The US House of Representatives has passed by voice vote on June 8 the bill known as the Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act (HR 6028), which will redefine the way the Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyrights/Director of the US Copyright Office (USCO) are appointed. The bill will now be sent to the Senate for further consideration. Under the new legislation, introduced by Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), the Librarian of Congress will be appointed by Congress’ leader...

Canada’s broad­cast reg­u­lator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), has modified rules applied large TV stream­ing ser­vices by tripling the share of revenues generated in Canada to be invested into local content. In 2024, the CRTC required online broadcasters to make a base contribution of 5% of their Canadian revenues to support the broadcasting system. As part of the implementation of the modernised Broadcasting Act (the Act), which requires the CRTC to mo...

Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) has reintroduced the Protect Working Musicians Act of 2026, a legislation designed to empower small independent artists and music creators by giving them the ability to collectively negotiate with both streaming platforms and generative artificial intelligence (AI) developers for fair compensation. First introduced in September 2023 and updated for the AI age, the bill, cosponsored by Representatives Steve Cohen (TN-09) and Lloyd Doggett (TX-35). aims at addre...