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 Marissa Ditkowsky,14, sings and plays her guitar at home in Commack, N.Y. The young songwriter has been waiting over a year to copyright her original songs. Problems with a new electronic system at the copyright office in the Library of Congress have created an unprecedented backlog in the number of people waiting to copyright their original writings, songs and other work.
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Syndicate This PageThe envelopes fill white plastic tubs, stacked on hundreds of shelves in the basement of the Library of Congress. They're spreading to a ground-floor space that once housed the gift shop and are clogging offices on the fourth floor. And each day, the mail trucks bring about a thousand more.
Journalism doesn't need a bailout, but it could use a "recovery act."
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Gadget Guidance for 2008 (Post, November 30, 2008)
Google's New Monopoly? (By James Gibson, November 3, 2008)
Cue 'Barracuda' (By Christopher Sprigman and Siva Vaidhyanathan, October 13, 2008)
Help File (By Rob Pegoraro, October 5, 2008)
Giant of Internet Radio Nears Its 'Last Stand': Pandora, Other Webcasters Struggle Under High Song Fees (Post, August 16, 2008)
Scrabulous Gone, Questions Remain: Copyright Battles Heat Up on Web (Post, August 2, 2008)
Who Should Solve This Internet Crisis? (By Robert M. McDowell, July 28, 2008)
E.U. Changes Music Copyright Rules, Benefiting Online Stores (Post, July 17, 2008)
Justice Breyer Is Among Victims in Data Breach Caused by File Sharing (Post, July 9, 2008)
Apple to Take on Movie DVDs: ITunes to Start Selling Films Same Day Discs Are Released (Post, May 2, 2008)
House Bill To Create Anti-Piracy Czar Advances (Post, May 1, 2008)
Record Companies Link Up With MySpace: Once Targets of Lawsuits, Social Web Sites Now Looked to as Music Vendors (Post, April 4, 2008)
Breaking the Law To Get a Break: Social Site Partners With Music Label That Sued It (Post, March 21, 2008)
Waiting for a Blockbuster (By Rob Pegoraro, February 21, 2008)
Pay Per Gig (By Steven Levy, January 30, 2008)
Visions of a Disc-less World (By Rob Pegoraro, January 17, 2008)
Zippity Zune? Nah. (By Rob Pegoraro, November 15, 2007)
Apple in a Fight for Rights to TV Shows: Producers Resist ITunes Price Policy (Post, October 25, 2007)
Self-Appointed Traffic Cop (By Rob Pegoraro, October 25, 2007)
Web Radio Seeks Resolution: Senate Hearing to Take Up Royalty Fees for Online Stations (Post, October 24, 2007)
Standing Up To Takedown Notices: Web Users Turn the Tables on Copyright Holders (Post, October 19, 2007)
With Video, Music Piracy on the Rise, NBC Chief Calls for Tougher Penalties (Post, October 3, 2007)
Online CD Seller Fights Suit: Record Firm Says Its Promotional Albums Are Not for Resale (Post, September 22, 2007)
New Music Model: Free Before Fee: Web Site Links Download Prices to Songs' Popularity (Post, September 15, 2007)
Apple Won't Sell NBC's Fall Shows on iTunes (Post, September 1, 2007)
Music-Selling Rivals Take Aim at iTunes (Post, August 22, 2007)
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A Big Plus From Apple (By Rob Pegoraro, June 14, 2007)
Copyright Silliness on Campus (By Fred von Lohmann, June 6, 2007)
Music Group Offers Some Web Radio Sites a Break (Post, May 23, 2007)
The Sound of Copy Restrictions Crashing (By Rob Pegoraro, May 17, 2007)
Google Wins Appeal on Copyright of Nude Images (Post, May 17, 2007)
Despite Drop in CD Sales, Music Industry Is Upbeat (Post, April 18, 2007)
Taking a Harder Line on Piracy: After Six Years of Talk and Little Action, The U.S. Toughens Its Stance on China (Post, April 10, 2007)
Music Label EMI To Sell Its Songs Online Without Anti-Piracy Limits (Post, April 3, 2007)
Apple Tries to Bridge Computer Desk, Living Room (By Rob Pegoraro, March 29, 2007)
Our Case Against YouTube (By Michael Fricklas, March 24, 2007)
Developing Selective Hearing (By Mike Musgrove, March 18, 2007)
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Microsoft Attacks Google Over Book Search (Post, March 7, 2007)
Time to Face the Music on File Sharing (By Rob Pegoraro, February 15, 2007)
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YouTube: Friend, Foe? (Post, October 31, 2006)
A Messy Age for Music: Confusion Reigns In the Expanding Digital World (Post, October 22, 2006)
Digital, Our Song for the Ages (By Rob Pegoraro, October 22, 2006)
Music Store Cold War (By Frank Ahrens, October 22, 2006)
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New Competitors Can't Measure Up to iPod (By Rob Pegoraro, October 1, 2006)
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Movie Downloads: a Production Worth Skipping (By Rob Pegoraro, September 17, 2006)
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