17 U.S.C. § 1331 : Copyrights — Protection Of Original Designs — Administrator; Office Of The Administrator Date: 7 Jul 2016 TEXT PDF In this chapter, the “Administrator” is the Register of Copyrights, and the “Office of the Administrator” and the “Office” refer to the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress. (Added Pub. L. 105–304, title V, § 502, Oct. 28, 1998, 112 Stat. 2916.)