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ARTICLE · 09 JANUARY 2026

Copyright Bill Aims To Improve Copyright Registration Process For High Volume Visual Artists And Creators

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In December 2025, Senator Marsha Blackburn, joined by Senator Peter Welch, introduced a bill aimed at simplifying and streamlining the copyright registration process for "high-volume...

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In December 2025, Senator Marsha Blackburn, joined by Senator Peter Welch, introduced a bill aimed at simplifying and streamlining the copyright registration process for "high-volume creators like photographers, illustrators, and graphic artists."

The proposed bill, the Visual Artists Copyright Reform Act of 2025, has four main objectives through which Blackburn intends to make good on the Copyright Act's supposed promise that copyrightable works are automatically protected at the instant of creation. First it aims to amend the deposit copy requirements for pictorial, graphic and sculptural works. It does this by amending the current requirements to permit the submission of "one complete electronic copy," rather than a physical copy.

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