Posts Tagged ‘Copyright-Office’

Foreign Copyright Holders and the USCO

By Jonathan Bailey • Mar 11th, 2010 • Category: Articles, News

A District Court has ruled foreign copyright holders must register with the U.S. Copyright Office for full rights in the country.



25 Things To Do While Waiting for the Copyright Office

By Jonathan Bailey • Dec 9th, 2009 • Category: Articles, Punditry

The Copyright Office recently raised its estimate time for getting a certificate to nine months, here’s 25 things you can do to kill that time.



3 Count: Powerful Enemies

By Jonathan Bailey • Sep 11th, 2009 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Copyright Office slams Google Book deal, Google opens up
First off today, the Google Book Search Settlement has a new, very powerful enemy, the U.S. Copyright Office. Maybeth Peters, the Register of Copyrights, has explained her objections to the settlement to Congress.
Peters calls [...]



3 Count: Special Delivery

By Jonathan Bailey • Aug 11th, 2009 • Category: 3 Count

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1: Oprah can relax, $1 trillion lawsuit is dismissed
First off today, we have a post from the “That didn’t take long” department. Oprah’s famed $1 Trillion lawsuit, which made the “Weird Story of the Week” in the latest edition of the Copyright 2.0 [...]



USCO to Raise Registration Fees

By Jonathan Bailey • Jun 4th, 2009 • Category: Articles, Legal Issues, News

The USCO surprises no one by raising the fees on certain copyright registrations. But is it enough to change behavior?



The Future of the Copyright Office

By Jonathan Bailey • May 26th, 2009 • Category: Articles, Legal Issues, News, Punditry

The new Electronic Copyright Office system was supposed to speed up copyright registrations. Instead, it has tripled the wait and put the whole system in jeopardy.



3 Count: Copyright Nukes

By Jonathan Bailey • May 21st, 2009 • Category: 3 Count

This is daily column on Plagiarism Today where the site brings you three of the days biggest, most important copyright and plagiarism news links. If you want to offer your feedback on the column, use the contact form or just follow me on Twitter at @plagiarismtoday.
1: Right-to-Repair Law Proposed … for Cars
First off today, the [...]



3 Count: Losing a Friend

By Jonathan Bailey • May 4th, 2009 • Category: 3 Count

This is daily column on Plagiarism Today where the site brings you three of the days biggest, most important copyright and plagiarism news links. If you want to offer your feedback on the column, use the contact form or just follow me on Twitter at @plagiarismtoday.
1: No harm, no foul?
The new Wolverine movie was released [...]



Copyright Registration – ICANN Style

By Jonathan Bailey • Jan 29th, 2009 • Category: Articles, DMCA, Legal Issues, Punditry

A recent re-post by Dan Heller has raised the question of whether the USCO should let private companies accept copyright registrations.



Is Copyright Non-Repudiation Worthwhile

By Jonathan Bailey • Dec 3rd, 2008 • Category: Articles, Punditry

Non-repudiation services are becoming all the rage with new startups appearing almost weekly. The question is if they are worthwhile and, if so, what role do they play?