today, the Senate considers bipartisan legislation to make a number of improvements in the way the Copyright Office functions. This bill will also clarify certain areas of copyright law to provide certainty, and make technical corrections to the Code. The Copyright Office has done a terrific job, as it always does, assisting Congress in finding inefficiencies in the law and recommending appropriate changes. I appreciate the Senate acting swiftly to pass this bill. This bill is another bipartisan effort to improve the copyright laws. Similar to the Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendments Act, today's legislation makes commonsense improvements to the copyright system that will make it more efficient. Congress should work in a bipartisan fashion to find inefficiencies and correct them. We are doing that today. The provisions of the bill fall into three categories: those designed to make the Office's operations more efficient; those designed to clarify issues of copyright law made unclear either by recent court decisions or by ambiguities in the statute; and those that are technical.
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The speaker addresses bipartisan legislation to improve the Copyright Office and clarify copyright law.
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