1117 Photographs at a Glance
The following chart provides an overview of the similarities and differences between the group registration options for unpublished photographs, published photographs, contributions to periodicals, photographic databases, and unpublished works. For an in- depth discussion of these issues, see Group Registration of Photographs, 81 Fed. Reg. 86,643, 86,653-54 (Dec. 1, 2016).
For information concerning the specific requirements for these group registration options, see Sections 1106, 1110, 1112, and 1114.
| Registration | Group | Group | Group | Group | Group |
| Requirements | Registration of | Registration | Registration of | Registration of | Registration of |
| Unpublished | of Published | Contributions | Photographic | Unpublished | |
| Photographs | Photographs | to Periodicals | Databases | Works | |
| Type of work | Each work must | Each work | The claim may | The database | The claim may |
| be a photograph | must be a | include literary | may include | include any type | |
| photograph | works or visual | photographs | of work, but they | ||
| art works, such | and other types | must be the same | |||
| as photographs | of content | type of work (e.g., | |||
| six short stories, | |||||
| not two short | |||||
| stories, two | |||||
| poems, and two | |||||
| songs) | |||||
| Application | The applicant | The applicant | The applicant | The applicant | The applicant |
| requirements | must use the | must use the | must submit the | may use a paper | must use the |
| online | online | online | application, or | online application | |
| application | application | application | may use the | designated for | |
| designated for | designated for | designated for | online | group registration | |
| group | group | group | application with | of unpublished | |
| registration of | registration of | registration of | prior | works | |
| unpublished | published | contributions to | authorization | ||
| photographs | photographs | periodicals | from the Visual | ||
| Arts Division | |||||
| Number of | The applicant | The applicant | No limit on the | No limit on the | The applicant may |
| photographs in | may include up | may include | number of | number of | include up to ten |
| the application | to 750 | up to 750 | works that may | photographs that | works in the |
| photographs in | photographs | be included in | may be included | group | |
| the group. | in the group. | the group | in the group |
| Registration | Group | Group | Group | Group | Group |
| Requirements | Registration of | Registration | Registration of | Registration of | Registration of |
| Unpublished | of Published | Contributions | Photographic | Unpublished | |
| Photographs | Photographs | to Periodicals | Databases | Works | |
| Author | All the | All the | All the works | The photographs | All the works |
| photographs | photographs | must be created | do not have to be | must be created | |
| must be created | must be | by the same | created by the | by the same | |
| by the same | created by the | individual | same author | author or the | |
| author | same author | author | same co-authors | ||
| Claimant | The claimant for | The claimant | The claimant for | The claimant for | The claimant for |
| all the | for all the | all the works | all the | all the works must | |
| photographs | photographs | must be the | photographs | be the same | |
| must be the | must be the | same person or | must be the same | person or | |
| same person or | same person | organization | person or | organization | |
| organization | or | organization | |||
| organization | |||||
| Work made for | The | The | The works | The photographs | The works may be |
| hire | photographs | photographs | cannot be | may be created | created as a work |
| may be created | may be | created as a | as a work made | made for hire | |
| as a work made | created as a | work made for | for hire | ||
| for hire | work made | hire | |||
| for hire | |||||
| Publication | All the | All the | All the works | All the | All the works |
| photographs in | photographs | must be | photographs | must be | |
| the group must | in the group | published | must either be | unpublished | |
| be unpublished | must be | published or | |||
| published | unpublished |
| Registration Requirements | Group Registration of Unpublished Photographs | Group Registration of Published Photographs | Group Registration of Contributions to Periodicals | Group Registration of Photographic Databases | Group Registration of Unpublished Works |
| Publication | n/a | All the | All the works | All the | n/a |
| within a twelve- | photographs | must be | photographs | ||
| month period | must be | published | must be | ||
| published | within a twelve- | unpublished, or | |||
| within the | month period | they must be | |||
| same calendar | (e.g., January 1, | published within | |||
| year (e.g., | 2010 through | a three-month | |||
| January | December 31, | period within the | |||
| through | 2010; February | same calendar | |||
| December | 1, 2011 through | year | |||
| 2011; | January 31, | ||||
| February | 2012; | ||||
| through June | September 15, | ||||
| 2012; | 2013 through | ||||
| September | September 14, | ||||
| through | 2014, etc.) | ||||
| October 2013, | |||||
| etc.) | |||||
| Date of | n/a | Applicant | Applicant must | See Section | n/a |
| publication | must provide | provide the | 1112.8(D) | ||
| the month, | month, day, and | ||||
| day, and year | year of | ||||
| of publication | publication for | ||||
| for the | each work | ||||
| earliest and | |||||
| most recently | |||||
| published | |||||
| photos in the | |||||
| group, and the | |||||
| month/year | |||||
| of publication | |||||
| for the rest of | |||||
| the photos | |||||
| Medium of | n/a | The | All the works | The photographs | n/a |
| publication | photographs | must be first | must be fixed or | ||
| may be first | published as a | published solely | |||
| published in | contribution to | in the form of | |||
| any medium | a periodical | machine- | |||
| readable copies |
| Registration Requirements | Group Registration of Unpublished Photographs | Group Registration of Published Photographs | Group Registration of Contributions to Periodicals | Group Registration of Photographic Databases | Group Registration of Unpublished Works |
| Deposit requirements | One digital copy of each photograph | One digital copy of each photograph | One digital copy of (i) the specific page(s) from the periodical where the contribution was first published, or
(ii) the entire section of the newspaper where the contribution was first published, or (iii) one digital copy of the entire periodical where the contribution was first published |
See Section 1112.7(B) | One digital copy of each work |
| Deposit submission | Copies may be uploaded to the electronic registration system or submitted on a physical storage device | Copies may be uploaded to the electronic registration system or submitted on a physical storage device | Copies must be uploaded to the electronic registration system | Copies may be uploaded to the electronic registration system or submitted on a physical storage device | Copies must be uploaded to the electronic registration system |