The Copyright System in the US

Public Knowledge has a superb report on the Copyright Office. For those of us who often wonder why Government is such a mess one need look no further than the Copyright Office, and from a left wing group at that.

As PK states:

After only two years of operation, the eCO program now has a backlog of approximately 6 months. This backlog is tremendously shorter than that for the paper filing process, which currently has a backlog of 22 months. These backlogs only apply to properly submitted applications. If the application is not organized correctly, or is incomplete, it is sent back to the applicant and must be resubmitted.

Yes, for any of you who have tried on line Copyright registration it is quicker to have 12th century monks transcribe your book on vellum than to get a copyright from the Government! Good job PK!