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LCA Endorses Comments by Higher Education Leadership on Sovereign Immunity

The Copyright Office solicited reply comments and empirical research studies, due October 22, for its public study to determine the extent to which copyright owners are experiencing infringement by states without adequate remedies under state law. In its initial request for comments on this issue, rights holders completely and utterly failed to meet the standard of harm required by the Supreme Court in...

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Shira Perlmutter Appointed US Register of Copyrights

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today, September 21, 2020, that she has named Shira Perlmutter register of copyrights and director of the US Copyright Office, effective in late October. The Library Copyright Alliance congratulates Perlmutter on her appointment and looks forward to working with her. Perlmutter is currently the chief policy officer and director for international affairs at the...

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