright of up to 10 additional titles. Note that the fee increases DO NOT apply to works copyrighted online — those fees will remain at $35. Read more about it here.
