No.You don't need a lawyer to file a copyright application with the U.S. Copyright Office. Click&Copyright was designed by copyright attorneys to make the copyright process affordable and easy to use without having to hire a lawyer.
Click&Copyright doesn't provide legal advice or should be used as a substitute for a legal counsel. If you feel your copyright issues require the assistance of a lawyer, you should use one.
Click&Copyright's online application process asks you questions and then takes those answers and completes the correct copyright application.
Obviously, because of the automated portion of parts of our service, we cannot draft copyright assignment agreements or other types of documents which may cover the rights of the various authors or copyright holders. For such specific matters that arise, you should seek the advice of good copyright attorney. After your copyright registration is completed you may need to hire a copyright attorney to handle copyright assignment matters, work made for hire agreements, and other services needed as a result of the particular nature of your copyright registration.
Click&Copyright does not and cannot provide legal advice, so if you have questions that can't be answered in our FAQs, you may need to seek the advice of a qualified copyright attorney.