Copyright Office Fee Increase Survey

Dear DMLA Members and Friends of DMLA:The U.S. Copyright Office has released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking announcing fee increases for copyright registration and other services. The proposed fee increases are based on a Study Report released by the U.S. Copyright office. Fee increases for services will be implemented as the U.S. Copyright Office moves forward with their plans for IT modernization.Visual creators’ professional organizations and advocates are concerned about how these fee increases will affect visual creators, licensing agents, and related professionals. We will be submitting a Comment Letter to the U.S. Copyright Office about the proposed fee increases. We have created a survey to gather information and feedback from creators who will be impacted by registration fee increases. We will be submitting the survey results to the Copyright Office. The survey is completely anonymous.We need your help by taking 15 minutes for a short survey. The survey is anonymous and all responses are confidential. We will use this data to support our response to proposed changes in U.S. copyright registration.The survey will close at midnight on September 7, 2018. 2018 Copyright Office Proposed Registration Fee Increase survey LINK https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GGV59XYSurvey link for social media https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WY67XHKPlease pass this along to other artists, photographers, and related professionals you know and urge them to take the survey, too!Sincerely,The Coalition of Visual Artists:American Photographic ArtistsAmerican Society of Media PhotographersDigital Media Licensing AssociationGraphic Artists GuildNational Press Photographers AssociationNorth American Nature Photography AssociationProfessional Photographers of AmericaPLUS CoalitionAmerican Society for Collective Rights LicensingEugene MopsikShaftel & Schmelzer