Washington, D.C. – In response to reports that House leaders are working to push H.R. 6028, the Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act, to passage before year’s end, Re:Create Executive Director Brandon Butler issued the following statement:
“We urge Congress to halt the rushed passage of H.R. 6028, which risks serious unintended consequences by separating the U.S. Copyright Office from the Library of Congress. This move would have a drastic effect on technological innovation and on all Americans’ free speech rights, creative freedoms, and educational opportunities. As such, the bill must proceed through regular order with careful deliberation and input from all impacted communities, not through a fast track process.”
Re:Create and a broad cross-section of groups dedicated to balanced copyright and a free and open internet raised these concerns in a letter to the House Administration Committee.
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About Re:Create: Re:Create is a coalition comprised of a broad membership of think tanks, advocacy organizations, libraries, technology companies – large and small – that serves as the leading coalition united in the fight for a balanced copyright system that is pro-innovation, pro-creator, and pro-consumer. Not every member of the Re:Create Coalition necessarily agrees on every issue, but the views we express represent the consensus among the bulk of our membership.