Copyright Registration
You worked hard to create it. Keep it safe.
Register your copyright to protect your creative work, control how and when it is used, and prevent and stop unauthorized copying of the same.
from $99 + federal fees (charged when filed)
Why register your copyright?
Put the World on Notice
Registering your copyright puts the world on notice that you own your artistic work.
Required to Enforce
Should you ever need to enforce your rights, registration will be required.
Included NFT
And as the art world goes digital, use our exclusive service to create an NFT of your work!
What can I copyright?
- Art Work
- Photographs
- Computer programs
- Website or online materials
- Written music & lyrics
- Written work such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, textbooks, reference works or articles
- Screenplay or Script
- Directories or catalogs, advertising copy
- Recorded performance of music or sound
- Feature film or documentary film
- Technical Drawings
- Animated film, television show, video, or other Audio-Visual Work
Two great options to register your copyright
Standard Copyright Package
$99 plus gov fees*
- Assembled by Copyright Specialist
- Electronic filing of your application with the U.S Copyright Office
- Certificate of Registration mailed to you from the U.S. Copyright Office
Platinum Copyright Package
$199 plus gov fees*
- Everything in our Standard Copyright Package plus
- Minting a Non Fungible Token (NFT) of your Work on the Publicly Assessable Blockchain
- Forwarded to Your Solana NFT Wallet
- Tell us about your work
- Answer a few easy questions about how it was created, who’s the owner, etc.
- Select your package
We’ll assemble your copyright application and, depending on your package, mint an fungible NFT for your work on the blockchain. It’s that easy!
Meet our customers
Frequently asked questions
Usually, determining whether something can be copyrighted is easy. Original works of art, photographs, books, movies, songs are copyrightable. When you start moving towards more technical works and drawings, it can become a little trickier. At The Trademark Company, we can help you copyright your:
- Written work such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, textbooks, reference works or articles
- Directories or catalogs, advertising copy
- Computer programs
- Website or online materials
- Photograph
- Art Work
- Maps
- Technical Drawings
- Recorded performance of music or sound
- Written music & lyrics, screenplay or script
- A Choreographic work
- A recorded score for a movie or play
- Feature film, documentary film, animated film, television show, video, or other Audi-Visual Work
Copyrights protect artistic works such as books, photographs, arts, movies and music.
A trademark protects a word, phrase, symbol and/or design that distinguishes the source of the goods. A trademark, if properly maintained, can last forever.
A patent protects “any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof”. Unlike trademarks, which protect a brand name and recognition, a patent protects an invention, including the functionality or design. A patent gives the owner the exclusive right to manufacture products or employ processes covered by the patent for 20 years from the earliest priority date.
Generally speaking, the owner of a copyright registration has the right to do the following:
- reproduce copies of the work
- prepare derivative works
- distribute copies
- perform the work publicly either in person or recorded
- display the work publicly
In most cases, a copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years. For instance, if the author of the work died in 1970, then the copyright, in most situations, would last until 2040. For works made for hire, and for anonymous and pseudonymous works, the duration of copyright is 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation, whichever is shorter.
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