Marybeth Peters

Prior to serving as register, Peters held the positions of Policy Planning Adviser to the Register, Acting General Counsel of the Copyright Office and as chief of both the Examining Division and the Information and Reference Divisions. In addition to over 40 years of service to the Copyright Office, Peters served as a consultant on copyright law to the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland (1989–1990). She obtained her B.S. degree from Rhode Island College in 1961^[1] and her J.D., with honors, from The George Washington University Law School in 1971.^[1]

Peters retired on December 31, 2010.^[2] She was succeeded by Maria Pallante, previously senior adviser to the Librarian of Congress.^[3] After leaving the Copyright Office, she was an Intellectual Property Advisor with the law firm Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe.^[4]

Peters died September 29, 2022, at the age of 83.^[5]

• "Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, Biographical Information". U.S. Copyright Office. Archived from the original on January 9, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
• "Marybeth Peters". Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
• "Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters Receives Lifetime Achievement Award". News from the Library of Congress. March 27, 2006. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
• Nierman, Judith (November 2010). "Marybeth Peters Reflects on 16 Years as Register of Copyrights" (PDF). Copyright Notices (Special Edition). U.S. Copyright Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2011. Retrieved December 31, 2010.
• Marybeth Peters Interview at NAMM Oral History Library (2006)

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