[A2k] IP-Watch: Golan Case May Put US In Violation Of International Copyright Treaties

[Perlman, Marc]

At the risk of repeating information that has already been posted elsewhere=
:

The Copyright Office is under the Library of Congress, which is part of the=
 legislative branch.  The PTO is under the executive branch.  Only the exec=
utive branch can negotiate international treaties; hence the PTO needs a co=
pyright section, in order to deal with international copyright issues.

Best,
Marc Perlman

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ional  Copyright Treaties


      The details were posted earlier on this thread.

Is this what you mean?

    SUMMARY: The United States Copyright Office (Copyright Office) and the
    United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) seek comment on the
    topic of facilitating access to copyrighted works for ``blind or
    persons with other disabilities''

It is strange that the PTO is involved in a copyright matter.  Does
anyone know why?  I wonder if the PTO wants to muscle in on copyright
law and redefine itself as an "intellectual property" agency.