Residual ambiguities about the permissioning required under the 1976 Act led to a highly publicized case against a very large US-based corporation, Texaco.

It seems safe to forecast that there will be a lot to talk about this year when it comes to copyright and related developments, and that in this respect at least, 2021 will look a lot like previous years.

‘Publishing’ and ‘licensing’ are not separate concepts; publishing is a particular species of licensing, with its own increasingly varied industry practices that have evolved over time.

Keith Kupferschmid kicks off 2021 with the most important moments in copyright we experienced this past year.

Learn the importance of licensing in relation to publishing, the origins of collective licensing as a business model, and how CCC was established to help licensees access high-value content while ensuring appropriate remuneration back to publishers and other rightsholders with our new ebook.

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.