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Under the 1976 Act, federal copyright requires only a fixation of an original work of authorship in a tangible medium of expression. Renewal is not compulsory, and a copyright owner can register at any time. The 1976 Act makes registration (or refusal of registration [8]) a requisite for an infringement action.
Only former Register to return to service as acting Register; 11 Marybeth Peters: August 7, 1994: December 31, 2010: 5,991 days – Maria Pallante: January 1, 2011: May 31, 2011: 151 days Acting Register; 12 June 1, 2011: October 21, 2016: 1,970 days – Karyn Temple: October 21, 2016: March 26, 2019: 887 days Longest serving acting Register (2 ...
The purpose of copyright registration is to place on record a verifiable account of the date and content of the work in question, so that in the event of a legal claim, or case of infringement or plagiarism, the copyright owner can produce a copy of the work from an official government source.
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Registration is not required to establish copyright protection, but registration is necessary before bringing a lawsuit. Registration is also useful because it creates a presumption of a valid copyright, it allows the plaintiff to collect enhanced "statutory damages", and to be eligible for an award of attorney fees.
For a work for hire, the copyright in a work created before 1978, but not theretofore in the public domain or registered for copyright, subsists from January 1, 1978, and endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication, or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first. [30]