(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]