"Online registration of groups of published photographs (pilot program, see si- 39)" (www.copyright.gov /docs/ fees.html) .
The current fee for registering a group of published photographs with a paper application is set forth in the Office's fee schedule under the heading "Form GR/PPh/CON (published photographs] (up to 750 published photographs can be identified on Form GR / PPh/CON with a single filing fee)" (www.copyright.gov/docs/fees.html).
For information concerning the methods for paying the filing fee, see Chapter 1400, Sections 1403.3 through 1403.5.
1116.4 Deposit Requirements
This Section discusses the deposit requirements for registering a group of published photographs.
In all cases, the applicant must submit one copy of each photograph in the group and all the photographs must be submitted in the same format. The options include:
• Digital images stored on one or more CD-ROMs (including CD-RWs) or DVD-ROMs in one of the following formats: JPEG, GIF, TIFF, or PCD.
• Unmounted prints measuring at least three inches by three inches and no more than twenty inches by twenty-four inches.
• Contact sheets.
• Slides with each slide containing a single image.
• A format in which the photograph was published [e.g., clippings from newspapers or magazines).
• A photocopy of each photograph consisting of either (i) a photocopy of an unmounted print measuring at least three inches by three inches and no more than twenty inches by twenty-four inches, or (ii) a photocopy of the photograph in a format in which it was published [e.g., clippings from newspapers or magazines), provided that if the photograph was published in color, the applicant must submit a color photocopy. In all cases, the photocopy must clearly depict the photograph. Photocopies that do not contain a clear image of the photograph will be rejected.
See 37 C.F.R. §§ 202.3(b)(10)(x), 202.20(c)(2)(xx).
These formats are listed in the order of preference for the Library of Congress's collections, and applicants are encouraged to select a format as close to the top of the list as possible.
If the photographs were published between January 1, 1978 and March 1, 1989, the applicant may be required to submit a copy that shows how each photograph was first
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