Copyright protection is required by the Constitution. The first US law was written in 1793.
Yes. The US copyright office has provisions for registering related works as a "collection"
In the US formal registration of copyright requires a one time fee. There are no recurring charges
It was discussed in 1906 and codified in US copyright law in 1909.
US copyright law comes from the Constitution, which was ratified in 1788. Prior to that was Britain's Statute of Anne, in 1709.
In the US copyright protection generally lasts until the end of the calendar year 70 years past the death of the author.
Under current US copyright law the maximum "standard" fine for "willful and deliberate" copyright infringement can be as high as $150,000.00 USD.
Prior to 1989 is was necessary to display a copyright notice in order to maintain protection on a work. That year the US signed the Berne Copyright Convention which standardized copyright law across national borders. One of the provisions that Berne contained was that a copyright notice would no longer be required. US law was amended to bring it into compliance.
US Copyright Group was created in 2010.
Under US copyright law, a copyright cannot be renewed after it expires. For works of US authors published in the US prior to 1963, copyright renewal had to be filed after 28 years.
The US Copyright Office is the governmental agency which oversees, administers, and records copyright in the United States.
US copyright law comes from the Constitution, which was ratified in 1788. Prior to that was Britain's Statute of Anne, in 1709. Many international copyright laws stem from the Berne Convention, 1886.
Penalties for copyright infringement vary from country to country; in the US, fines range from $750 to $30,000.