Limitations 
 
 on the 
 
 Information 
 
 Furnished 
 
 by the 
 
 Copyright 
 
 Office 
 
 Among its other functions, the Copyright Office serves as 
 an office of record, a place where claims to copyright are 
 registered when the claimant has complied with the require¬ 
 ments of the copyright law. We are glad to furnish 
 information about the provisions of the copyright law and the 
 procedures for making registration, to explain the operations 
 and practices of the Copyright Office, and to report on facts 
 found in the public records of the Office. However, the 
 Regulations of the Copyright Office {Code of Federal 
 Flegulations, Title 37, Chapter II) prohibit employees from 
 giving specific legal advice on the rights of persons, 
 whether in connection with particular uses of copyrighted 
 works, cases of alleged foreign or domestic copyright in¬ 
 fringement, contracts between authors and publishers, or 
 other matters of a similar nature. 
 
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The Copyright Office cannot: 
 
 — Compare for similarities copies of works deposited for 
 registration: 
 
 — Advise on questions of possible copyright infringement 
 or prosecution of copyright violations; 
 
 — Draft or interpret contract terms; 
 
 — Enforce contracts or recover manuscripts; 
 
 — Recommend particular publishers, agents, lawyers, “song 
 services,” and the like; 
 
 — Help in getting a work published, recorded, or performed; 
 
 — Grant permission to use a copyrighted work. However, 
 
 you may request a copy of M-10, “How to Obtain Permis¬ 
 sions,” for information on getting permission to use a 
 
 copyrighted work. 
 
 FOR MORE INFORMATION 
 
 Library of Congress 
 Copyright Office 
 Publications Section, LM-455 
 101 Independence Ave., S.E. 
 
 Washington, D.C. 20559-6000 
 
 or call the Forms and Publications Hotline 24 hours a day at 
 (202) 707-9100. Most circulars (but not forms) are available 
 via fax. Call (202) 707-2600 from a touchtone phone and 
 follow the prompts. Access and download circulars, forms, 
 and other information from the Copyright Office Website at 
 http://www.loc.gov/copyright. 
 
 Many requests for assistance require professional legal 
 advice, frequently that of a copyright attorney. Your local bar 
 association may be able to recommend a copyright attor¬ 
 ney. Even though the Copyright Office cannot furnish ser¬ 
 vices of this kind, our policy is to be helpful in supplying 
 authorized information and services. 
 
 NOTE: The limitation on specific legal advice does not 
 apply to the Office’s authority to interpret the Copy¬ 
 right Act through regulations and practices in order to 
 carry out its statutory responsibility to administer the 
 Copyright Act. 
 
 To speak to an information specialist, call (202) 707- 
 3000 (TTY: 707-6737), Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. 
 to 5:00 p.m. eastern time, excluding federal holidays. Re¬ 
 corded information is available 24 hours a day. Order forms 
 and other publications from: 
 
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 http://www.loc.gov/copyright 
 
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