Getting its Due

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Getting its Due


As we’ve mentioned in the past, the U.S. Copyright Office is the redheaded stepchild of intellectual property protection. Unlike the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office – a federal agency in its own right, albeit one with somewhat strained resources – the U.S. Copyright Office operates under the aegis of the Library of Congress.

Which is why we read with interest the recent letter from the Register of Copyrights to Congress, proposing that the U.S. Copyright Office become an independent agency. Such a move would provide for a copyright agency with rulemaking authority and, one would hope, might offer an opportunity for a close examination of the existing copyrighting procedures.

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