Copyright Application

A copyright protects your creative work, whether it's a written book, story or play, a piece of music, choreography, a film, artwork or architecture. While  U.S. law holds that copyright exists at creation, it will be easier to protect your rights if you register your work with the U.S. Copyright Office. Registration creates a public record of when the work was created. This can be used to help you stop copyright violators, either here or abroad.

To register your copyright, you need to send the U.S. Copyright Office a completed application, registration fee and copies of the work being registered. Works can be registered even if they are unpublished.