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Originally Posted by azazel1024
I forget the exact cost right now, but I think it is in the $20 range and a 1 page form. Granted, for someone like a photographer that can get expensive for hundreds or thousands of images. At the same time, I would hope to some extent they aren't going to be plying their real money makers about on the internet and ones they commercialize they'd be filing for copy right on in which case a $20 filing fee is a relatively small portion of probably a several hundred dollar image.
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It's gone up to $35. You can sometimes file multiple items on a single form for a single fee. It depends on what type of work it is.
http://www.copyright.gov/docs/fees.html
You must file the copyright before you can take the claim to court. You don't have to file before the infringement, just before the court filing. If the infringement occurs before the copyright filing, you can only collect actual damages, not statutory damages.
My last dealing with the copyright office cost me $75. It looks like the fees have gone up quite a bit since then.
Greg Weeks