Copyright attaches at fixation, but the registration certificate is what unlocks statutory damages and attorneys' fees in litigation. We register software, audiovisual, literary, music, and visual-arts works through the Copyright Office's electronic system.
Long-form prose, articles, manuals. Print or digital, fiction or nonfiction. Single-application or group registration for serials.
First and last 25 pages of source (or object code under "rule of doubt"). We handle trade-secret redactions for proprietary segments.
The composition (PA) plus the sound recording (SR) are separate copyrights. We file both as a group when both are owned.
The fixation of sounds — masters, session takes, podcast episodes. Group registration available for albums and podcast-series catalogs.
Films, episodic series, web video, training video. Includes deposit of full work or representative excerpts under § 408.
Photographs (group registration up to 750 published photos), illustrations, sculpture, design drawings, fabric designs.
Building designs as embodied in plans or executed structures. Two separate registrations may be appropriate (drawings + building).
Original selection, coordination, or arrangement of preexisting material. Common for publishers, anthology editors, and curators.
Determine work type + form (TX/PA/SR/VA).
Assemble best-edition copy or representative excerpt.
Submit through Copyright Office portal with claim.
USCO reviews. Correspondence if questions.
Reg. number issues. Effective date = filing date.
The DMCA's § 512(c) safe harbor protects platforms that respond properly to takedown notices, while § 512(f) penalizes bad-faith senders. We act on both sides — for rights holders sending notices and for platforms designing their compliance programs and OSP designations.
We send and respond to about 600 DMCA notices a year for music labels, photographers, software developers, and licensing collectives. Most are sent within 4 hours of intake.
If you have a backlog of unregistered work — photography, music, software, or video — we'll review your catalog and recommend a registration plan with timelines and statutory-damage exposure analysis. No fee.