28 March 2019Copyright

US Copyright Office makes acting director permanent

The Library of Congress has named Karyn Temple as register of copyrights and director of the US Copyright Office, two and a half years after she became the acting register.

Temple, who worked as associate register of copyrights from 2013 until she became acting register in October 2016, became the 13th permanent register of the office yesterday, March 27.

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden said: “Karyn has done a superb job as acting register for the last two and a half years, leveraging her skills as both a copyright lawyer and accomplished manager to provide excellent leadership for the Copyright Office.”

Before joining the Copyright Office in 2011, Temple served as senior counsel to the deputy attorney general of the US. During this time, she helped formulate the US Department of Justice’s policy on legal issues and assisted in managing its task force on IP.

Temple said: “It is an extremely exciting time for copyright law and the US Copyright Office, with historic revisions to the music licensing system to address the digital age, updates to our regulatory practices, and modernisation of the office's technology and business processes all happening now.”

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