US Copyright Office

Copyright Bulk Datasets

Bulk download of approximately 22 million U.S. copyright registration records from January 1, 1978 to June 27, 2025. Available in raw unparsed MARC, parsed CSV, and tabular CSV formats. Includes registrations, renewals, cancellations, preregistrations, and recordations across all copyright categories.

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https://www.copyright.gov/economic-research/usco-datasets/

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Bulk Data Download Portal

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: us-copyright-office:copyright-bulk-datasets
name: Copyright Bulk Datasets
tags:
- Copyright
- Bulk Data
- Federal-Government
- Open Data
tags_raw:
- Copyright
- Bulk Data
- Federal Government
- Open Data
humanURL: https://www.copyright.gov/economic-research/usco-datasets/
properties:
- url: https://www.copyright.gov/economic-research/usco-datasets/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://data.copyright.gov
  type: DataAPI
  title: Bulk Data Download Portal
description: Bulk download of approximately 22 million U.S. copyright registration records from January
  1, 1978 to June 27, 2025. Available in raw unparsed MARC, parsed CSV, and tabular CSV formats. Includes
  registrations, renewals, cancellations, preregistrations, and recordations across all copyright categories.