If I create format proposals, do I need to register each draft with the FRAPA Digital Online Format Registry?
You can make a supplemental filing to your original filing to protect any additions to the draft already registered. If subsequent drafts do not substantially differ from earlier drafts, it may not be necessary to make a supplemental filing. You might choose not to register early drafts or extensive revisions and are not going to promote or pitch the work to anyone. In such a case there is little danger of copyright infringement.

What can be registered?
The FRAPA Digital Online Format Registry advise you to register all of your creative work, i.e. proposals which can include formats, treatments, scripts, outlines, development documents, tender submissions, storylines, artwork, and synopses, as soon as possible after conception. You can register creative work in (almost) every format with the FRAPA Digital Online Format Registry. When registering try to include as much detail as possible.

Be advised, that the FRAPA Digital Online Format Register system makes it technically impossible for us and anyone else to see, hear or reproduce any file you register. We understand that safety and confidentiality are the most important objectives of our services / FRAPA Digital Online Format Registry.

How to Register?
It is very easy to register your creative material with the FRAPA Digital Online Format Registry:
• Login and fill in online form.
• Purchase registration credits within login page. As a FRAPA Member you will get a considerable discount. Please send an Email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with your name and member number and the password “Registry” and you will get your Member-Discount-Code immediately.
• Download Registration application software from login page, unzip and install.
• Start registration application software and proceed to register.
• Use username/password for identity verification to register your files.
• If you are in possession of a Personal Digital Certificate you can use this for identity verification instead of the username/password option. FRAPA Digital Online Format Register does not issue Digital Certificates but may be applied for through us.

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Is the registration safe?
The actual file you register remains on your computer and is not uploaded to FRAPA Digital Online Format Registry, only a digital fingerprint of that file, which is also encrypted. FRAPA Digital Online Format Registry is designed to exclude any other person then the registrant from viewing or recreating the features or content of the digital fingerprint connected with your registered file. Our registration storage servers are located in the European Union and United States. To make sure your registered file is safely stored, we make periodical updates.

Continuing work on a registered file?
Once your file is registered, it is possible to continue working on the registered file. FRAPA Digital Online Format Registry software makes a ‘read only’ copy of the registered file and places it in a special folder within your own computer. Your registration is protected from accidental change. You can modify a registered work at a later date, but it is impossible to change the date of the original registration. The file would have to be registered once again to bring it up to date. Please make a copy of the ‘FRAPA’ folder to keep your registered files safe.

Can FRAPA Digital Online Format Registry or anyone else see what I am registering?
Definitely NOT. It is not possible for FRAPA or anyone else to see the contents of the file you are registering.

How does the registration system work?
The registration system works by registering the ‘digital fingerprint’ of the data file you wish to register, therefore it is impossible to see or re-create the contents of the file you have registered.

Is a registration confidential?
YES. No data, names or addresses are passed on to any other company for commercial use.

Am I legally protected if my registered work is misused or stolen?
You can verify the exact date and time of any FRAPA Digital Online Format Registry registered data file should there be a plagiarism dispute regarding the misuse or theft of your format.

How long does the registrations last?
A registration lasts as long as you wish.

On what ‘Time’ is the registration based?
Registration time is based on GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).