Karyn A. Temple (previously Karyn Temple Claggett) is an attorney who served as the 13th United States

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, appointed to the position on March 27, 2019. Temple was Acting Register of Copyrights from October 21, 2016 to March 26, 2019, when Librarian of Congress

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promoted her to Register of Copyrights and Director of the United States Copyright Office. She announced her resignation on December 9, 2019, effective January 3, 2020.

Education

Temple earned her BA in English from the

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, in Ann Arbor. She earned her J.D. from

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, where she was a

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of the

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and a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

Career

Temple served as senior counsel to the deputy attorney general of the United States. She also worked for the Recording Industry Association of America and at the law firm Williams & Connolly, LLP. She began her legal career as a trial attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Division through its Honors Program and was a law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Temple has served as Associate Register of Copyrights and director of policy and international affairs for the United States Copyright Office since January 30, 2013. She directed the Office of Policy and International Affairs, which represents the Copyright Office at meetings of government officials concerned with the international aspects of intellectual property protection, and she provided regular support to Congress and its committees on statutory amendments and construction. Prior to that, she served as

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in the Office of Policy and International Affairs. She is, according to

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, "seen as being evenhanded on the kinds of intellectual property issues that have become contentious in the digital age." The Professional Photographers of America say that she "has demonstrated a thoughtful approach to copyright policy and to opyrightOffice management overall." In December 2019, the Copyright Office announced that Temple was leaving the Office to join the Motion Picture Association, effective January 3, 2020. On December 18, Librarian of Congress

appointed Maria Strong as acting register to serve until a replacement for Temple is found.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Temple, Karyn American women lawyers Living people United States Registers of Copyright Year of birth missing (living people) Columbia Law School alumni 21st-century American women