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Copyright is a form of legal protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17 U. S. Code) to authors of literary dramatic musical artistic and other works. The United States Copyright Office a service unit of located within the Library of Congress and under the direction of the Register of Copyrights administers the Copyright Law advises Congress and government agencies on legal and policy matters; provides international representation on copyright issues; administers the national copyright registrations system; provides collections materials to the Library through voluntary registration and mandatory deposit programs; records documents relating to copyright chain of title; administers statutory license provisions of the law including collecting and distributing royalties; maintains the worlds largest database of copyright public records; and provides information and reference services to the public.
The Licensing Division in the Copyright Office administers the statutory licenses in the Copyright Act (Title 17 of the U.S. Code). The Division collects royalty fees from: 1) cable operators for retransmitting television and radio broadcasts (Section 111) 2) satellite carriers for retransmitting network and nonnetwork signals (Section 119) and 3) importers or manufacturers for distributing digital audio recording products (Chapter 10). The Division deducts part of its operating costs from the royalty fees and invests the balance in interest- bearing securities with the U.S. Treasury for later distribution to copyright owners. The Division also collects filing fees to cover part of the costs in administering the cable and satellite licenses. The Division also administers the statutory licenses for the organization transmitting to the public a webcast (Section 112) the public performance of sound recordings by means of digital audio transmissions (Section 114) making and distributing phonorecords (Section 115) and for the use of certain works in connection with non-commercial broadcasting (Section 118).
The position serves as a Licensing Examiner in the Financial Management Division Office of the Assistant Register and Director of Operations Copyright Office.
As the Licensing Examiner you will:
Conditions of Employment
Library of Congress employees are prohibited from using illegal drugs including marijuana. The Library is part of the Federal Government and abides by federal law so regardless of individual state or District of Columbia laws marijuana use is illegal considered criminal activity and can affect your employment at the addition past or current drug use and activities (e.g. selling or distributing) may deem you ineligible for employment.
Applicants must have had progressively responsible experience and training sufficient in scope and quality to furnish them with an acceptable level of the following knowledge skills and abilities to perform the duties of the position without more than normal supervision.
Ability to examine all types of statutory licensing documents for legal conformity with the licensing provisions of the Copyright Act regulations and operating procedures.**
Knowledge of copyright law regulations policies procedures and practices.**
Ability to analyze and resolve problematic submissions of royalty and filing fee payments.**
Ability to communicate and interact with others.
Ability to utilize computer technology and software applications.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing.
Ability to communicate effectively other than in writing.
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Althoughit is the Librarys policy to afford the maximum pay benefit to employees when setting rates of pay a new appointee who has had no previous Federal service will generally be paid at step one of the grade.
The Library of Congress is an equal opportunity employer.
Applicants must submit a complete application package that is received by the closing date of this announcement.
Appointment/retention is subject to a favorable evaluation of an appropriate personnel security/suitability investigation. For more information please see: Vetting Process
This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process please email The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and is part of the Legislative Branch of the Federal government. As such all positions are in the excepted service.
The Library reserves the right to fill a lesser or greater number of vacancies indicated during the life of this vacancy announcement.
Initial permanent appointments to the Library of Congress require completion of a one-year probationary period. Probationary periods served at other Federal agencies do not count toward this requirement.
The Library of Congress may offer repayment for all or part of federally insured student loans. However not all service units within the Library of Congress participates in the repayment of federally insured student loans. Therefore determination to repay a federally insured student loan is subject to approval by the appropriate service unit.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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