How to Register Multiple Works at Once

If you produce a lot of work, photos, songs, articles, poems, registering each piece individually is slow and expensive. Group registration solves that by letting you register multiple related works in a single application for one government fee.

What group registration is

Group registration is a set of options the Copyright Office provides for filing several works together. Instead of one application per work, qualifying works are registered as a batch, one application, one fee, one effective date.

Common group registration options

• Photographs: register a large batch of images (commonly up to 750) by one photographer in a single application. See our photographer's guide.
• Sound recordings and musical works: register multiple tracks by the same creator together, useful for albums and EPs. See how to copyright music.
• Unpublished works: register a collection of unpublished works by the same author together.
• Short online literary works: options exist for registering multiple short pieces, such as blog posts or articles, by the same author.

The eligibility rules matter

Each group option has specific requirements, same author or claimant, same publication status, limits on the number of works, and how titles and dates are listed. Filing under the wrong option, or mixing works that don't qualify, is a common reason group applications get delayed. Getting the category and the details right the first time is the whole game.

Why group registration is worth it

• Cost. One $85 government fee instead of dozens of individual fees.
• Speed. One application to prepare and track.
• Coverage. Each work in a valid group gets its own registration record.

Let us handle the grouping

Our group registration service is built for this. Upload your set, individual files or a single ZIP, tell us about the works, and we'll select the right group option and file it with the U.S. Copyright Office for a single flat price of $249, government fee included.