Now that I’ve begun shooting digitally, how do I submit my images for copyright registration?
If you use the online eCO process and are eligible to upload the images, you should prepare submission copies of your images as low-quality, low-resolution JPEGs. (The resolution should be sufficient that the copyright examiner can recognize the contents of the image. 600 x 600 pixels should be plenty.) If there are more than a few images, group them into batches of a couple hundred and compress each batch into a ZIP file. You can then upload the ZIP files as part of the eCO process. If you cannot upload images, burn them onto a CD. The Copyright Office will accept CD-ROMs and DVD-ROMs as deposits for registration. It is not necessary to submit prints of the images along with the files on disk. Some photographers suggest that you send along a “contact sheet” — a page of thumbnails (or multiple pages, if you’re registering a large group of images) to display the contents of the CD, with coordinated information (numbers, names, whatever) that links the thumbnails to the more substantial
