Today in Copyright History: 2/19
On February 19, 1897, a government appropriations bill established the Copyright Office as a separate department within the Library of Congress and created the position of Register of Copyrights. Before the Library’s Jefferson Building opened the same year, an unceasing flow of deposits piled up in cramped Library quarters.
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Reposted from the History of Copyright Timeline at the U.S. Copyright Office.