CO Launching Bulk Copyright Application Submissions Pilot Program
The Copyright Office said Tuesday it's launching a pilot program that will allow parties to make bulk submissions of copyright applications for some literary works. The pilot will allow participating applicants to “bypass” the CO online interface and transmit claims…
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directly into the e-registration system instead of filing them individually, the office said in a Federal Register notice. But participating copyright applicants still will need to provide the author, title and other information on each submitted work, upload a copy of the work and pay appropriate fees, the CO said. The pilot is a “first step” in implementing a 2015 CO recommendation that the office implement a “new and dedicated enterprise copyright system” (see 1502190039), the office said. The pilot will allow bulk submissions only for “single literary works that have a single author, where all content that appears in the work was created and is owned solely by that single author,” it said. Participating applicants also will need to comply with technical requirements, including cooperating with staff as they create separate e-registration portals for each applicant, the office said.