The US Library of Congress’ Copyright Office offering a free call to help artists

PORTLAND, Ore. - Oct. 23, 2014 - PRLog -- On Wednesday, November 12, 2014, an attorney from the US Library of Congress’ Copyright Office will be the featured guest on the Art Licensing Info Ask Call.   Artists have submitted questions regarding the copyright submission process, legal aspects of copyright and more.  Anyone can dial in and listen live to this free, information-packed, hour long call.

“There is so much confusion and so many differing opinions about how to protect art from being used for profit without permission,” Tara Reed, who organizes the calls explained.  “I’m really excited about this call because I believe having someone from the Copyright Office will help sort out a lot of misconceptions and get enough interest that artists will be better educated on the subject.”

The U.S. Copyright Office, and the position of Register of Copyrights, were created by Congress in 1897 as a separate department of the Library of Congress. Twenty-two years earlier, Congress removed copyright registration from the district courts and centralized it in the Library of Congress. Today, the Copyright Office has approximately 390 employees, the majority of whom examine and register hundreds of thousands of copyright claims in books, music, movies, software, photographs, and other works of authorship each year. In fiscal year 2011, the Office processed more than 700,000 registration claims.

The Office’s registration system and the companion recordation system constitute the world’s largest database of copyrighted works and copyright ownership information.

The call will be held on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 11 am Pacific / 2 pm Eastern.  Artists are invited to join and listen live and the audio replay will also be available for free following the call.  Register for the details and to be sent the replay link when it is ready at: http://AskAboutArtLicensing.com/ask-copyright-office/