Quick Question About Copyrighting Photos in BULK...

AprilEye · May 31, 2011

... Can it even be done? I have not figured out a way do do it in bulk as in several photos at once. And when I have a fairly large amount of photos to do, it seems so rigorous to do them one at a time. Any insights? Thanks. Ciao.

Village Idiot · May 31, 2011

Online copyright registration:
U.S. Copyright Office - Online Services (eCO: Electronic Copyright Office)

tirediron · May 31, 2011

Are you referring to registering them as VI indicated above or adding a copyright notice to the image (aka "Watermark")?

KmH · May 31, 2011

Using snail mail registration you can register up to 750 photos per application. You cannot register published and unpublished photos together. They must be kept separate.

Usng the eCO, you are limited to 60 minute upload sessions. Steps to Prepare Your Images for Copyright Registration Using Photoshop® | Photo Attorney

AprilEye · May 31, 2011

tirediron said:
Are you referring to registering them as VI indicated above or adding a copyright notice to the image (aka "Watermark")?

I shot an event for a Chamber of Commerce function and was told that I should put my website at the bottom of each photo or my dba in order to get credit for the shoot because they will not have it anywhere in print in the corresponding article which will accompany the photos in the newsletter. Any type of verbiage - not necessarliy a "copyright" persay.

Village Idiot · May 31, 2011

You mean a watermark.

Light Room?

AprilEye · May 31, 2011

SO I guess the term "watermark" is better.

jands · May 31, 2011

Which photo editing software do you use?

If you don't have any, you download GIMP, it's free. GIMP

Then read this.

I haven't used this so I can't vouch for it, but it's what I found through a google search.

Robin Usagani · May 31, 2011

Buy lightroom 3 or sign up with zenfolio.

KmH · May 31, 2011

Yes, watermark or logo is a better term.

Any image editing application that can add text, record actions, and/or batch process will work.

You may want to look at www.faststone.org and download their free FastStone Photo Resizer 3.1 which can also batch watermark a bunch of same size photos.

You will still need to create the watermark that FastStone adds to each photo.