Copyright Claims to become MORE difficult, MORE expensive and take LONGER to resolve

Copyright Claims to become MORE difficult, MORE expensive and take LONGER to resolve

Stumbled upon the news today that unfortunately, to the great detriment of any caring professional photographer, videographer creator etc.

The National Law Review and The Phoblographer

Apparently, the U.S. copyright claims process is set to become MORE difficult, MORE expensive and take a LONGER time to resolve. Personally, I've never fully gone down the legal route on my own, only as far as genuinely threatening with it which has sufficed and used proxies in the form of the likes of Pixsy, Image Rights etc. 

Obviously, developments such as this probably will affect genuine threats, making them weaker and less likely to succeed in resolving matters without having to go to court.

New U.S. Supreme Court ruling

"The U.S. Supreme Court held today that bringing a suit for copyright infringement requires that the infringed work actually be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office, and that a mere application for registration will not suffice." 

Source: U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Copyrights Must Be Registered before Plaintiffs Can File Infringement Suits (5th of March, 2019 - The National Law Review)

Months of waiting before legal proceedings

"In the past if you had noticed that your work had been taken illegally you could register a copyright for your work, and then you could start proceedings against party who infringed on your property, but a new U.S Supreme court ruling has changed all of that....the gist of it is that if you don’t have a currently registered copyright on your work (not just photographs, but anything) you cannot claim infringement against those who may have wronged you...in the past if you found your work had been stolen you could go through the motions to register a copyright and then you could file a suit, but now you may have to wait months before you can start legal proceedings as the application for the copyright must be completed and not just be on file." 

Source: Making Copyright Infringement Claims is Now Harder for Photographers (8th of March, 2019 - The Phoblographer)