I have always copyrighted my images & textures with the US Copyright office. Images to visual arts category and textures to same and also to the literary category for the coding involved. Have completed some 3d models I wish to copyright and for the life of me I can't figure out what category to place them in. Visual arts seems obvious but does not copyright the actual model...only the final image. Anyone have an answer?

Just a guess, but .... it's software, isn't it? ;=]

I think a model would be software. Just a guess. So tell me, how much does it cost to register a copyright for an image or a texture? I've heard that for a literary work it is $50. Surely it's not that expensive for an image, is it? Else, who could afford to copyright them? jon

$30 at present, but I believe that goes up in June. You can do as I do and submit mant as a volume. You can enclose as many items as you wish into the volume and the fee remains the same. $30 for 1 image or the same $30 for a thousand. Go to www.copyright.gov From there go to forms and download Form VA and the continuation form for VA. The continuation form is where you list a group of works within a volume. Hope this helps. ArtGrafx

why do you want to register all your pieces? you got a copyright already for beeing the first one whove done this or that with models, renderings and sketches theres hardly any problem to prove that you've done the model from scratch with out any copyright exploitation, and that youve been the first who did it. im just curious :)

You don't need to register them officially. You already hold the copyright to it because your the person who created it. All registering does for you is allows you to prove it was yours first if you ever have to go to court. But if you have dated signed pieces, and pull the old mail it to yourself and never open it trick its just as good. If you are the original creator you already hold a copyright...in the U.S. at least...We just covered this in P.A.D. (principles of american democracy) yesterday...

... if it would cost you more in time and $ to prosecute someone for violating your copyright than the article was worth in the first place? Just a thought. What if 1,000 people "stole" your article? Would that be a "reverse" class-action lawsuit? Hmmmmmm??????????????? cheers, dr geep ;=]

lol, well if that happens ya just go "shit.." and walk away... :)

There is no real reason to copy right your graphics unless you stand to lose an obscene amount of money on them. Like for example someone takes a number of your works and makes a calendar out of them. If this is something you are worried about then all you have to do is take your work and send it to yourself registered mail. Then when it comes back sign for it, then leave it alone (DONT OPEN IT). So now you have dated proof by the government that you made your works before someone else did. This will only cost you 2 or 3 dollars. Of course you could just always make the calendar yourself and copy right that.