Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy (Green Paper)

On July 31, 2013 the Commerce Department posted a press release describing its green paper designed to update copyright policies for the Internet Age. Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy (Green Paper) "is a product of the Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force (IPTF) with input from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)." It is billed as "most thorough and comprehensive analysis of digital copyright policy issued by any administration since 1995."

The Green Paper can be found online at: http://www.uspto.gov/news/publications/copyrightgreenpaper.pdf.