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No, the Copyright Office 's statements are not law, but they are the ones who execute the law and who process copyright registrations, so it’s not like their statements are meaningless. They won’t change unless there is litigation that forces a change, or Congress changes the law, or maybe different leadership gets appointed with a different interpretation. Their guidance is all that ordinary copyright registrants can act on, without incurring the expense of a lawsuit (or buying a Senator).

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Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

They won’t change unless there is litigation that forces a change, or Congress changes the law, or maybe different leadership gets appointed with a different interpretation.

This isn’t true, the office is proactively exploring and evolving its understanding of this topic and are actively seeking expert and public feedback. You shouldn’t expect this to be their final word on the subject.

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- dhork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Well, yeah, if the office decides to change their own interpretation based on feedback, they will. But that’s in their own control, while the other things I cited are ways for outsiders to force a change.
  
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  - Even_Adder@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    You just made it seem like they weren’t going to do anything else unless they were forced to.
    
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