A Conversation with MariaPallante on the Life and Legacy ofFormer Register of CopyrightsMarybeth Peters

• Date: 01 June 2023
• Author: Rebeccah Gan

June 27, 2023FEATURE

A Conversation with Maria

Pallante on the Life and Legacy of

Former Register of Copyrights

Marybeth Peters

Interview by Rebeccah Gan

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©2023. Published in Landslide, Vol. 15, No. 4, June/July 2023, by the American

Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This

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Marybeth Peters, who directed the United States Copyright Oce with

distinction from June 1994 to December 2010, died on September 29, 2022, at

the age of 83. After her retirement, Marybeth became aliated with Muncy,

Geissler, Olds & Low, where Rebeccah Gan is a principal. Rebeccah caught up

with another former Register, Maria Pallante, who served in the position from

January 2011 to October 2016 and was a close friend and colleague of

Marybeth. Maria currently leads the Association of American Publishers, a

national policy organization.

Rebeccah: Marybeth Peters lived such an interesting life, as have you.

Maria: Yes, thank you, Rebeccah, and thank you to Landslide for the invitation

to interview. Everyone interested in copyright should know about Marybeth.

She served 16 years as Register and some 45 years in the Copyright Oce.