Copyright Office, George Mason University School of Law Form Academic Partnership

The Copyright Office and George Mason University School of Law's Arts Entertainment Advocacy Clinic formed an academic partnership, the school said Friday in a news release. Arts and Entertainment Clinic law students are collaborating with the CO to examine how changes in distribution technology and other permission may affect authors' moral rights, GMU Law said. Students are working with the CO to field public inquiries on registration, recordation and other copyright issues, the school said. The CO and GMU Law also plan a joint symposium this spring, GMU Law said. “The partnership between the clinic students and the Copyright Office will both serve the needs of the Office and give students experience they will need to practice in this area of law,” Arts and Entertainment Advocacy Center Director Sandra Aistars said in the news release. “Students will have an unprecedented view into how the Office administers copyright law for the benefit of authors and users of works.”