CFR > Title 37 - Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights > CHAPTER II—COPYRIGHT OFFICE, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS > SUBCHAPTER A—COPYRIGHT OFFICE AND PROCEDURES (parts 201 to 212) > PART 203—FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT: POLICIES AND PROCEDURES > 203.2—Authority and functions.

203.2—Authority and functions.

(a) The administration of the copyright law was entrusted to the Library of Congress by an act of Congress in 1870, and the Copyright Office has been a separate department of the Library since 1897. The statutory functions of the Copyright Office are contained in and carried out in accordance with the Copyright Act. Pub. L. 94-553 (90 Stat. 2541-2602), 17 U.S.C. 101-110 1.

Code of Federal Regulations

[43 FR 774, Jan. 4, 1978, as amended at 62 FR 35421, July 1, 1997]