<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">For anyone that's interested, the U.S. Copyright Office third and final roundtable on this, 'Copyright' is tomorrow, Jan 31 at 10:00 EST (15:00 UTC) <a href="https://loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_60h3yo4iROOg1zn69n7sVQ">https://loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_60h3yo4iROOg1zn69n7sVQ</a><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div class="msg-7934239733311191866"><u></u>
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