Online news publishers get easier copyright for more of their articles

The US Copyright Office wants to change how online news sites register their work. It plans to make it easier to register many articles at once. This means news publishers could protect more of their content without filing separate applications for each piece.

Registering copyright for every online article is slow and expensive for news organizations that publish constantly. This proposed change would reduce that administrative burden and cost. It means digital-first publishers could more easily protect their intellectual property, which is often published rapidly and in high volume.