Shiva Stella , Public Knowledge; Public Knowledge Opposes Blatant Move To Steal Copyright Office for Executive Branch
"Today, the House Administration Committee marked up the “Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act,” a bill introduced by Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) to make the Register of Copyrights a position appointed by the president instead of the Librarian of Congress. The bill follows President Trump’s attempt to terminate the Register of Copyrights in 2025.
The following can be attributed to Meredith Rose, Senior Policy Counsel at Public Knowledge:
“This bill is a naked power grab on behalf of the White House. It claims to solve the very real problem of the Copyright Office’s constitutional authority – but its solution to the complex administrative and constitutional issues is to simply say, ‘haha, mine now,’ and snag it and the Register’s role for the executive branch.
“The one comfort is that this bill – the product entirely of House leadership and the White House working behind closed doors – has no chance of success. At a moment when Congress has a full suite of issues it could be addressing, it chooses to waste time on a pointless, unclear bill that is dead on arrival.”"
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