The Recording Academy has announced a new initiative to facilitate leadership roundtables between music creators and Maria Pallante, the Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office. The initiative is a response to Pallante’s stated goal of hearing from stakeholders on all sides of the copyright discussion. The Academy initiative, which will begin in New York on Jan. 14, 2014, and continue to other Academy Chapters whenever the Register or her senior team are in town, will feature roundtables with leading performers, songwriters and studio professionals.
Appointed to lead the Copyright Office in 2011, Pallante serves as a key advisor to Congress during its review of copyright law. In recent testimony before Congress, review of copyright in Washington, it is extremely important that it be informed by the voices of creators,” said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. “We are grateful that Ms. Pallante is eager to hear from music makers and honored to be able to assist in this effort.”
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