Marybeth Peters has served as the United States Register of Copyrights since August 7, 1994. From 1983-1994 she held the position of Policy Planning Advisor to the Register. She has also served as Acting General Counsel of the Copyright Office and as chief of both the Examining and the Information and Reference divisions. A frequent speaker on copyright issues, Ms. Peters is the author of The General Guide to the Copyright Act of 1976.

Ms. Peters received her undergraduate degree from Rhode Island College and her law degree, with honors, from The George Washington University Law Center. She is a member of the bar of the District of Columbia.

Ms. Peters is an active member of The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. She is also a member of the Intellectual Property Section of the American Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association, including the Computer Law Section, the DC Computer Law Forum, and the Computer Law Association, where she is a member of the board of directors.

Ms. Peters has served as a lecturer in the Communications Law Institute of The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law and as adjunct professor of copyright law at The University of Miami School of Law and at the Georgetown University Law Center.

Ms. Peters served as a consultant on copyright law to the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, from 1989-1990.