Marybeth Peters, the register of copyrights at the U . S . Copyright Office, told the industry publication Billboard recently, " artists absolutely had the right to reclaim them ."
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"' Thorvald Solberg "'( April 22, 1852 July 15, 1949 ) was the first Register of Copyrights ( 1897 1930 ) in the United States Copyright Office.
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"' William Lincoln Brown "'( 1862 & ndash; 1940 ) was the second Register of Copyrights ( 1934 & ndash; 36 ) in the United States Copyright Office.
24.
Registration of copyright with the Copyright Office is not obligatory, but if registration has taken place the Register of Copyrights gives " prima facie " evidence of the particulars entered therein ( s . 42 ).
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A retirement notice in the 1937 annual report of the Register of Copyrights described Brown as " a quiet and competent administrator, a man of high personal ideals, and a strong sense of duty and justice ."
26.
Registration of copyright with the Copyright Office is not obligatory, but if registration has taken place the Register of Copyrights gives " prima facie " evidence of the particulars entered therein ( s . 60 ).
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The Library of Congress, through both the Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyrights, is responsible for authorizing exceptions to Section 1201 of Title 17 of the United States Code as part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
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"' Richard Crosby De Wolf "'( 1875 1947 ) was acting Register of Copyrights from 1944 1945 and one of the first United States copyright law scholars to suggest a completely disjunctive reading of the Copyright Clause.
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It took some by surprise that Maria Pallante, the Register of Copyrights, has called on Congress to examine many aspects of copyright for the 21st century due to the vast changes brought about by the Internet and the variety of of electronic communication.
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After being interviewed by President William McKinley, Solberg was appointed by Librarian of Congress John Russell Young and took office as the first Register of Copyrights on July 22, 1897, with an annual salary of $ 3000 and a staff of 29 clerks.
