From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 20:31:12 -0400

Here's a fresh posting that outlines a sensible interpretation of the
developments at LC.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161031/16531435930/conspiracy-theories-run-amock-over-copyright-office-executive-changes.shtml


On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 8:55 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: Rick Anderson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 00:25:40 +0000
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> For what it’s worth, Billboard is reporting (citing “several sources,” all unnamed) that Pallante was not told about her change in jobs prior to the public announcement, and subsequently came to work to find that she’d been locked out of the LC computer system:
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> http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7556764/maria-pallante-departure-copyright-congress
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> Billboard is something of a biased source, of course, given that it’s a music-industry paper.
>
> Speaking of biased sources, Digital Music News believes that Google was behind the firing:
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> http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/10/24/pallante-dismissed-copyrights-office-google/
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> From the other end of the bias spectrum, the Public Knowledge blog excoriated the Copyright Office generally and Pallante in particular in a posting this past August, characterizing the Copyright Office as a “captured agency”:
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> https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/the-growing-list-of-how-the-copyright-office-has-failed-us
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> So yeah, it seems like these political waters are somewhat shark-infested. There’s going to be some fierce Congressional lobbying from both sides of the IP divide over the next few months.
>
> ---
> Rick Anderson
> Assoc. Dean for Collections & Scholarly Communication
> Marriott Library, University of Utah
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> On 10/25/16, 5:07 PM, "LibLicense-L Discussion Forum on behalf of LIBLICENSE" wrote:
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> From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 14:53:28 -0700
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> There's a lot of buzz around this story today.  A few days ago, it was
> a less marked story about a personnel shift.  Now it has taken on
> political overtones.
>
> I'm struck remembering that during Hayden's hearing for confirmation,
> a Missouri legislator seemed to take for granted that the Copyright
> Office doesn't belong in LC at all; many people I respect think
> there's no traction for a move, but this feels like the part of the
> movie where the music gets a little more dramatic and the camera
> angles suggestive.
>
> I have to think that Hayden herself is smart and well-advised and is
> acting thoughtfully, and I have confidence she'll steer towards a good
> strategy.  But there might be sharks in that water.
>
> Jim O'Donnell
>  ASU
>
>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     From: Gary Price <[log in to unmask]>
>     Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 2:09 PM
>     Subject: Maria Pallante Resigns from U.S. Copyright Office
>
>     From Politico:
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>     "Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante submitted her resignation to
>     Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Monday, a Library spokesperson
>     confirmed. Pallante had been removed as head of the Copyright Office
>     on Friday and was reassigned to be a senior adviser for digital
>     strategy — but she’s not taking the job. In a statement, House
>     Judiciary Committee leaders Bob Goodlatte and John Conyers called her
>     departure “a tremendous loss” for the office and for American
>     creators. The lawmakers, who are in the middle of a broad review of
>     copyright law, also suggested it might be time for a reassessment of
>     how the register of copyrights is selected — right now, the decision
>     is up to the Librarian of Congress. We’re tracking."
>
>     Source URL:
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>     http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-tech/2016/10/how-the-fcc-could-factor-into-at-t-time-warner-217039
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>     Statement by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.)
>     and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.)
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>     https://judiciary.house.gov/press-release/goodlatte-conyers-statement-resignation-maria-pallante/
>
>     Gary D. Price, MLIS
>     Co-Founder and Editor, Library Journal's infoDOCKET
>     Information Industry Analyst
>     Librarian