Copyrights
Your work is yours. Registration lets you prove it
Copyright exists the moment you make something. Registering it is what lets you sue over a copy, and in many cases recover set damages and fees.
I register illustrations, patterns, photographs, songs, software and books for the people who made them, and I help when someone copies the work: a takedown notice to a platform, a letter to the seller, or a referral to a litigator when it goes further.
Work I register most
Art and design
Illustrations, prints, textile patterns and packaging art.
Photographs
Single images or a group of unpublished photos in one filing.
Music and audio
Songs, recordings and podcast episodes, with the ownership split written down.
Software and writing
Source code, apps, books, courses and newsletters.
Copyright work, at a flat fee
Registration
Preparing and filing one application with the Copyright Office.
Group registration
Up to ten unpublished photos or a batch of short works, where the rules allow.
Takedown notice
A notice to a marketplace or host to remove a copy of your work.
Copyright Office fees are separate and passed through at cost.
Copyright questions
When should I register?
Before you publish, or within three months after, if you can. That timing keeps the strongest remedies available if someone copies the work later.
Someone is selling my design on a marketplace. What now?
Most marketplaces remove a copy after a proper takedown notice. Send me the listing and your original files, and I tell you within two business days whether a notice is the right first step.
Who owns work a contractor made for me?
Often the contractor, unless a written agreement says otherwise. If your logo or code came from a freelancer, an assignment fixes that, and it is worth doing before you file.