Copyright office changes rules on group registration

GaryPageau ,

The Copyright Alliance posted a blog describing the new rules for group registration of photographs: “Calling all photographers! Starting February 20, 2018, the U.S. Copyright Office will implement a new rule affecting how groups of photographs are registered. The rule aims to modernize and streamline the registration process for group registrations of photographs, but also implements other important changes.”

The blog post outlined six ways changes photographers should be aware of:

  1. Modified registration processes for two group registration options.
  2. Paper registration applications are a thing of the past.
  3. Registrations are limited to 750 photographs.
  4. Applications require digital deposits and Identifiable Information.
  5. Group applications must meet new eligibility requirements.
  6. Group registration won’t limit a photographer’s available remedies.

Read the full article here. The Copyright Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest and educational organization representing artists and creators across the spectrum of copyright disciplines, including more than 40 trade association, companies and guilds, and 8,000 individual artists and creators.