On a related note, here is a description of Maria Pallante&#39;s lecture on &quot;The Next Great Copyright Act&quot;: <a href="http://policynotes.arl.org/post/45438311615/notes-from-register-pallantes-the-next-great#_=_">http://policynotes.arl.org/post/45438311615/notes-from-register-pallantes-the-next-great#_=_</a><br>

<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 6:48 PM, Stephen LaPorte <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:slaporte@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">slaporte@wikimedia.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

<div>Hello all,</div><div><br></div><div>The U.S. Register of Copyrights, Maria Pallante, is testifying next Wednesday about updates to U.S. Copyright Law: <a href="http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/113th/hear_03202013.html" target="_blank">http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/113th/hear_03202013.html</a> Techdirt expects Pallante to call for a reduction in copyright term. More here: <a href="http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130315/09225322338/surprise-register-copyrights-expected-to-call-reduction-copyright-term.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130315/09225322338/surprise-register-copyrights-expected-to-call-reduction-copyright-term.shtml</a></div>

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