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No One Is in Charge at the US Copyright Office
During a wild time for copyright law, the US Copyright Office has no one at the helm—and no one knows when that will change.
Following Hayden’s ouster, Newlen emailed LOC staff asserting that he was the acting Librarian—never mentioning Blanche—and noting that “Congress is engaged with the White House” on how to proceed. In a filing on Tuesday, defendants argued that the president does indeed have the authority to fire and appoint the Librarian of Congress, and that his appointees then have the ability to choose a new Copyright Register. A source close to the MLC told WIRED that the organization does indeed need to be recertified, but that the law doesn’t require the recertification process to be completed within a specific time frame, so it will be able to continue operating as usual.
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