Copyright Registration
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Foreign Authors Must Register in the U.S. for Full Protection
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Are you a foreign author? Foreign to the United States, that is. We Americans can be like that sometimes. And unfortunately, our copyright law is the same. Like almost…
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Registration: One Work, One Author, Lots of Rules
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The Single Application Form The least expensive registration avenue offered by the Copyright Office is the Single Application form. For $45 ($20less than the Standard Application), you can submit…
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Webinar – Protecting Your Passion
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RightsClick and Qti.ai team up in their first joint webinar for creative entrepreneurs. Protecting Your Passion for your creative venture means protecting your intellectual property. Hear from creator/entrepreneur Jennifer…
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AI and Copyright Registration
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If you’re feeling confused about copyright and artificial intelligence, you’re not alone. Many of the issues and conflicts related to this topic are going to work their way through…
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5 Reasons Photographers Should Build Copyright Registration into the Budget
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It’s affordable. As an afterthought, any kind of fee might seem pricey. But when you’re planning a project, accommodating less than $100 is probably easy. And because that will…
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Understanding Limit of Claim in Copyright Registration
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When you submit an application to register your work, the Copyright Office asks you to state what you authored and also to “limit” your claim by noting elements of…
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Do You Have To Put the © On Your Work?
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The “c” in a circle: © is is a world-famous symbol, and yet it is no longer required for protecting works under U.S. copyright law. In fact, this has…
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What If the Copyright Office Rejects a Registration Application?
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It doesn’t happen very often, but sometimes the Copyright Office will reject a registration application for a particular work (Title). In most cases, when the registration specialist detects an…
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The Valancourt Books Decision and Deposit Copies
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You may have seen some headlines recently announcing that the “deposit requirement” at the U.S. Copyright Office was held to be unconstitutional by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.…
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Why Retain the Copyright Rights if You’re Not Going to Register?
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Many, if not most, creators who work for clients typically retain the copyright rights in their work. Commercial photographers and illustrators, for instance, use standard written agreements affirming that…