Keith Kupferschmid is President and CEO of the Copyright Alliance, a position he has held since 2015. In this role, he is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the Copyright Alliance’s operations—including strategy, government affairs, communications, membership, and liaising with boards and committees. To learn more about his career background and achievements, read Keith's full bio. Below is a compilation of every blog Keith has written for the Copyright Alliance.
A Copyright Alliance Thanksgiving 2022
It’s been over seven years now since I first took on the role as CEO of the Copyright Alliance. For most of those seven years, during the Thanksgiving season, I’ve […]
To Opt Out or Not to Opt Out, That is the Question … for Respondents
There Are Numerous Factors That Every Respondent Should Consider When Deciding Whether to Participate in a CCB Proceeding. A few weeks ago, we published a blog post discussing the 15 […]
Poor Planning by Music Streaming Services Does Not Constitute an Emergency
Many years ago, I had a former boss who had a variety of inspirational quotes mounted on the walls of his office that are now somewhat commonplace to see in […]
Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Filing a Claim with the Copyright Office’s New Small Claims Court
Last week, we published a blog post titled 15 Things You Need to Know About the Copyright Office’s New Small Claims Court that received a huge response. We heard from […]
15 Things You Need to Know About the Copyright Office’s New Small Claims Court
With the U.S. Copyright Office’s new small claims court—the Copyright Claims Board (CCB)—launching on June 16, we thought we’d pass along some of the most important information that copyright owners […]
15 Year Anniversary: An Interview with CEO Keith Kupferschmid
During the month of May, the Copyright Alliance is celebrating its 15th anniversary. To mark the occasion, we asked our CEO Keith Kupferschmid to share his thoughts on this milestone. […]
A SMART New Approach to Combatting Piracy
On March 18, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the SMART (Strengthening Measures to Advance Rights Technologies) Copyright Act of 2022, S. 3880. The bill makes amendments to […]
Supreme Court (Finally) Renders a Copyright Decision That’s Not for the Birds
Court Decision in Unicolors v. H&M a Boon for Individual Creators as Court Closes Administrative Loophole Used by Infringers It was about this time last year that we all were […]
A Copyright Alliance Thanksgiving 2021
I have been at the Copyright Alliance for just over six years now. At this time each year, I’ve taken a step back and made note of various aspects of […]
YouTube Infringement Tools Are All Foam and No Beer for Small Creators (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this blog post, we reviewed several YouTube copyright infringement tools that are available to certain copyright owners. These tools included Content ID, Copyright Match, the Content […]