How does title registration differ from copyright and insurance coverage?
Title registration with National Fine Arts Title Registry secures the unique, identifying details of a work of art and records ownership in a format that can be updated and passed on from owner to owner, generation to generation. Our database assigns a registration number to an artwork’s permanent detail record. That registration record is transferred if a work is sold or given to another. The record captures provenance and can document value (supporting documentation and a photo may be attached to the record). Title registration is completely independent of copyright and insurance coverage. Copyright, as defined by the U.S. Copyright Office, is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. Learn all the details and download a copyright applica
