Copyright Registration Process with the U.S. Copyright Office
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- In this episode of All Up In Yo Business, we delve into the intricacies of copyright registration with the U.S. Copyright Office, empowering creators with the knowledge to safeguard their valuable creative works. Join us as we demystify the copyright registration process, breaking it down into simple steps and shedding light on its importance in today's digital age. Discover the benefits of copyright registration, from legal protection and evidence of ownership to the ability to enforce your rights effectively. Whether you're an artist, writer, musician, or content creator, this video is a must-watch to navigate the world of copyright and safeguard your creative endeavors. Don't let your hard work go unprotected-watch now and take control of your intellectual property!
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00:00 Intro
00:40 What is a copyright?
02:25 Why register a copyright?
03:10 The copyright registration process
08:40 Outro
5:20: *Copyright Registration Fees & Links:* Using the on-line copyright registration system (aka eCO - electronic Copyright Office), the typical filing fees for creative works range from $45 to $85; it’s $125 to register via the paper filing application. Register via the eCO, unless the US Copyright Office or your attorney tells you otherwise:
*“Single Application”* (also known as “One Work by One Author”). If you’re registering ONE work (un-/published) where you solely authored ALL artistic components of your work (there are NO co-authors), and you’re ALSO the copyright claimant, and you’re NOT incorporating any third-party creative content (licensed or not, including Creative Commons, other FREE content, etc.), and you’re NOT a corporation or LLC (your work is not a work-for-hire project), and is NOT a derivative or collective work. In short, you created the ENTIRE work yourself. It’ll cost you $45 to register that one work via the Single Application.
So, if you wrote AND illustrated a children’s book yourself and you meet the requirements above, you could register that work using the Single Application.
If you want to register one video, you must have performed the entire work (actor/narrator, director, camera operation, lighting, editing, etc.). If there are other people speaking in your video, you cannot use the Standard Application. If you’re narrating your selfie video with NO ONE else speaking, you can use the Single Application.
See www.copyright.gov/circs/circ11.pdf and ua-cam.com/video/MkBiPQNDVBc/v-deo.html
Otherwise, to register ONE work (un-/published) with multiple authors and/or includes creative content you didn’t create and/or is a WHF project, etc., use the *“Standard Application”* at $65: See ua-cam.com/video/6gNkssUfYas/v-deo.html
Thank you very much for all of your valuable information. Great video.
You have the right to sue someone for copyright infringement if you DO NOT register the copyright with the copyright office, you have the right to sue for damages as well as attorneys fees without registering with the copyright office. It is illegal to require registration with any agency office or government by any agency office or government to use exercise enact or otherwise cause to be a right. Thing is, you have to perform the copyright notifications yourself.
This will help me to save my work from getting stolen from others for stealing my ideas i worked so hard on it!
I know. I had a college professor steal some of my work years ago.
Bonus points for the cat jumping up on the table just as you said the words "Come Up." 2:08
Do you have to file separate applications for the printed book and the ebook from the same manuscript?
Thank you for sharing this information. This is very helpful.
Thanks 🙏 a million you’re dope!
7:45 *Copyright Notice:* This is how I affix my copyright attribution. To *reinforce* my “registered” copyright claims AND to make sure it’s SUPER EASY for licensees, fans, and others to find me, my artworks include the following *“Copyright Management Information”* (CMI):
*Artwork Registered Copyright (no. XXXXXX) © 2023 .*
I also include this CMI in the file metadata along with language to reiterate my creative rights AND that I’m eager to sell/license my artworks.
For my art/business workflow, I “timely” register ALL my posted paintings, photographs, videos, and other artworks with the US Copyright Office. As I’ve learned, creative works not timely registered are typically NOT enforceable for money damages, as the cost to pursue copyright infringers (through trial/appeals or out of court settlements) will, too often, NOT cover my attorney fees.
What link do you go through to register with US Copyright office?
@@FreshSqueezedLightning copyright (d0t) gov
Golden advice, thanks!
Thank you
Hello Aiden . I have a question about copyrights vs trademarks
I make designs and logos but need to know before I present any to buyers is just a copyright needed to protect my work or should a trademark be needed .
excellent explanation!
I would like to ask what is the difference between Creative Common CC and Copyright Office. From the standpoint of preserving the copyright of scientific research. Does this apply to the second case if I am in another country?
This is was very helpful video. Thank you for doing this for writers, authors, and artists. But now I am worried! I have two main questions and I hope you could help answer them. Firstly, I just completed everything that you said about filing my literary work to be copyrighted online at the Copyright Office, this was over a week ago before Thanksgiving; but you are telling me it could take three to nine months to hear back from them?
Secondly, I need to get in touch with an editor/publisher before the end of the year, so I want to get the ball rolling on getting my book published. So what should I do, should I wait until I get my copyright certificate, at least that’s what my friend is telling but I don’t think I can wait that long? So the question is: should I go ahead and start with the process of getting my book published or should I wait for my copyright certificate? Please help.
