For photographers and product sellers in the US
Register 750 photos with one form. Without the spreadsheet.
Add a folder or a batch of photos. Get the Copyright Office titles list, upload ready zips and a step by step eCO guide in minutes. Your photos never leave your device.
- Runs in your browser
- GRPPH and GRUPH
- Office's own template
- Free to check
Why bother
Your photos get copied. Registration is what gives you leverage.
Stolen images
Wedding galleries lifted onto other sites. Portraits reused in ads. Stock shots used without a license.
Copied listings
Your Etsy, Amazon or Shopify product photos turning up on someone else's listing, selling their copy of your product.
Timing matters
Statutory damages and attorney's fees are generally only available if a photo was registered before the infringement began, or within three months of first publication (Compendium 1114.5, 17 U.S.C. 412).
General information from copyright.gov, not legal advice.
Before and after
From a messy folder to a filing you can upload.
Preparing a group claim by hand means typing every title, file name and month into the Office's spreadsheet, renaming files so they match, and splitting zips under 500 MB. That is the part we do.
Your folder
DSC_0412.jpg
DSC_0412 copy.jpg duplicate
Café, mug #3.jpg odd name
iPhone 0042.heic not accepted
Web export.webp not accepted
Old trip 2024.jpg different year
... 812 more
Ready to file
✓ Etsy 2025 Group 1 of 2 ... part 1 of 2.zip
✓ Etsy 2025 Group 1 of 2 ... part 2 of 2.zip
✓ 750 titles, split into entries under 1,995 characters
✓ Earliest and latest publication dates
✓ Claim 2 of 2: 64 photos
How it works
Three steps, all in your browser.
Add your photos
Add a whole shoot or a year of product photos from your photo library or files, or drop in a folder on a desktop. We read capture dates from EXIF and show every photo as a thumbnail. Nothing is uploaded.
Fix what is flagged
Wrong file types, duplicates, odd file names, missing titles and dates, and more than 750 photos or more than one year in a published claim. Each message says how to fix it.
Download and file
Get the Copyright Office's own titles list template filled in, zips under the 500 MB upload limit, and a screen by screen guide for eCO.
Private by design
Your photos never leave your device.
The checker reads your files inside your browser. The page is locked so it cannot send data to any other site, and nothing about your photos is sent to us or stored. The only requests it makes with any content are the license check, which sends your key, and a note of each download, which sends your key and the kind of file. Nothing else.
What the checker looks at
- JPEG, GIF or TIFF only, with PNG and WebP converted for you
- Up to 750 photos per claim, split automatically
- One calendar year per published claim
- Exact duplicates, found by file contents
- File names that match the titles list exactly
- Zips under the 500 MB upload limit
- Titles eCO will accept: plain letters and numbers
Pricing
One price. Unlimited claims.
$59 a year, in US dollars, for as many claims as you file. Check your photos free before you buy. The Copyright Office fee is paid to the Office, separately.
$59 USD / year
Billed yearly. Auto-renewing subscription, cancel any time.
- Unlimited GRPPH and GRUPH claims
- Titles lists, zips and eCO guide
- 14 day refund if you have not exported anything
Questions
Is this legal advice?
No. Register My Photos is a file preparation tool. We are not a law firm and not affiliated with the U.S. Copyright Office. We do not decide whether your photos are published, who the author or claimant is, or whether registering is right for you. If you need advice, speak to a lawyer.
Do my photos get uploaded?
No. The checker is a web page that runs in your browser, on your phone, tablet or computer. It reads your photos in the browser, and a security setting in the page stops it sending anything to any other site. The only things it ever sends to us are your license key, to check it is valid, and, when you download a file, the key and the kind of file (titles list, CSV or zip), so we know when an export happened. Never a photo, file name or title.
Which registrations does it cover?
The two group options for photographs: Group Registration of Published Photographs (GRPPH) and Group Registration of Unpublished Photographs (GRUPH). Each claim covers up to 750 photos for one filing fee, $55 when we checked on 22 October 2026.
How do I know if my photos are published?
That is your decision, and the tool never makes it for you. The Copyright Office explains publication in Circular 42 and Compendium chapter 1900. In its words, a photo is published when copies are distributed to the public, or offered to a group for further distribution or display; simply displaying a photo is not publication in itself.
Does it work on a phone or tablet?
Yes. Open the checker in Safari on an iPhone or iPad, or Chrome on Android, tap Choose photos and pick from your photo library or files. Everything still runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded. Choosing a whole folder and dragging photos in work only in a desktop browser. Large claims make big zips, so a computer is easier for hundreds of photos, and you will need to upload the zip to eCO from the same device.
What file types can I register?
For group photo claims the Office accepts JPEG, GIF or TIFF only. The checker can re-save PNG and WebP files as JPEG for you. For HEIC or RAW files, export JPEG or TIFF from your photo editor first.
Free guides
The Copyright Office rules, in plain words.
Short guides that quote and link to copyright.gov: the titles list template, the file name, the 750 photo limit, fees and a screen by screen eCO walkthrough.
Before the proposed fee rise ($55 now)
The Copyright Office fee for a group of up to 750 photos is $55 today, and the Office has proposed $85. What it has said about timing, what the fee covers and what to prepare. Checked 22 October 2026.
Fee increase 2026: proposed changes
The US Copyright Office has proposed its first fee changes since 2020, including $55 to $85 for group photo claims. Every proposed fee that matters to photographers, the timeline and where it stands. Checked 24 October 2026.
How to register photos: one or many
How to register your photos with the US Copyright Office online: choosing between the Single, Standard and group options, what each costs today, and the steps in eCO. Checked 24 October 2026.
GRPPH explained (and GRUPH)
What GRPPH is, who can use it, the calendar year and date rules, authors and claimants, the titles list and the fee, plus how the unpublished option (GRUPH) differs. Quoted from copyright.gov.
How to register a group of photos
The Copyright Office lets you register up to 750 photos with one application and one fee. The steps, the rules and what to prepare, with links to copyright.gov.
GRPPH titles list template
How to fill in the Copyright Office titles list template for published photos (GRPPH), with a free filled sample .xlsx and the m/yyyy date format.
Titles list file name
The Copyright Office asks for the titles list file name to include the group title and the case number. Build the exact name with this free tool, in your browser.
eCO walkthrough
A screen by screen walkthrough of a GRPPH or GRUPH group photo application in eCO: case number, titles, publication, year of completion, certification, payment and upload.
Published or unpublished?
The Copyright Office's own words on when a photograph is published, and why it matters for GRPPH and GRUPH. Quotes and links only; we do not decide for you.
Fees: $55 now, $85 proposed
The Copyright Office fee for a group of up to 750 photos was $55 when we checked on 21 October 2026. The proposed rise to $85, where it stands, and how to check.