Biographies of the Registers of Copyright
Marybeth Peters, 1994-Present
Barbara Ringer, Acting Register 1993-1994
Ralph Oman, 1985—1993
Donald Curran, Acting Register 1985
David Ladd, Register 1980-1985
Barbara Ringer, 1973-1980
Abe A. Goldman, Acting Register 1973
George D. Cary, Register 1971-1973
Abraham L. Kaminstein, 1960—1971
Arthur Fisher, Register 1951-1960
Sam Bass
Warner, 1945—1951
Richard Crosby De Wolf,
(acting) 1944—1945
Clement Lincoln Bouvé, 1936—1943
William Lincoln Brown, 1934—1936
Thorvald Solberg, 1897—1930
Copyright Law
Copyright Act of 1790
Copyright
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