The U.S. Copyright Office has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking announcing fee increases for copyright registration and other services. The proposed fee increases are based on a Study Report released by the U.S. Copyright office. Fee increases for services will be implemented as the U.S. Copyright Office moves forward with their plans for IT modernization.
Visual creators’ professional organizations and advocates are concerned about how these fee increases will affect visual creators, licensing agents, and related professionals. We will be submitting a Comment Letter to the U.S. Copyright Office about the proposed fee increases. We have created a survey to gather information and feedback from creators who will be impacted by registration fee increases. We will be submitting the survey results to the Copyright Office. The survey is completely anonymous.
ASMP and the other members of the Coalition of Visual Artists listed below encourage your participation in this critical survey for gathering data about copyright registration that is specific to visual creators. The survey is anonymous and all responses are confidential. We will use this data to support our response to proposed changes in U.S. copyright registration.
The survey will close at 11:59pm on Friday, September 14, 2018.
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The Coalition of Visual Artists:
American Photographic Artists
American Society of Media Photographers
Digital Media Licensing Association
Graphic Artists Guild
National Press Photographers Association
North American Nature Photography Association
Professional Photographers of America
PLUS Coalition
American Society for Collective Rights Licensing
Eugene Mopsik
Shaftel & Schmelzer
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