{"id":278,"date":"2009-01-02T04:44:42","date_gmt":"2009-01-02T08:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/wordpress\/?p=278"},"modified":"2009-01-02T04:44:42","modified_gmt":"2009-01-02T08:44:42","slug":"register-your-copyright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/278\/register-your-copyright\/","title":{"rendered":"Register Your Copyright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/copyright.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nOne of the things I do at the beginning of each year is register my copyright for my images.<br \/>\nRegistering your copyright is easy.<br \/>\nYou can even do it online now.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.copyright.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Find out all you need to know here.<\/a><br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t have to pay a registration fee for each image. You can register them in groups. I register my work in groups annually &#8211; i.e. new work 2008. If you&#8217;ve never registered before, you can register all your images for one fee &#8211; work to date.<br \/>\nIf your work is published (or made public) consider registering more frequently. How frequently depends on you and the kind of work you do. Some photographers register their copyright when they deliver a job &#8211; every job.<br \/>\nYou don&#8217;t have to register copyright to have ownership of your rights, they&#8217;re yours automatically. Registering your copyright is useful if your rights are infringed &#8211; in negotiations before going to court offenders are much more likely to settle out of court and if you go to court you&#8217;ll be able to recover your legal expenses as part of a suit.<br \/>\nSeth Resnik offers fantastic resources online to help you cut to the chase with this process and get it done exceptionally well in minimal time.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.d-65.com\/photographers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Get them here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the things I do at the beginning of each year is register my copyright for my images. Registering your copyright is easy. You can even do it online now. Find out all you need to know here. 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