The Privacy Shield had been the four-year-old mechanism under the protection of which EU companies have been sending personal information about EU citizens to the United States for processing.

On Sept 21st, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced Shira Perlmutter will be the nation’s 14th Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office.

With Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, saying that she would be appointing a new Register by the end of summer, and the application period having been closed for almost two months, the appointment of a new Register seems to be imminent.

Under the EU Digital Single Market Directive, as a rule, both platforms and uploading users need proper licenses.

CCC salutes and celebrates the historic milestone passed recently by the US Copyright Office: its 150th year of continuous operation.