Copyright Office Procedures Are Outdated, Complex, and Slow
Say
you find sheet music for 13 great songs and want to record them for an album. Being copyright savvy, you know you need a
compulsory license. The sheet music has
titles but no listed copyright owners. You can’t find the copyright owners on the
online copyright registry (works from 1978 to the present). Assuming you can’t
stop by the Copyright Office, you pay $165 (or more) to have staff search pre-1978
registrations. Since you still can’t
find the copyright owners, you have to “file notice” with the Copyright Office in order
to license the works. But the Office
provides neither a form nor an electronic system to file. After creating your own notice form, lugging
out your printer and paper, including a check for royalties, and trekking to
the post office, you complete your mission to file notice for licenses.
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Say
you find sheet music for 13 great songs and want to record them for an album. Being copyright savvy, you know you need a
compulsory license. The sheet music has
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online copyright registry (works from 1978 to the present). Assuming you can’t
stop by the Copyright Office, you pay $165 (or more) to have staff search pre-1978
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Say
you find sheet music for 13 great songs and want to record them for an album. Being copyright savvy, you know you need a
compulsory license. The sheet music has
titles but no listed copyright owners. You can’t find the copyright owners on the
online copyright registry (works from 1978 to the present). Assuming you can’t
stop by the Copyright Office, you pay $165 (or more) to have staff search pre-1978
registrations. Since you still can’t
find the copyright owners, you have to “file notice” with the Copyright Office in order
to license the works. But the Office
provides neither a form nor an electronic system to file. After creating your own notice form, lugging
out your printer and paper, including a check for royalties, and trekking to
the post office, you complete your mission to file notice for licenses.
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Copyright Office Procedures Are Outdated, Complex, and Slow
Say
you find sheet music for 13 great songs and want to record them for an album. Being copyright savvy, you know you need a
compulsory license. The sheet music has
titles but no listed copyright owners. You can’t find the copyright owners on the
online copyright registry (works from 1978 to the present). Assuming you can’t
stop by the Copyright Office, you pay $165 (or more) to have staff search pre-1978
registrations. Since you still can’t
find the copyright owners, you have to “file notice” with the Copyright Office in order
to license the works. But the Office
provides neither a form nor an electronic system to file. After creating your own notice form, lugging
out your printer and paper, including a check for royalties, and trekking to
the post office, you complete your mission to file notice for licenses.
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Today at 2:00 PM EST, the House Subcommittee on Intellectual
Property is holding a hearing on potential copyright reform.
