{"entity":"us-copyright-office","id":"ent_us-copyright-office","name":"United States Copyright Office","predicate":"chair","label":"chair","page":"https://asof.is/record/us-copyright-office/chair","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"As of November 1, 2026, United States Copyright Office's chair on the AsOf record is Shira Perlmutter, dated October 26, 2020, from a primary source (copyright.gov) and one further source (news.bloomberglaw.com). The record holds 5 claims on United States Copyright Office's chair, 1 still open and 4 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.","current":["clm_B5EFA6EDDA34"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_C256B6785668","value":"Marybeth Peters","valid_from":"1994-08-07","valid_to":"2010-12-31","published":null,"recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.95,"status":"superseded","assertable":true,"superseded_by":"clm_64BC612F0DE1","sources":[{"url":"https://www.copyright.gov/about/registers/peters/peters.html","tier":"primary","publisher":null,"published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1784058","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-29","quote":"Marybeth Peters served as Register of Copyrights from August 7, 1994, through December 31, 2010.","url":"https://www.copyright.gov/about/registers/peters/peters.html"}},{"id":"clm_64BC612F0DE1","value":"Maria A. 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Appointed by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on March 27, 2019, Temple leads a 400-person workforce","url":"https://www.copyright.gov/about/leadership/karyn-temple.html"}},{"id":"clm_B5EFA6EDDA34","value":"Shira Perlmutter","valid_from":"2020-10-26","valid_to":null,"published":"2020-10-26","recorded":"2026-10-29","confidence":0.6,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://copyright.gov/newsnet/2020/857.html","tier":"primary","publisher":"U.S. Copyright Office","published_at":"2020-10-26T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/high-court-lets-stand-order-restoring-copyright-registers-job","tier":"secondary","publisher":"news.bloomberglaw.com","published_at":"2026-06-30T00:00:00+00:00"}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-29","quote":"U.S. Copyright Office Welcomes New Register Issue No. 857 - October 26, 2020 The U.S. Copyright Office welcomes Shira Perlmutter today as 14th Register of Copyrights and Director of the U.S. Copyright Office.","url":"https://copyright.gov/newsnet/2020/857.html"}}],"replaced":[{"claim":"clm_C256B6785668","value":"Marybeth Peters","valid_from":"1994-08-07","valid_to":"2010-12-31","replaced_by":"clm_64BC612F0DE1","replaced_by_value":"Maria A. Pallante","replaced_from":"2011-06-01"},{"claim":"clm_64BC612F0DE1","value":"Maria A. Pallante","valid_from":"2011-06-01","valid_to":"2016-10-21","replaced_by":"clm_BCB642C0B71F","replaced_by_value":"Karyn A. Temple","replaced_from":"2016-10-21"},{"claim":"clm_BCB642C0B71F","value":"Karyn A. Temple","valid_from":"2016-10-21","valid_to":"2019-03-27","replaced_by":"clm_8AB6BA52D057","replaced_by_value":"Karyn A. Temple","replaced_from":"2019-03-27"},{"claim":"clm_8AB6BA52D057","value":"Karyn A. Temple","valid_from":"2019-03-27","valid_to":"2020-01-03","replaced_by":"clm_B5EFA6EDDA34","replaced_by_value":"Shira Perlmutter","replaced_from":"2020-10-26"}],"faq":[{"question":"What is United States Copyright Office's current chair?","answer":"Shira Perlmutter, dated October 26, 2020, from a primary source (copyright.gov) and one further source (news.bloomberglaw.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.60)."},{"question":"When did United States Copyright Office's chair last change?","answer":"The latest value on the record is Shira Perlmutter, dated October 26, 2020; before it the record holds Karyn A. Temple, dated March 27, 2019 and closed on January 3, 2020."},{"question":"What was United States Copyright Office's chair before Shira Perlmutter?","answer":"Karyn A. Temple, valid from March 27, 2019 to January 3, 2020 (status superseded), from a primary source (copyright.gov)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}