"[T]he extraordinarily complex system created by the Copyright Act and related statutes cannot safely be revised this quickly without risking serious unintended consequences."
"Re:Create, an organization with the stated mission of fighting for "a balanced copyright system that is pro-innovation, pro-creator, and pro-consumer," along with a coalition of seven other copyright and consumer advocacy groups, sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson and the House Administration Committee on December 11 urging Committee Members to slow their consideration of the bill, citing reports that "the House is considering swift passage...possibly on the suspension calendar or through other expedient means.""
"'In the process of reorganizing the Library of Congress, H.R. 6028 changes the functioning of the U.S. Copyright Office and removes important connections between the copyright system and the Library of Congress,' added the letter. 'It would be a grave mistake to take such dramatic action outside of regular order.'"
H.R. 6028 would require the Librarian of Congress to be appointed by a bipartisan congressional commission and would remove the Librarian's authority over the U.S. Copyright Office. Re:Create and seven copyright and consumer advocacy groups urged House leadership to slow consideration of the bill, citing reports of swift passage possibly on the suspension calendar or through other expedient means. The coalition warned that reorganizing the Library would alter Copyright Office functioning and sever important connections between the copyright system and the Library of Congress. Representative H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) introduced the bill. A split D.C. Circuit panel ruled in September that Register Shira Perlmutter can resume office while her lawsuit proceeds.
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