new register of copyrights US
"Joseph Harris joe9438-/[email protected] [ebook-community]" <[email protected]> Mon, 23 Jan 2017 13:46:45 +0000
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There is only a week left to respond to this survey which will affect
copyright quite seriously for the next few years at least. Links below.
Joseph Harris
Announcement here:
https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-16-215
Survey here:
https://www.research.net/r/RegisterOfCopyrightsNR
Some suggestions here:
https://graphicartistsguild.org/news/we-need-your-voice-on-the-next-register-of-copyrights
And suggestions from the Authors guild are as below:*
*1. What are the knowledge, skills, and abilities you believe are the
most important for the Register of Copyrights?*
The next Register of Copyrights must:
*
Believe in the importance of creative works to our society,
understanding the important, growing role they play in the U.S.
economy, as well as the cultural value of creative works;
*
Understand the value of copyright in ensuring continued
professional creative output and how the copyright incentives work
in practice to help creators build careers in various industries
and to ensure that creators can keep creating professionally);
*
Be capable of articulating and evangelizing the benefits of a
strong copyright system;
*
Be an advocate within the government for authors and other
creators (no other agency plays this role);
*
Be a lawyer with deep copyright expertise and an appreciation of
copyright law and the Copyright Office;
*
Have management experience;
*
Have experience representing the copyright interests of creators
and copyright owners;
*
Have experience with and understanding of the statutory
responsibilities of the Copyright Office, and the services it
provides, especially copyright registrations, renewals, and
recordations of transfers and other documents;
*
Have a vision for the Copyright Office of the future that supports
the work of creators and is generally consistent with the views
espoused by Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers in their
_November 2016 policy proposal_
<http://authorsguild.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=727ad03949c981c140a2bf125&id=343775b64e&e=4daaa77539>;
*
Be committed to establishing the Copyright Office as an
independent agency outside the Library of Congress with autonomous
regulatory authority and control over its own budget and IT systems;
*
Be committed to modernizing the IT infrastructure of the Copyright
Office;
*
Understand and have first-hand experience with the legislative
process, including working with the House and Senate Judiciary
Committees (this is especially important given the likelihood of
copyright legislation being considered and enacted in 2017 and
beyond);
*
Be committed to soliciting and listening to the positions of all
copyright stakeholders, balancing those positions in light of the
purposes of copyright, and shaping policy positions and action
items accordingly; and
*
Most importantly, have the support of the copyright community.
Other qualities in a Register that would be beneficial but not
essential, include having:
*
Either experience with enterprise-level IT systems and databases
or the capability of understanding the issues that arise when
implementing and administering such systems;
*
Experience working with the Copyright Office, the House or Senate
Judiciary Committees, or the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office on
copyright policy matters; and
*
Worked on copyright policy matters on behalf of the Copyright
Office, the House or Senate Judiciary Committees, or the U.S.
Patent & Trademark Office.
*2. What should be the top three priorities for the Register of Copyrights?*
A Register of Copyrights possessing the knowledge, skills, and abilities
outlined above will be more than qualified to make determinations about
policy priorities. That being said, the following *three* issues are
important to individual authors like myself.
[Below is a menu of seven options to choose *three *from; or write your
own.]
*
To advocate for the importance of copyright and creativity, and to
articulate and promote the benefits of a strong copyright system
and a modernized Copyright Office.
*
To conduct studies about, and research ways to help, the dire
financial straits that creators in many fields now find themselves.
*
To modernize the Copyright Office by immediately implementing the
Copyright Office's IT modernization plan, which includes
modernizing the Copyright Office by making the registration and
recordation process easier and more affordable.
*
To digitize all records and integrate them with the registration
system so that today's authors and potential users of their works
can easily (and electronically) register, record, and search the
Copyright Office database.
*
To secure the establishment of a small copyright claims tribunal
so that authors and other individual creators can assert their
rights without incurring the expense of a federal lawsuit, which
frequently exceeds the value of the claim itself.
*
To recognize the threats digital piracy poses to the rights of
authors and the value of their copyrights, and to reset the
balance of the current notice and takedown statute to ensure that
ISPs are not improperly profiting from unauthorized digital uses
of creative works.
*
To* *ensure that the Copyright Office and its modernization
efforts are financed by means other than registration and
recordation fees of individual creators, for example, by charging
Copyright Office users fees for bulk or direct access to Copyright
Office data.
*3. Are there other factors that should be considered?*
It is imperative that the interests of creators and users of the Office
be weighted more than those who simply complete and submit the survey
but have no demonstrable experience with the Office. It is also
important that both the views of the leaders of the _House_
<http://authorsguild.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=727ad03949c981c140a2bf125&id=4d0a68f8b3&e=4daaa77539>
and _Senate_
<http://authorsguild.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=727ad03949c981c140a2bf125&id=0d07cba910&e=4daaa77539>
Judiciary Committees, current Copyright Office staff, copyright
practitioners, and _former Registers_
<http://authorsguild.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=727ad03949c981c140a2bf125&id=62e5ec377c&e=4daaa77539>
be taken into account in the selection of the next Register.
