If anyone has had trouble registering any work lately, it’s because the Copyright Office is testing and upgrading it’s electronic registration software for the electronic Copyright Office (eCO). Upgrading software…..you know what that might mean. They will be closed while upgrading from August 12th at 5pm until August 15th at 6pm. We will post any changes to the process here.
Last time, they moved the progress column from the right side to the left side. This should be a more major change.
So if you have anything timely (like Jack today), best to register today.
As we like to say until we’re blue in the face here on the Copyright Zone- “Register early and often”.
#1 by Wayne on August 17, 2010 - 3:20 am
I curious what size of jpg file for each photograph do you recommend when registering a series of photographs? Also do you have any recommendations on the level of compression to use?
#2 by Paul J. McCloskey on September 3, 2010 - 3:42 pm
How much would it cost to do a batch copyright registration of my images? I have hundreds and would like to find out how to best/most efficient way do this.
Paul
#3 by Jack Reznicki on September 3, 2010 - 8:00 pm
I do 750 x 750 at 72 PPI and a compression of 5 or 6. All you need are small files to ID your images in court, if it comes to that.
#4 by admin on September 3, 2010 - 8:04 pm
That information is available on the http://www.copyright.gov site.
It’s $35 per application. I’ve done thousands of images on one application.
It is not only the best/most efficient way, it’s the only way.
Ed and I have a step by step explanation of how to register in our book.
There is also a free down-loadable Powerpoint tutorial you can download at the Copyright.gov site
Jack
#5 by Will Austin on October 4, 2011 - 5:31 pm
Another question – My photo biz is incorporated so do I register under the corp entity? What if I want them to be under my name instead? The corp could go away someday….
Thanks!
#6 by Jack and Ed on October 4, 2011 - 6:02 pm
I register all my images in my name rather than my corporation. Otherwise, my copyright is an asset of my corporation and that can open up a bushel of headaches.
Jack
#7 by Will Austin on October 4, 2011 - 6:20 pm
I’ll do the same then, seems much better that way. Thanks for the quick response!
#8 by Rich Conley on January 24, 2012 - 10:26 am
Got your book “Photographer’s Survival Manual” and find it unclear as to whether or not the copyright notice is supposed to be included onto the image before uploading to register it at the US copyright office (pg 68 Resizing Images for Upload).
I’m using Lightroom 3.6 and the copyright notice can be placed on the image during the resize/export process.
Should the image be submitted for registration with or without the copyright notice on the image?
#9 by Jack and Ed on January 25, 2012 - 4:45 pm
Rich, No need and no reason to place a watermarked copyright notice when registering your images. It doesn’t do anything. You should though have your copyright information in the metadata. That isn’t needed in the US but is a must have in Europe and wouldn’t hurt.
#10 by Mitch Bennett on February 18, 2012 - 2:21 pm
I want to copyright the images I posted when I started SmugMug as host 9/06/2011 until 12/31/2011 under one ECO filing along with a few from earlier in 2010 (when my domain had another host). Can they be included under a 2011year of creation under one license with the 09 to 12/2011 images? As yet, no image sales have been made with either host. Also, can all these images be considered to be unpublished?