...gister of Copyrights · January 2006 w The Register of Copyrights of the United States of America United States Copyright Office • 101 Independence ... ...n, DC 20510 The Honorable Patrick Leahy 433 Russell Senate Office Building United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 ORRIN G. HATCH United States ... ...ashington, DC 20510 ORRIN G. HATCH United States Senator PATRICK LEAHY United States Senator United States Senate WASHINGTON, DC 20510 January 5, ... ... has fallen into the public domain by consulting the renewal registration records of the Copyright Office. Section IV then goes on to describe exist... ... • Whether information about the work can be found in publicly available records, such as the Copyright Office records or other resources; Page 9 ... ... current owner can be almost impossible. Where the copyright registration records show that the author is the owner finding a current address or the... ...itution); • music publishers (e.g., The Harry Fox Agency); • recording artists and musicians (e.g., American Federation of Musicians (“AFM”), Ame... ...ration of Musicians (“AFM”), American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (“AFTRA”), Recording Artists Coalition); • record companies (e.g.,... ...a and Arts, National Humanities Alliance); • illustrators (e.g., Graphic Artists Guild, Illustrators Partnership of America); • photographers (e....