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<font face="Baskervald ADF Std">There is only a week left to respond to
this survey which will affect copyright quite seriously for the next
few years at least. Links below.<br>
<br>
Joseph Harris<br>
<br>
Announcement here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-16-215">https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-16-215</a><br>
<br>
Survey here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.research.net/r/RegisterOfCopyrightsNR">https://www.research.net/r/RegisterOfCopyrightsNR</a><br>
<br>
Some suggestions here:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://graphicartistsguild.org/news/we-need-your-voice-on-the-next-register-of-copyrights">https://graphicartistsguild.org/news/we-need-your-voice-on-the-next-register-of-copyrights</a><br>
<br>
And suggestions from the Authors guild are as below:</font><span
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What are the knowledge, skills, and abilities you believe are the most
important for the Register of Copyrights?</strong></div>
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in
the importance of creative works to our society, understanding the
important, growing role they play in the U.S. economy, as well as the
cultural value of creative works;</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"
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the
value of copyright in ensuring continued professional creative
output and how the copyright incentives work in practice to help
creators build careers in various industries and to ensure that
creators can keep creating professionally);</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"
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capable of articulating and evangelizing the benefits of a strong
copyright system;</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"
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an advocate within the government for authors and other creators (no
other agency plays this role);</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"
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<div dir="ltr"
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style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Be
a lawyer with deep copyright expertise and an appreciation of copyright
law and the Copyright Office;</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"
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<div dir="ltr"
style="margin: 1em 0pt; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span
style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Have
management experience;</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"
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experience representing the copyright interests of creators and
copyright owners;</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"
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style="margin: 1em 0pt; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span
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experience
with and understanding of the statutory responsibilities of
the Copyright Office, and the services it provides, especially
copyright registrations, renewals, and recordations of transfers and
other documents;</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
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style="margin: 1em 0pt; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span
style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Have
a
vision for the Copyright Office of the future that supports the work
of creators and is generally consistent with the views espoused by
Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers in their</span><a
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target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
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</span><u
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2016 policy proposal</u></a><span
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</li>
<li dir="ltr"
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style="margin: 1em 0pt; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span
style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Be
committed
to establishing the Copyright Office as an independent agency
outside the Library of Congress with autonomous regulatory authority
and control over its own budget and IT systems;</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"
style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">
<div dir="ltr"
style="margin: 1em 0pt; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span
style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Be
committed to modernizing the IT infrastructure of the Copyright Office;</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"
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<div dir="ltr"
style="margin: 1em 0pt; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><span
style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Understand
and
have first-hand experience with the legislative process, including
working with the House and Senate Judiciary Committees (this is
especially important given the likelihood of copyright legislation
being considered and enacted in 2017 and beyond);</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"
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style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Be
committed
to soliciting and listening to the positions of all copyright
stakeholders, balancing those positions in light of the purposes of
copyright, and shaping policy positions and action items accordingly;
and</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"
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style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Most
importantly, have the support of the copyright community.</span></div>
</li>
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qualities in a Register that would be beneficial but not essential,
include having:</span></div>
<ul style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">
<li dir="ltr"
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style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Either
experience
with enterprise-level IT systems and databases or the
capability of understanding the issues that arise when implementing and
administering such systems;</span></div>
</li>
<li dir="ltr"
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style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Experience
working
with the Copyright Office, the House or Senate Judiciary
Committees, or the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office on copyright
policy matters; and</span></div>
</li>
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style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial; font-size: 14.6667px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Worked
on
copyright policy matters on behalf of the Copyright Office, the
House or Senate Judiciary Committees, or the U.S. Patent &
Trademark Office.</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
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style="margin: 1em 0pt; padding: 0pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;"><strong
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What should be the top three priorities for the Register of Copyrights?</strong></div>
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Register
of Copyrights possessing the knowledge, skills, and abilities
outlined above will be more than qualified to make determinations about
policy priorities. That being said, the following </span><strong
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issues are important to individual authors like myself.<br>
<br>
[Below is a menu of seven options to choose </span><strong
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</strong><span
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or write your own.]</span></div>
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advocate
for the importance of copyright and creativity, and to
articulate and promote the benefits of a strong copyright system and a
modernized Copyright Office.</span></div>
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conduct
studies about, and research ways to help, the dire financial
straits that creators in many fields now find themselves.</span></div>
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modernize
the Copyright Office by immediately implementing the
Copyright Office’s IT modernization plan, which includes modernizing
the Copyright Office by making the registration and recordation process
easier and more affordable.</span></div>
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digitize
all records and integrate them with the registration system so
that today’s authors and potential users of their works can easily (and
electronically) register, record, and search the Copyright Office
database.</span></div>
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secure
the establishment of a small copyright claims tribunal so that
authors and other individual creators can assert their rights without
incurring the expense of a federal lawsuit, which frequently exceeds
the value of the claim itself.</span></div>
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recognize
the threats digital piracy poses to the rights of authors and
the value of their copyrights, and to reset the balance of the current
notice and takedown statute to ensure that ISPs are not improperly
profiting from unauthorized digital uses of creative works.</span></div>
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</strong><span
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that
the Copyright Office and its modernization efforts are financed by
means other than registration and recordation fees of individual
creators, for example, by charging Copyright Office users fees for bulk
or direct access to Copyright Office data.</span></div>
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Are there other factors that should be considered?</strong></div>
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is
imperative that the interests of creators and users of the Office be
weighted more than those who simply complete and submit the survey but
have no demonstrable experience with the Office. It is also important
that both the views of the leaders of the</span><a
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