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Register Short Online Literary Works.

Because it’s your work.

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This new form facilitates group registration of Short Online Literary works, whether published on your own blog or on platforms like Substack. This form is designed for maximum 24 articles, but if you are eligible to register more and wish to do so, please contact us for assistance. *

*We’re launching this form for 24 articles to help creators and gauge interest with this type of registration. Please provide your feedback!

U.S. Copyright Definition:

A “short online literary work” contains at least 50 words and no more than 17,500 words and is first published as part of a website or online platform, including online newspapers, social media websites, and social networking platforms.

Examples of works that may be registered with this application include poems, short stories, articles, essays, columns, blog entries, and social media posts.

Rules and Materials Preparation

  • You must be the author and copyright owner of all the articles, and only the TEXT may be registered.
  • The articles may not be works made for hire.
  • Minimum 2 articles, maximum 50 (24 on this form).
  • All titles in the group must have been published in the same 3-calendar-month period in a calendar year.
  • You must provide an electronic copy of each article (PDF or Word doc) The filename must match the title (e.g., “The Big Day.pdf”).
  • You must provide the publication date for each article.
  • You must provide the word count for each article.
  • You must provide a title for each article in the form below.
Short Online Literary Works

All works in the group must have been published in the same three-calendar-month period. 

Please enter the title information below.

Briefly describe how AI was used to generate any of the work being submitted. Assistive AI (e.g. spelling/grammar check) might not be considered generative of the creative expression.

You may either register works under pseudonyms or register works under given names and simply notify the Office that a pseudonym appears on the work. Pseudonymous works are protected for a term of 95 years from date of first publication or 120 years from date of creation, whichever is the shorter. Works registered under given names are protected for the life of the author(s) plus 70 years. 

This author’s name will NOT appear in the Copyright Office records. Anonymous copyright rights last for a term of 95 years from date of first publication or 120 years from date of creation, whichever is the shorter.

Please enter at least one form of contact for this person.

The Copyright Office permits you to add a note to the examiner if you wish. We recommend utilizing this only to clarify a necessary point (e.g., “the author’s pseudonym appears on the work”). Extraneous information can only serve to complicate successful registration of your work(s).

Confirmation per Copyright Office:

17 USC 506(e): Any person who knowingly makes a false representation of a material fact in the application for copyright registration provided by section 409, or in any written statement filed with the application, shall be fined not more than $2500. I certify that I am the author, copyright claimant, and owner of all copyright rights in this work, or the authorized agent of the author, copyright claimant, and owner of all copyright rights in this work and that the information given in this application is correct to the best of my knowledge.

Confirmation per RightsClick®: 

I acknowledge that I will be charged $94.95. This constitutes a non-refundable USCO Filing Fee of $65 and a RightsClick processing fee of $29.95. I also grant RightsClick, Inc. permission to file this application with the U.S. Copyright Office by electronically signing my name on my behalf. I further acknowledge that RightsClick provides this service as a convenience. All future communications, including the status of my application are my responsibility. RightsClick will also add my email to their mailing list.Â