Starting March 20, 2022, the fees for registrations and other services from the US Copyright Office are going up. You can get the whole story in the Federal Register, here, but it’s a long slog of a read. Here’s the skinny:
There are more changes, but the screenshots above show the ones you are most likely to face.
The good news for photographers is that the fees for group registrations have not changed. The bad news for stock photo agencies is that the database registration for photos has jumped quite a bit ($250!).
Still, no matter how you slice it, registration is still the cheapest “insurance” you can buy.