COPYRIGHT CHANGE

"The Copyright Office, in keeping with its plan to increase online registrations, is proposing to amend the current regulations governing group registrations, which allow the grouping of individual works on one application. Under the proposal, applicants who take advantage of the group registration option would be required to file their claims electronically. Comments are due on or before May 30, 2008."

Just to clarify, writers who feel more comfortable registering their copyright can save money by registering all their published pieces in one group, and all their unpublished works as one group--each year. This proposed change at the copyright office would simply require them to do that registering electronically--rather than by mail. It seems like it would be a hassle to have to transport that bulk of material by e-mail.