The Copyright Office as a Legislative Agency

The panel plans to explore the consequences, if any, to a potential holding by the Supreme Court in Perlmutter v. Blanche that the Copyright Office is part of the Legislative branch of the U.S. government. Panelists may discuss the history and scope of legislative agencies and their difference from executive agencies. The webinar plans to cover both theoretical and practical points, including the impact on the Office’s staffing, rule-making, royalty-setting, and other authorities. While the litigation in question may conclude on other grounds, the event aims to identify areas of change and similarity if the Supreme Court were to affirm the holding of the D.C. Circuit.