Events

The U.S. Copyright Office announced that it will hold public roundtables on March 25 as part of its study to evaluate best practices that the newly established mechanical licensing collective may implement to identify and locate copyright owners of musical works and unclaimed accrued royalties held by the collective, encourage copyright owners to claim their royalties, and […]

The U.S. Copyright Office issued a final rule “establishing a new group registration option, known as ‘Group Registration for Works on an Album of Music (GRAM)” to allow applicants “to register either a group of up to twenty musical works or a group of up to twenty sound recordings and associated literary, pictorial, or graphic works contained […]

Due to broad stakeholder interest, the U.S. Copyright Office will host additional roundtables as part of its Unclaimed Royalties study on March 26 (in addition to the March 25 roundtables). For those interested in providing oral testimony during the audience participation portions of the events, a sign-up form will be available on the Office’s website starting on […]

The U.S. Copyright Office released a final rule regarding the recordation of notices of termination to improve efficiency in processing. In its rule, the Office addresses updates to timeliness, harmless errors, manner of service, identification of a work, and date of recordation. The rule will go into effect on March 29.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) published a notice seeking public input to help guide its FY 2022–2026 Strategic Plan. In particular, the agency welcomes thoughts on the drafting of its strategic framework, including its: (1) mission, (2) vision, and (3) strategic goals and objectives. The notice states that, “stakeholders may wish to comment on how […]

On March 31, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) will host a webinar on its new group registration option for works published on the same album of music (GRAM). The webinar will also explain another (separate) process for “registering sound recordings, photographs, artwork, or liner notes that are published on the same album.” Following the presentation, […]

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will host a National Council for Expanding American Innovation (NCEAI) Innovation Chat focused on the topic of Creating Innovators. The first part of the chat will feature a panel discussion moderated by Wayne Stacy, Director of the USPTO’s Silicon Valley Regional Office, and include Dr. Javier Diez (SubUAS, LLC), Dr. […]

On March 5, the U.S. Copyright Office issued a supplemental interim rule amending its regulations governing certain reporting requirements of digital music providers and significant nonblanket licenses pursuant to the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (MMA). The amendment, which will take effect on April 5, adjusts provisions concerning the reporting of information about permanent download […]

Time: Please find daily schedules here. The U.S. Copyright Office issued a Federal Register notice announcing “that it will hold public hearings in the triennial rulemaking proceeding under section 1201 of Title 17” from April 5–8 via Zoom, and will continue the hearings from April 19­–22. “Section 1201 provides legal protections against the circumvention of technological measures […]

George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School’s Arts and Entertainment Advocacy Clinic students are hosting a discussion with “three creators on the forefront of art and creativity in the digital age”: musician, singer, and songwriter David Lowery; film director, producer, and editorial photographer Stacey Marbrey; and author, communications professional, and copyright advocate David Newhoff. The […]

On March 23, the U.S. Copyright Office posted position announcements for the three Copyright Claims Officers to serve on the Copyright Claims Board. According to the Office's announcement and per the CASE Act, the three Copyright Claims Officers "will be appointed by the Librarian of Congress upon the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights." It's […]

The Copyright Society is hosting a panel discussion focused “hot topics in copyright and sports, including broadcasting and archive footage, athlete endorsements and rights, fan art and fan footage, protection of team and league art, uniform/shoe design, use of music, and more.” Speakers include Jonathan Goins (Lewis Brisbois), Dana Jozefczyk (U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee), […]