You're awesome ❤
So, should you change your YT channel name to include the copyright symbol?
You have any info on Trust?
Queen 👑
6:35 The time-frame for the US Copyright Office to process & clear your registration application can vary: www.copyright.gov/registration/docs/processing-times-faqs.pdf
The status of my application says "closed." I click on the hyper link for more information but there is nothing. What does "closed" mean?
This brings up multiple questions
Things I need to know
So I won't waste too much time
So I'll ask them, now lets go!
If things are really copyrighted
Then here's the question that is posed!
How can UA-cam creators be using clips
From famous TV shows?
Isn't that copyright infringement?
Shouldn't they all go to jail?
Or does using clips not really count
because the crime is such small scale?
Then one final question
I hope that you don't mind!
(If you're rolling your eyes at this
please be cool and kind!)
Since these questions are being asked
In a very creative way
If you read them out online
Could you face legal action one day?
Or would I have to copyright them
To keep them safe from abuse?
To stop them being repeated?
Without copyright they are fair use?
So that's all I got
And yes this poetry was bad
But I've reached the end of my questions
(and I bet you're glad!)😁
I'm stuck on the personal information page. User ID and password were accepted but when I hit "next" it stays on page. Frustrating. Please help!
has anybody had trouble with the copyright office website? Try to copyright my works but could not get passed the contact info page! WTF!
If I misspelled a word when I submitted lyrics with my SR, do I need to reregister the claim and pay another $65 or is it an easy fix?
If you’ve only misspelled one word, you typically would not have to amend your original registration. If, on the other hand, you've made material deletions, additions, and/or modifications, then you would likely need to submit an updated (derivative work) registration via the $65 Standard Application.
You can also contact (call!) the USCO and ask to speak with an Information Specialist in the Public Information Office.
What are the copyright rules and the reasons a copyright is rejected? Also how to find and fix these things?
@TJ-spirit wrote, “What are the copyright rules and the reasons a copyright is rejected? Also how to find and fix these things? “
Not every creative work qualifies for a United States registered copyright. Works of authorship that merely includes one or two simple shapes (a square, circle, triangle, etc.), a word, short phrase, or letters/lettering, calligraphy, a tagline, mathematical and other common symbols, may not qualify.
Ideally, you want to include LOTS(!) of creative/artistic expression in your work to have a STRONG copyright claim.
To learn more about what works are copyrightable, search *US Copyright Office Circular #33: Works Not Protected by Copyright*
Unfortunately w/o attorneys willing to defend marks the marks are sold...possibly under false pretenses. It has been my experience.
Question: To register a LOGO and Slogan for a social club, do we go to Trademark or Copyright??
Trademark!
@@allupinyobizhow about for apparel brands? The designs under the brand each one? Or just the brand name and other designs are under it?
It also cost money to sue, hoping that does not have to happen.
What is the difference the copywrigth between the U S and other countries. If for instance I live in the Philippines publish a book in the the US?
@lorenzoson880 wrote, “What is the difference the copywrigth between the U S and other countries.”
The Philippines, along with the US and most all countries, belong to the “Berne Convention” (an international agreement pertaining to copyright). Both the US and the Philippines would likely have similar copyright laws.
@lorenzoson880 wrote, “If for instance I live in the Philippines publish a book in the the US?”
If you’re listing, selling, licensing, sharing, or further distributing your book on US selling platforms or directly to US clients, and to have STRONG United States copyright protection, you should *quickly* register your book/s with the US Copyright Office.
Hey I write ✍🏾 & record music do I have to file every song I make or can I just trademark my LLC? I own an indie record label so I was wondering maybe I can have contracts for every song I make? Get it notarized, stating that I own copyrights to it through the trademark mark of my company. Bc 35-80 dollars is a lot when u have a lot of music 😅
@Zwezombietv26 wrote, “…I write & record music do I have to file every song I make or can I just trademark my LLC?”
If you want to BEST protect your musical works against US-based copyright infringers, then they need to be timely (QUICKLY) registered with the US Copyright Office (USCO).
By quickly registering your musical works is how you also *“presumptively prove”* (via prima facie evidence) your musical copyright creation & copyright ownership claims to a federal judge and others.
In general, creative works not timely registered (either registered BEFORE the infringement begins OR registered WITHIN THREE-MONTH of the work’s first-date of publication) are difficult to enforce for money damages. As well, it’s not possible to recoup your attorney fees/legal costs against infringers without a timely copyright registration. Without a timely registration, you can only pursue actual damages (typically the missed licensing fee the infringer should have paid you) + the infringer’s disgorged profits from exploding your musical works (if any!) + you have to pay for your attorney fees.
@Zwezombietv26 wrote, “I own an indie record label so I was wondering maybe I can have contracts for every song I make? Get it notarized, stating that I own copyrights to it through the trademark mark of my company.”
