At the 30:40 mark: My comprehending & methods to sign up “groups of works” is diverse from the attorney’s.
To be apparent, creatives can sign-up from 2 to 10 UN-posted operates from the same class, like visible arts (for example, three un-revealed paintings, two un-printed drawings, five un-released sculptures) employing the “Group Registration of Un-revealed Works” (GRUW) on-line copyright registration application” for a solitary filing price of $85 full (it is not $85 per do the job). See the GRUW data & tutorial at https://www.copyright.gov/gruw/ and https://youtu.be/eR14iSM4esQ
The attorney explained the team software (GRUW) as a “coming out as a collection …is termed a ‘Day of publication’ (copyright lingo) – all posted on the identical working day.” I’ve never ever heard of that! Yet again, the GRUW application is for UN-printed works ONLY. As soon as you’ve officially registered by way of the GRUW application, you can officially publish individuals functions individually or with each other at any time. Also, the US Copyright Business office does not identify the GRUW software as a “collection” of is effective, but relatively as a Group of un-published unique functions that have their personal copyright registration declare.
It is critical NOT to mixed posted and UN-printed performs in the GRUW application. If your functions are released, use the “Single Application” or “Standard Application” (see down below).
Do not sign up your ten un-published operates using the GRUW application on say, a Monday, and on that pretty Monday “publish” them. If you can, wait at minimum two complete times before creating your do the job obtainable to the community (released status).
To sign up One particular work ONLY, use the pursuing on-line applications:
“Single Application”: The fee to sign-up A person un-/published operate (like a person reserve or one particular illustration or one particular photograph or a person painting or one cartoon or 1 poem, and so on.) with One creator who’s the Identical copyright claimant, that’s NOT a-get the job done-for-employ the service of task, and that does NOT include things like any 3rd-bash resourceful media, is $45 — you Ought to have developed the Complete get the job done you! See https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ11.pdf and https://youtu.be/MkBiPQNDVBc
Or else, to register a solitary un-/revealed perform with multiple authors, and/or as a by-product/collective get the job done, and/or that involves Innovative Commons, General public Area, and/or certified media, and so forth., the cost is $65. Use the “Standard Application” (on-line eCO application): https://youtu.be/6gNkssUfYas
If you are not sure about which software to use to sign up your One do the job, decide on the Normal Software.
“Publication” Definition: Publication commonly implies the work has been launched and manufactured offered to the community for licensing, offering, sharing, downloading, or for even further distribution (either for free or for payment). The day you produce your resourceful function to your customer or to inventory or to a offering platform (Etsy) is most likely the official day of its to start with-publication. If you’re just “displaying” a function on-line (like on a website or printed portfolio) and NOT providing or sharing it, then the function is most likely un-posted. See Circular 1 (Copyright Fundamental principles, page 7) for the lawful definition of “Publication”: https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ01.pdf

