At Book Expo’s Wednesday morning State of the Industry: Publishing and Copyright Policy, participants were in agreement on something to like about the Trump administration: It has offered a level playing field for copyright policy so far. This is seen as a shift from the Obama administration, which was, as Copyright Alliance ceo Keith Kuperschmidt put it, “somewhat enamored with Silicon Valley,” and Google in particular. “We played a lot of defense” during the Obama administration, he added, while with the current administration, “we’re still in a wait and see mode.” Kuperschmidt noted that no copyright bills passed the House during the […]
