Events

On February 3, the Library of Congress published a notice “convening a public committee to enhance communication and provide a public forum for the technology-related aspects of the U.S. Copyright Office’s modernization initiative.” The Library will accept applications from “qualified members of the public” until March 15, and the first meeting of the committee will take place early this summer.

The U.S. Copyright Office issued an interim rule creating various restrictions on the disclosure and use of confidential information collected by the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) and digital licensee coordinator (DLC). The rule is slated to take effect on March 15.

The Dean of the Faculty of Law and the Kernochan Center for Law, Media and the Arts is hosting the Thirty-Third Annual Horace S. Manges Lecture, titled Beyond Whack-a-Mole: Content Protection in the Age of Platform Accountability, which will be delivered by Global General Counsel of the Motion Picture Association and former Register of Copyrights Karyn […]

The Copyright Society is hosting a panel event to highlight the importance of including comedy and the spoken word in royalty discussions, including exploring existing rights and efforts to collect royalties for creators. Additional information and registration are available here.

George Mason University’s Scalia Law School Arts & Entertainment Advocacy Clinic and Washington Area Lawyers for the Arts (WALA) will host an online clinic titled Copyright Law and the CASE Act, featuring clips from “America, I Am” and insights from filmmaker Lynn Hughes. To register or for additional information, click here. To submit questions in advance, please […]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) will release its ninth annual International IP Index on March 24, titled Recovery Through Ingenuity, highlighting “the extraordinary role of intellectual property (IP) rights in delivering pandemic-ending solutions.” In honor of the release, a virtual celebration will be held featuring the following speakers: Daren Tang […]

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, […]