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Illustrates swearing in of new Register of Copyrights remotely

The Copyright Office: Marking One Year of Pandemic Operations

Posted by: Anandashankar Mazumdar

The following is a guest blog post by Shira Perlmutter, Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright Office. On Friday, March 13, 2020, the Library of Congress closed its buildings to the public and initiated pandemic operations. At the end of October, I was sworn in virtually by the Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden. …

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Photograph of copyright registration certificates being printed and mailed

Copyright Office Registration Processing Times Change for the Second Half of Fiscal 2020

Posted by: Anandashankar Mazumdar

The following is a guest post by Robert J. Kasunic, Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Registration Policy and Practice. This week, the Copyright Office released its registration processing times for the second half of fiscal 2020 (April–September 2020). We issue processing statistics twice during the fiscal year, so this latest update reflects registration …

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