VALANCOURT BOOKS, LLC v. GARLAND

No. 21-5203.

82 F.4th 1222 (2023)

VALANCOURT BOOKS, LLC, Appellant, v. Merrick B. GARLAND, Attorney General and Shira Perlmutter, in her Official Capacity as the Register of Copyrights of the U.S. Copyright Office, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 29, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. McNamara , argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Jeffrey H. Redfern , and James D. Jenkins .

Michael J. Mazzone , was on the brief for amici curiae Zvi S. Rosen , and Brian L. Frye , in support of appellant.

Jacqueline C. Charlesworth , was on the brief for amicus curiae Association of American Publishers, Inc. in support of appellant.

David Bookbinder , was on the brief for amicus curiae the Niskanen Center in support of appellant.

Laura E. Myron , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were Brian M. Boynton , Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Daniel Tenny , Attorney.

Jonathan Band , and Erik Stallman , were on the brief for amici curiae American Library Association, et al. in support of appellees.

Before: Srinivasan, Chief Judge, Henderson, Circuit Judge, and Edwards, Senior Circuit Judge.


Under Section 407 of the Copyright Act, the owner of the copyright in a work must deposit two copies of the work with the Library of Congress within three months of its publication. The Copyright Office enforces Section 407's deposit requirement by issuing demand letters informing non-complying copyright owners that they...

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