Legislator Calls for Clarifying Copyright Laws – New York Times

Arguing that Congress has an obligation “to preserve fairness and justice for artists,” John Conyers, the senior Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, has called for a revision of United States copyright law to remove ambiguities in the current statute about who is eligible to reclaim ownership rights to songs and sound recordings.

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