John Riley

At the Copyright Office, John Riley has contributed to several major policy studies, including the Copyright Small Claims and Copyright and the Music Marketplace reports; authored several important regulations, including those implementing the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act of 2020 and Music Modernization Act of 2018; and provided counsel in significant copyright litigation matters, including multiple cases before the Supreme Court. He earned bachelor's degrees in Political Science, English, and Communications Arts and Sciences from Penn State University, has a JD from the Dickinson School of Law, an LLM in Intellectual Property Law from the George Washington University Law School, and is a member of Leadership Music's Class of 2023.