Copyright Office Needs Better Resources, More Budget Autonomy, Register of Copyrights Tells House Subcommittee

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The “next great copyright act” will require “a few years of solid drafting and revision” to get right,nMaria Pallante, U.S. Register of Copyrights, told the House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property duringna hearing Wednesday. Pallante urged members of the subcommittee to write the law in a way that allowsnit to be flexible so the Copyright Office can adapt the law to keep up with changing technology. Debatesnover copyright law should “get out of Washington,” Pallante said. She suggested the debate’s participantsn“go somewhere like Nashville, where people make a living writing songs from their kitchen tables.”