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Group Registration of Two-Dimensional Artwork
The Copyright Office, Library of Congress published this final rule in the Federal Register on December 19, 2025. It took effect on February 17, 2026.
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What the agency says
The U.S. Copyright Office is creating a new group registration option for two-dimensional artwork. This option will allow applicants to register up to twenty works published within one calendar year by submitting a single online application with a digital deposit copy of each work. The Office will examine each work to determine if it contains a sufficient amount of creative pictorial or graphic authorship. If the Office registers the claim, the registration will cover each artwork in the group as a separate work of authorship.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-23402
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Library of Congress; Copyright Office, Library of Congress
- Published
- December 19, 2025
- Takes effect
- February 17, 2026
- Dates
- Effective February 17, 2026.
- Docket
- Docket No. 2024-2
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 37 CFR 201; 37 CFR 202
- Topics
- Copyright
- Pages
- 7
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