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Register One Work

“To promote the progress of science and the useful arts…”

RightsClick® will process a single-work copyright registration application on your behalf without requiring a subscription to the RightsClick suite. You can use the form below to provide the information, upload the electronic deposit copy of your work, and pay the processing fee.

The RightsClick suite offers a broader range of options, but if you wish to use this portal, we recommend reading our post about the Single Work Application. Also, any Deposit Copy or claim that does not meet the following conditions for this type of registration may be rejected by the Copyright Office:

  • You must be the sole author of the work and sole copyright owner (claimant).
  • The work submitted must be entirely your own, new work (no AI-generated material or other Limit of Claim).
  • As the author, you are a human (i.e., not a business entity).
  • You will not submit the application anonymously or under a pseudonym.
  • The Copyright Office will contact you, if they have any questions regarding your application; you are the contact for parties who may wish to obtain rights to use your work; and you will be the the recipient of the Registration Certificate mailed by the Copyright Office.

Before you proceed, please review the file types allowed by the Copyright Office for Deposit Copy submission.

Jewelry, Sculpture & Paintings

You may register works like jewelry, sculpture, paintings, and applied arts by sending photographs of the work. But it may be advisable to submit more than one photo of the same work (e.g., showing all sides of a sculpture) to ensure that the registration encompasses the entire work. Please combine all the images that show one work into a single PDF document and upload this as your Deposit Copy.

About Music Registration

Copyright law treats the sheet music/composition and the recording of a performance as two different copyrightable works — Musical Works and Sound Recordings, respectively. On this form, you can select three types of registration: Musical Composition, Sound Recording, or Recording & Musical Composition.

If you are unsure about any of the instructions, please Email RightsClick before you submit an application.

Because it’s your work.

Single Work Registration Form

New Single Work Form (#15)

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 $74.95. This constitutes a non-refundable USCO Filing Fee of $45 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. 

You will be redirected to a payment page. Your application will not be processed until payment is received.

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