Copyright Office Head Denounces Extending Copyright

The head of the US copyright office has accused Congress of making a mistake by extending the length of copyright in America, calling the term too long, and saying that Congress made a big mistake. The remarkable admission came at the tail end of an event held at the UNC Law School on 2 November 2005, when Mary-Beth Peters, the Register of Copyrights, and a panel of copyright scholars, lawyers and bureaucrats convened to deliberate copyright in public