Update: Bill to Make Register of Copyrights a Presidential Appointee Approved by House of Representatives

By |2017-04-27T11:25:23-05:00April 27th, 2017|Legal News|

We wrote here about the Congressional proposal to make the Register of Copyrights a Presidential appointee subject to Congressional approval, rather than a selection of the Librarian of Congress. That bill, HR-1695 (an updated version of which is available here), despite some expressed concerns from certain advocacy groups about the potentially making that position more… Continue Reading

Bill Proposes to Make the Register of Copyrights a Presidential Appointee

By |2017-03-28T11:17:46-05:00March 28th, 2017|Legal News|

The Copyright Office is now a part of the Library of Congress, with the Register of Copyrights (the head of the Copyright Office) appointed by the Librarian of Congress. As part of its plans to review the Copyright Act, the House Judiciary Committee asked for comments earlier this year about structural reform of the Copyright… Continue Reading

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