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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Office has now released over 9 million digitized pages documenting copyright registrations for books, periodicals, and unpublished musical works found in the Copyright Historical Record Books Collection
Posted in: accessibility, historical, Inside the Copyright Office, literature, modernization, recordation, Registration, technology, Uncategorized, Website
Posted by: Nora Scheland
The U.S. Copyright Office recently launched its brand new online Recordation System. Check out this blog post to learn more about recordation, how the new system fits into the Electronic Copyright System modernization effort, and the module's benefits to users.
Posted in: accessibility, circulars, Copyright, education, modernization, recordation, technology, Uncategorized, video, Website
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, modernization, recordation, Uncategorized, virtual card catalog
Posted by: Steve Andreadis
The U.S. Copyright Office entered Phase Two operations with the rest of the Library of Congress on August 24 and continues its outreach efforts.
Posted in: coronavirus, DMCA, Inside the Copyright Office, modernization, Register of Copyrights, rulemakings, Website
Posted by: Holland Gormley
The following is a guest post by Paul Capel, Supervisory Records Management Section Head. The United States Copyright Office holds the most comprehensive collection of copyright records in the world. The Office has over 200,000 boxes of deposit copies spread among three storage facilities in Landover, Maryland; a contracted space in Pennsylvania; and the National …
Posted in: Copyright, modernization, Uncategorized
Posted by: Steve Andreadis
The U.S. Copyright Office launches a limited release pilot for a new document recordation system.
Posted in: Inside the Copyright Office, modernization, recordation
Posted by: Karyn A. Temple
If asked, many of us would easily be able to identify our favorite song or tune, and often to even quote verbatim (e.g., sing embarrassingly off-key) the actual bridge, melody, or lyrics that made that song so special. Whether it is the way a song made us laugh or reflected our innermost desires and fears, …
Posted in: Copyright, modernization, music, Register of Copyrights, Uncategorized
Posted by: Karyn A. Temple
Ensuring that Copyright Office systems are modernized and work effectively for both creators and users of copyrighted works in the digital age is one of the Copyright Office’s most critical missions. Over the course of the last couple of years, I have encountered a wide variety of creators and other users of our system excited …
Posted in: Copyright, modernization, Registration
Posted by: George Thuronyi
The following is a guest post by Frances Carden, technical writer in the Copyright Modernization Office. The buzz around here has been big–you may remember my April post about the establishment of the Copyright Modernization Office (CMO) that directs all modernization initiatives across the U.S. Copyright Office–and it’s getting bigger and bolder. On May 7, …
Posted in: Copyright, modernization