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Archive: December 2017 (3 Posts)

It's a Wonderful Life

It’s a Wonderful Life

Posted by: George Thuronyi

The following is a guest post by Samantha Kosarzycki, legal intern, Office of Public Information and Education. It just wouldn’t feel like the holidays in our house without the annual showing of It’s a Wonderful Life, Holiday Inn, Scrooged, and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. Out of all the heartwarming holiday classics, I always considered It’s …

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Single Application Updated

Posted by: George Thuronyi

The following is a guest post by Whitney Levandusky, attorney-adviser, Office of Public Information and Education. Greetings, copyright applicants! When you visit the U.S. Copyright Office’s online registration on December 18, you may notice a few differences.  We’re updating our software! I’m here to talk about the Single Application.  It’s a simplified registration method that …

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DMCA Agent Re-Registration Deadline is December 31, 2017

Posted by: George Thuronyi

The following is a guest post by Jason Sloan, attorney-advisor. The December 31 deadline is soon approaching for online service providers to re-register their previous DMCA agent designations with the U.S. Copyright Office. What’s this all about? Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), certain kinds of online service providers—for example, those that allow users …