Zvi Rosen on the History of Copyright Registration

In this episode, Zvi S. Rosen, Visiting Scholar and Professorial Lecturer in Law at George Washington University School of Law, discusses his article "An Empirical Study of 225 Years of Copyright Registrations," which he co-authored with Richard Schwinn, Research Economist at the U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Advocacy. Rosen and Schwinn's article "presents the first complete record of US copyright registrations from 1790 through 2015, using all available records of registrations and renewals to paint a picture of copyright law and its intersection with creativity and the economy." Rosen describes how the process of copyright registration and the nature of works registered has changed over time. And he explains how the data he and Schwinn collected and analysed sheds new light on the history of the creation of works of authorship in the United States. Rosen is on Twitter at @zvisrosen. His scholarship is available on SSRN. And he blogs at "Mostly IP History." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.