Publish · Copyrights
Your work is yours the moment you make it. Prove it.
Copyright starts when a song is recorded or a photo is taken. Registration with the U.S. Copyright Office is what lets you sue over it and claim the money the law sets aside for owners who registered.
We register work for musicians, photographers, illustrators, writers, pattern designers and software teams. We also write the papers that move ownership to you when you paid a freelancer, a studio or a co-founder to make something.
What we register and write
Single works, albums and collections of photos
Software and website code
Assignments from freelancers and studios
Takedown notices when your work shows up where it shouldn’t
How copyright work is billed
One fee per job, in writing before we start.
Registration
We prepare and file the application and send you the certificate. One fee per work.
Application and deposit
The certificate when it arrives
Group of photos or songs
One filing for a set the Office lets you register together. One fee per group.
Ownership assignment
The signed paper that moves ownership from a freelancer or studio to you. One fee per agreement.
Takedown notice
A notice to a platform or host that’s showing your work without permission. One fee per notice.
Government filing fees are extra and passed on at cost; we tell you the amount before we file. Disputes over who made the work are separate.
Questions
What makers ask us about copyright
If copyright is automatic, why register?
In the U.S., you generally can’t sue over a work until it’s registered, and registering before the copying (or soon after publishing) decides what you can recover.
I paid a designer for my logo. Don’t I own it?
Not always. Unless the designer was your employee or signed an assignment, they may still own the copyright. We fix that with a short agreement.
Can you register my song if I wrote it with a friend?
Yes. We list you both, and we can write down who owns what share before it matters.
Made something worth keeping?
Tell us what it is and when it went out. We’ll tell you what to file and what it costs.