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Posted by: Steve Andreadis
The U.S. Copyright Office has now released over 9 million digitized pages documenting copyright registrations for books, periodicals, and unpublished musical works found in the Copyright Historical Record Books Collection
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Posted by: Steve Andreadis
The U.S. Copyright Office's Find Yourself in Copyright exhibit includes historical artifacts that provide a lens on U.S. history.
Posted in: Copyright, Find Yourself in Copyright, historical, Inside the Copyright Office, legislation, Registration, Uncategorized
Posted by: Steve Andreadis
The story of Superman can be considered an immigrant's story. We examine this through the lives of his creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, in this post for Jewish American Heritage Month.
Posted in: Deposit Copies, Find Yourself in Copyright, historical, literature, Uncategorized
Posted by: Steve Andreadis
The seizure of intellectual property was among the hardships Jewish people suffered ahead of World War II.
Posted in: Copyright, diversity, equity, historical, international, literature, music, Uncategorized
Posted by: Steve Andreadis
The first 500 books in the digitized Copyright Historical Record Books Collection are now available online.
Posted in: accessibility, historical, Inside the Copyright Office, recordation, Uncategorized, virtual card catalog
Posted by: Steve Andreadis
Forty-eight years ago, Barbara Ringer was appointed Register of Copyrights. Amanda Levendowski, associate professor of law at Georgetown Law, discusses how she inspires current and future intellectual property professionals.
Posted in: accessibility, Copyright, court cases, historical, Register of Copyrights, Uncategorized
Posted by: Steve Andreadis
The following is a guest blog post by Marilyn Creswell, Librarian-in-Residence at the U.S. Copyright Office. In most conversations, a register is usually a list, and a registrar is usually a person who keeps lists. The U.S. Copyright Office is a rare example of a Register being the person who keeps a register.1 The origin …
Posted in: historical, international, Register of Copyrights, WIPO
Posted by: Steve Andreadis
The following is a guest post by Mary Daniel, summer 2020 law clerk in the Office of Policy and International Affairs. Mary is a third year at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. The Halloween season is the time of year for horror movies and scary stories. However, sometimes it’s the horror …
Posted in: Copyright, fair use, film, historical, literature
Posted by: Steve Andreadis
The U.S. Copyright Office hosts Copyright Office Presents: 150 Years of Celebrating Creativity on August 5, 2020, online at noon eastern time.
Posted in: Copyright, historical, Inside the Copyright Office, News and Events