U.S. Copyright Office states projects for the 21st century

This week Maria A. Pallante, the director of the U.S. Copyright Office, published a paper that outlines the priorities and special projects of the U.S. Copyright Office. The paper contains seventeen priorities in the area of copyright policies and administrative practices, and ten new projects to improve the quality and efficiency of the U.S. Copyright Office in the 21st century.

The U.S. Copyright Office is an organization dedicated to promote the progress of science and arts, by securing the exclusive rights of writings and discoveries for authors and inventors. To achieve these goals, the organization offers authors and inventors the possibility to register their work to the Copyright Office's website.

The Copyright Office seems to be eager to improve the protection against copyright infringement. In addition to the broader and more difficult issues, which require certain actions of the Congress, Pallante notes that the Copyright Office's administrative practices will be particularly active in contributing to new regulations to protect  copyright protected works through registration on the website during the next two years. In addition, the Copyright Office launched a study, also on behalf of the Congress, on alternative options to improve copyright infringement claims, because copyright claims often consist of more costs than benefits.

Now, it is interesting to see whether the activities of the U.S. Copyright Office will influence decisions of the Congress and perhaps even new legislation.

Maria A. Pallante's paper of the U.S. Copyright Office can be read here.

Reference: The Publishers Weekly

By: Karen Groen