The U.S. Copyright Office: The Next Two Years

摘要

In late October, the United States Copyright Office, under the leadership of Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante, published its priorities and special projects for the next two years. In its plan, the Copyright Office announced that it would conductstudies on the following topics: 1. Making small claims court an option for copyright owners. Adopting small claims court procedures would provide those who cannot otherwise initiate a copyright infringement action with a forum to do so. This study is already under way, and the Copyright Office is accepting comments from the public until 16 January 2012. See www.copyright. gov/docs/smallclaims for details.