That won’t work: You need to actually register your musical compositions and/or sound-recordings with the USCO to have legal standing (the right to pursue copyright infringers in federal court), among other legal benefits (including those addressed above).
The US copyright registration system is a “vetting/examination” process to help authenticate your musical copyright validity. Like mailing a copy of your musical works in a SASE, getting it notarize won’t help, as a federal court MUST see your issued copyright “Certificate of Registration” that the USCO will mail you, assuming your work is copyrightable.
@Zwezombietv26 wrote,”Bc 35-80 dollars is a lot when u have a lot of music”
*Good News:* To save money on copyright filings fees, you can “group-register” certain types of musical works in one on-line copyright registration application.
*To register ONE musical work:* If you created the ENTIRE musical work YOURSELF (no AI, no sampling, no third-party contributors or producers or singers or musicians, no co-authors, not a work-for-hire or corporation or LLC project), you can register it via the $45 “Single Application” or better known as *One Work by One Author.* You also have the option to register ONE composition and its corresponding sound-recording in the Single Application. If you don’t qualify for the “One Work by One Author application,” then use the $65 “Standard Application” to register your ONE work.
*Registering UN-Published Works:* If your musical works are all *UN-published* (they have not been publically listed, sold, licensed, shared, or distributed), you can save money on filing fees by using the *“Group Registration for UN-published Works”* (GRUW) on-line copyright application to register two to ten UNpublished music compositions AND their corresponding sound-recordings (20 works total) for a total filing fee of $85. All GRUW works must be created by the same author or joint authors, and all of the authors must be named as copyright claimants. Again, ALL the works MUST be un-published to qualify for the GRUW application.
*Registering Published Works:* If your musical compositions are published on an album, use the $65 *GRAM’s “Musical Works from an Album”* registration application to register from two to 20 musical compositions (with or without lyrics).
To register your *published* sound-recordings on an album (and any accompanying photographs, artwork, and liner notes that were first-published on that very album), use the $65 *GRAM’s “Sound Recordings from an Album”* to register from two to 20 sound-recordings. You can NOT combine published compositions and published sound-recordings in the same GRAM application!
Though it might be pricey to timely register your musical works, it’s probably more expensive (attorney + legal fees) to defend them without a timely registration.
❤😊
Interesting. 03:05
Hello- I am wondering if there is any way to remove your legal name from an already registered copyright? Is there any way this can be done with the help of a copyright lawyer? Thanks so much for all your help.
@tfhfjhgkjhkjh wrote, “I am wondering if there is any way to remove your legal name from an already registered copyright? Is there any way this can be done with the help of a copyright lawyer?”
You might(???) be able to change your name and other personally identifiable information (PII) on your registered works; there might also be a fee. See www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-privacy.html
You can also contact the US Copyright Office (USCO) for assistance: Look for “Contact” at the top of the homepage (these email forms might take a week to get a reply).
You can also call the USCO. Just scroll down to the bottom of any home page to find their numbers. You’ll want to speak to someone in the “Office of Public Information.”
@tfhfjhgkjhkjh wrote, “Is there any way this can be done with the help of a copyright lawyer?”
You should be able to do this without hiring an attorney.
BTW, if I include too many links or phone numbers, UA-cam may not post my comments.
Library of Congress copyright. Information needed
Getting onto this website is difficult. It doesn't remember a password and username you just established. The instructions warn you that the site works best with Windows 7. This looks like an old piece of government software development that should be fixed.
best fucking business youtube channel name ever
You = 10 ☕
What do you think of Copyright depot?
Not a fan.
Copyright Depot does *NOT* convey any legal copyright authority. US copyright is managed by the US Copyright Office. Copyright registration: www.copyright.gov/registration/
How fast to get a registration if I'm just submitting a wave file digitally?
@aaronsmith7482 wrote, How fast to get a registration if I'm just submitting a wave file digitally?”
The timeframe for the US Copyright Office to examine registration applications varies.
As of February 2024: Assuming there are NO errors or issues with your on-line copyright registration application or copy/ies of your uploaded deposit (what you’re registering), it can take, *on average,” 1.4 months to process your application (the processing range runs from about one-month to approx. 2.7-months). And it may take another week or so to receive your copyright “Certificate of Registration” in the mail.
If the Copyright Office (USCO) contacts you via email with questions and you don’t timely reply, your registration approval can be significantly delayed, currently up to five months.
There’s an option to “expedite” your registration (in about a week or so) for an additional $800. However, this is only granted for (1) pending litigation, (2) publishing deadline, or (3) when the work needs to be registered with the US Customs & Border Protection Service to prevent unlicensed works from being imported into the US.
If you don’t receive your Certificate within three-months of filing your registration, contact the USCO for an update.
someone is making enough to buy a mansion off of an app i made in 2011 😡😡💢
I probably need a patent. But will try copyright first, instead.
Can I send screenshots to the Copyright office of the end result of what my app does? Or are they going to want to see actual code? Thanks!