{"entity":"us-copyright-office","id":"ent_us-copyright-office","name":"United States Copyright Office","predicate":"founded","label":"founding date","page":"https://asof.is/record/us-copyright-office/founded","as_of":"2026-10-31","summary":"As of October 31, 2026, United States Copyright Office's founding date on the AsOf record is February 19, 1897, dated February 19, 1897, from a primary source (copyright.gov). The record holds 1 claim on United States Copyright Office's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_B85E83076713"],"claims":[{"id":"clm_B85E83076713","value":"1897-02-19","valid_from":"1897-02-19","valid_to":null,"published":"2012-04-26","recorded":"2026-10-30","confidence":0.95,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"http://copyright.gov/circs/circ1a.html","tier":"primary","publisher":null,"published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.copyright.gov/docs/wipo2012.html","tier":"primary","publisher":"U.S. Copyright Office","published_at":"2012-04-26T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.copyright.gov/about/","tier":"primary","publisher":null,"published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1784058","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"February 19, 1897 Copyright Office established as a separate department of the Library of Congress. Position of Register of Copyrights created.","url":"https://www.copyright.gov/docs/wipo2012.html"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is United States Copyright Office's current founding date?","answer":"February 19, 1897, dated February 19, 1897, from a primary source (copyright.gov). The record asserts this claim as of October 31, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}