Register Your Work with the US Copyright Office
ImageRights' US Copyright Office registration specialists will assist you through the registration process
Fast
Simplified 3-step online registration application with built-in error checking can be completed in minutes
Convenient
Access PDF copies of your USCO Certificates of Registration any time, anywhere, from your desktop or your mobile device
and much more ...
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Register
Upload images through your browser, secure FTP transfer or sync from Adobe Lightroom.
One-page form enables you to submit registration applications in minutes. Tools facilitate management of publication information required for accurate registrations.
Manage
Registration status automatically updated in your ImageRights account.
View and download USCO registration applications and certificates from your account. Registration information synced to your image meta data in Adobe Lightroom.
Validate
Registration information is inscribed into Bitcoin Blockchain.
Provides instant proof of USCO registration when copyright ownership is challenged.
Easy To Use and Accurate
3 step online registration
Batch uploading capabilities. Submissions can be completed in minutes.
Guided registration submissions
Accessible tutorials and guides through your registration submission. Access to our registration specialists to answer all of your registration questions.
Built-in Error Checking
Algorithms to ensure the form is filled out correctly. In addition to a review by a registration specialist to ensure accuracy.
Expedited Services
ImageRights serve as your correspondent to the USCO. ImageRights Typically receives your registrations in weeks rather than months due to the formatting and accuracy of the registration submissions.
Adobe Lightroom Plugin
Create a new registration application directly from Lightroom with the ImageRights Lightroom Plugin.
Our plugin enables synchronization with your catalogs. Images registered through ImageRights will be automatically updated with their current registration status from submission to completion into the metadata. Ensuring your registration information travels with them wherever you post or distribute them.
Further Protection of Your Work
Once your submission is created, ImageRights provides a Deposit Copy Certificate of Warranty that includes all of the images included on the registration as well as the application receipt number from the USCO.
ImageRights inscribes the Deposit Copy Certificate of Warranty into the Bitcoin blockchain, as a third party means to validate which images were included on the registration.
Accessibility
All documentation is available for you via your ImageRights Account. Access your Certificates of Registration any time, anywhere, from your desktop or your mobile device.
About ImageRights International, Inc.
Founded by photographers for photographers.
ImageRights International provides intelligent image search and copyright enforcement services to photo agencies and professional photographers worldwide to ensure that their intellectual property rights are protected and that they are compensated for the unauthorized use of their photos and other visual content. Through its in-house license compliance team and global network of legal partners and copyright experts, ImageRights effectively and efficiently negotiates and collects fees, directly or through court proceedings as necessary, without its clients bearing any of the upfront costs or financial risks associated with pursuing such claims. ImageRights, the only company to have fully automated copyright registration with the US Copyright Office, has made copyright enforcement a truly integrated component of its clients' daily workflow. ImageRights, founded in 2008, is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with offices in Seattle, Washington, and Berlin, Germany.
ImageRights is a proud supporter of the APA (www.apanational.com), ASMP (www.asmp.org), ASPP (www.aspp.com), CEPIC (www.cepic.org), Editorial Photographers United Kingdom and Ireland (www.epuk.org) and the Digital Media Licensing Association (DMLA).