Former Register of Copyrights Barbara Ringer Dies on April 9, 2009
Issue No. 365 - April 13, 2009


Former Register of Copyrights Barbara Ringer died on April 9, 2009, in Lexington, Virginia. She was 83. Ringer was the principal architect of the 1976 Copyright Act and led the Copyright Office in its implementation of the Act. For a complete obituary, go to the Copyright Office website at www.copyright.gov. (Read further information.)