1.

must have a claid e-mail address

2. What claims can be registered? A single work or a collection of unpublished
works by the same author and owned by the claimant
a. Complete an application
b. Pay the associated fee (Pay online with credit/debit card or ACH
transfer via Pay.gov, or with a deposit account)
c. Submit your work --Keep in mind that payment is required before the
system will prompt you to upload copies of your work(s) as an electronic
file or print out a shipping slip if you intend to submit a hard copy of your
work.

Can I register a collection of works with a single application?

A collection of works may be registered with a single application if either of the
following requirements is met:
The collection is made up of unpublished works by the same author and owned by the
same claimant; or
The collection is made up of multiple published works contained in the same unit of
publication and owned by the same claimant.

-The following types of works can be registered electronically- literary works, visual arts
works, performing arts works, sound recordings, motion pictures, and single serial issues.

I. Anne Artist-10 songs, Album “Ann Artist’s Art

II. Outline the steps in the registration process.
a. What do you need?
b. What do you do?

III. Is a single registration Possible?

1. She may register all the songs in one registration provided the works are
unpublished--1. The works are by the same author and are owned by the
same claimant and the works are organized in a collection. For this we should
know of any person or persons who may qualify as joint authors or whether
any of the songs are in fact derivatives of prior works.
2. If the works happen to be published- The collection is made up of multiple
published works contained in the same unit of publication and owned by the
same claimant. For this need to know:
3. What is publication?
Publication has a technical meaning in copyright law. According to the
statute, “Publication is the distribution of copies or phonorecords of a work to
the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or
lending. The offering to distribute copies or phonorecords to a group of
persons for purposes of further distribution, public performance, or public
display constitutes publication. A public performance or display of a work
does not of itself constitute publication.” Generally, publication occurs on the
date on which copies of the work are first made available to the public. For
further information see Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section “Publication.”
 a. Disadvantage
b. Can lead to some big time licensing problems down the road.
c. Copyrighting as a collection may sound like a good idea, but it may
cause problems later on. A possible hazard is that you may decide to
give one song from a collection to one Publisher and another to
someone else - but both songs have the same registration number!
d. Advantage
i. Cheaper
ii. Easier
iii. Faster
Advantages of online filing include a lower filing fee; the fastest processing time; online status
tracking of your claim; secure payment by credit or debit card, electronic check, or Copyright
Office deposit account; and the ability to upload certain categories of deposits directly into eCO
as electronic files

IV. How do we deposit the requisite copies of the work we are registering in an
online registration?
a. What do we mean the requisite copies of the work?
i.