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No One Is in Charge at the US Copyright Office

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156 points rntn | 1 comments | 28 Jun 25 17:20 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ronsor ◴[28 Jun 25 19:19 UTC] No.44407371[source]▶
Copyright is finally being deprecated as it should be.

I'm still waiting for an update on the final removal timeline.

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kelnos ◴[28 Jun 25 20:04 UTC] No.44407723[source]▶
That's a dangerous assumption to make. Dropping staffing levels at the US copyright office doesn't change the law. The next administration (or even this one, given how fickle Trump can be) may ramp up enforcement again and go after people committing violations during the current period.

And it's not like copyright outside the US is a wild west; most national and international copyright regimes in the developed world are based on the US's system (often because the US has strong-armed other countries to comply).

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1. tw04 ◴[28 Jun 25 22:35 UTC] No.44408750[source]▶
> go after people committing violations

At this point it’s a bold assumption they’ll go after people violating anything. It’s become apparent the decade of accusations of “weaponizing government” was a projection and the only people they’ll go after are people they consider enemies, whether they’re breaking any laws or not.

That’s the beautiful part of a puppet Supreme Court, you don’t actually need to worry about the laws, you can just make it up as you go.