Copyright Office to End Pandemic-Related Registration Timing Adjustments

The Copyright Office said Wednesday it will discontinue copyright registration timing adjustments mandated under the 2020 Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act at the end of 2021. “Some of these adjustments have been extended several times,” and the remaining adjustments were scheduled to expire Friday, Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter said in a declaration. “I have determined, and therefore declare, that there is no evidence of a need for continued adjustments as a result of disruptions to the copyright system” caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.