Copyright Review By Congress
By Nancy Wolff, DMLA Counsel, Cowan DeBaets Abrahams & Sheppard, LLP The House Judiciary Committee began a comprehensive review of the current Copyright Act beginning in 2013.  It held 20 hearings and heard from 100 witnesses. I testified in July 2014 at the hearing regarding copyright remedy in favor of a copyright small claim court as […]
DMLA Legal Update: Copyright Office News & New York State Right of Publicity Bill
2015 has already been a busy year for the U.S. Copyright Office. They have been publishing policy reports, issuing Notices of Inquiry (“NOIâ€), conducting various studies, and participating in congressional hearings about copyright law reform. The Copyright Office recently released a 234-page report entitled “Orphan Works and Mass Digitization,†followed by an NOI seeking comments […]