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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dave_W" data-source="post: 264324" data-attributes="member: 9521">Q: If I don’t register my copyright, do I still own the copyright to my photos?Yes. When a photo is not registered with the US Copyright Office prior to an infringement (or within three months of the first publication of the photo), a copyright owner may recover only “actual damages” for the infringement (pursuant to 17 U.S.C. 504 (b)), instead of statutory damages. Courts usually calculate actual damages based on your normal license fees and/or standard licensing fees plus profits derived from the infringement, if not too speculative. One source for standard license fees is a software program called Fotoquote.</blockquote>