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General

When you create a photograph, a copyright is also created for the photograph, automatically.

You need not register the copyright.

But if you register the photograph, and your copyright is infringed, you have a much stronger case when negotiating a settlement or in court.

And, you can sue for statutory damages and legal expenses.

Registration is easy, and hundreds of photographs can be registered at the same time.

Go to U.S. Copyright Office - Visual Art Works Registration.

Resources

ASMP: Copyright Application Tutorial

Center for the Public Domain

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse

Copyright Basics - Federal Citizen Information Center

Copyright on the Internet Franklin Pierce Law Center, by Prof. Thomas G. Field, Jr.

Copyright Procedures: A Tutorial Peter Krogh

Creative Commons

Image

Example of a Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0

Electronic Copyright Registration for Photographers Allen Murabayshi

Electronic Frontier Foundation: Legal Guide for Bloggers

Fair Use:

Copyright & Fair Use - Stanford University Library

Fairly Useful - the Fair Use Blog Matthew Sag

Fair Use Network

Fair Use of Copyright Lee Wilson

Understanding Fair Use Carolyn E. Wright

U.S. Copyright Office - Fair Use

Website Permissions

Wikipedia - Fair Use

Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright - Indiana University

How to Register Photographs - Picture Archive Council of America

National Press Photographer's Association:

Independent Photographer's Toolkit

Copyright Resources

Our Images Are Our Legacy

Plagiarism Today Blog

U.S. Copyright Office - Visual Art Works Registration