As of today the U.S. Copyright Office (part of the Library of Congress) now charges $45 to file for copyright. That’s up from $30. Other fees have also been raised. A complete list of the new fee structure is here or in this handy 2 page PDF.

From a Copyright Office news release:
This is the first basic registration filing fee increase since 1999, when the fee was raised from $20 to $30. The Office intends for the filing fee to support a substantial portion of the cost of the registration program. In March the Register of Copyrights submitted a fee study to Congress of the costs the Copyright Office incurs in providing services, as well as an economic analysis and the proposed schedule of fees. This is the third schedule of fees set forth under legislation that went into effect in 1997 that allows the Register to set fees by regulation rather than statute. A Federal Register notice describes the adoption of the new fees and can be accessed at www.copyright.gov/fedreg/2006/71fr31089.html.

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