The US Copyright Office, once again led by Shira Perlmutter, has proposed higher fees on copyrights to keep pace with rising costs. The new proposed fee schedule would raise fees an average of 43%. For example, a single work by a single author previously cost $45 to register and will now cost $55, an increase of 44%. Perlmutter writes in a letter to vice president JD Vance, “This is the first change to the Office’s fees since 2020. It would permit us to achieve fee recovery of an amount closer to the historical percentage of our operational budget, incorporating a […]
