Copyright Bill Passes

Posted on 4/27/2017 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (0)

If you think nothing ever happens in Congress, you’re wrong! On April 26th the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1695, a bill that proposes making the Register of Copyrights a Presidential appointee, confirmed by the Senate. This is a first step toward modernizing the U.S. Copyright Office.

Now this bill must go on to the Senate and, if passed there, go to President Trump for his final approval. A total of 739 letters urging support for the bill were sent to Representatives of districts all across the country through the Rally Congress portal.


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