| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Hillary Benson |
Associate General Counsel | Profile |
DTSA is a diverse culture of exemplary professionalism. DTSA`s workforce collaborates at the ever-changing intersection of international security, global trade, and emerging technologies to provide international Allies and partners, intra-departmental and interagency stakeholders, and industry with entrepreneurial responses to multi-dimensional challenges.
The United States Copyright Office, and the position of Register of Copyrights, were created by Congress in 1897. The Register directs the Copyright Office as a separate federal department within the Library of Congress, under the general oversight of the Librarian, pursuant to specific statutory authorities set forth in the United States Copyright Act. Earlier in the Nation`s history, from 1870-1896, the Librarian of Congress administered copyright registration (at that time mostly books) directly, and earlier still, from 1790-1896, U.S. district courts were responsible for doing so. Today, the Copyright Office is responsible for administering a complex and dynamic set of laws, which include registration, the recordation of title and licenses, a number of statutory licensing provisions, and other aspects of the 1976 Copyright Act and the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act. By statute, the Register of Copyrights is the principal advisor to Congress on national and international copyright matters, testifying upon request and providing ongoing leadership and impartial expertise on copyright law and policy. Congress relies upon, and directs, the Copyright Office to provide critical law and policy services, including domestic and international policy analysis, legislative support for Congress, litigation support, assistance to courts and executive branch agencies, participation on U.S. delegations to international meetings, and public information and education programs. The past few years have been particularly active, as Copyright Office lawyers assisted Congress with more than twenty copyright review hearings and prepared numerous timely reports, including for example, The Making Available Right in the United States, Copyright and the Music Marketplace, Software-Enabled Consumer Products, and Orphan Works and Mass Digitization. As of early 2017, the Copyright Office has approximately 400 employees, the majority of whom examine and register hundreds of thousands of copyright claims in books, journals, music, movies, sound recordings, software, photographs, and other works of original authorship each year. In fiscal year 2016, the Office processed over 468,000 claims for registration, issued over 414,000 registrations, received 91percent of claims via our online application system, and collected $30 million in fees from registration. The Office also acts as a conduit for the Library, providing certain works of authorship, known as copyright deposits, to the Library for its collections. In fiscal year 2016, the Office forwarded more than 636,000 works, worth a net value of $35.6 million, to the Library. During calendar year 2016, the Office collected over $244 million in royalty payments from compulsory and statutory licenses under sections 111, 119, and 1003. In recent years, the Office has taken steps, through a set of public discussions, to propose ways to modernize the Copyright Office by examining relationships between the law, regulations, registration practices, technology, access to data, and the evolving copyright marketplace. Finally, the Copyright Office works regularly with the Department of Justice, the Department of State, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the Department of Commerce, including the Patent and Trademark Office, and the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator.
Attorney General Xavier Becerra is calling on attorneys and special agents from all sectors to help defend California`s policies. From healthcare, to immigration, to consumer affairs, and the environment, no one anticipated the extent to which federal executive actions would impact the People of California and the California Department of Justice. Join the hardworking men and women at the California Department of Justice doing unmatched work in protecting our great state. Don`t miss this opportunity to help Attorney General Xavier Becerra hold the federal government accountable and ensure California continues to lean forward.
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Whether you are interested in developing a new business in Union County, Illinois, or would like information and assistance on growing your existing business, UCEDC is here to help you. Located in the southernmost part of Illinois, Union County welcomes your business investment with attractive locations, available work force, and business-positive county and municipal governments. It shall be the mission of the Union County Economic Development Corporation to promote regional growth in the Union County area by capitalizing on the region`s assets and pooling the resources of those communities located in the county to enable recruitment and retainment of business and industry vital to the economic future of the region.