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.
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YouTube Infringement Tools Are All Foam and No Beer for Small Creators (Part 1)
Everything about YouTube is BIG. It is far and away from the most widely used video-sharing platform and, according to SEMRUSH, is the second-most visited website—with the most-visited being its […]
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Copyright in 2020: The Year in Review
It has become a tradition of sorts for me to wrap up the previous year with a blog highlighting the most significant copyright actions and events of the year. Normally […]
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A Copyright Alliance Thanksgiving
2020 has been a difficult year to say the least. Since 2020 has had enough bad news to complete an entire Billy Joel song, I think it’s more important than ever […]
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Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid and Former Register Maria Pallante Discuss Google v. Oracle
I recently spoke with former Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante about the copyright case Google v. Oracle America pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. Maria served for more than 10 […]
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Q&A with Senator Thom Tillis, Chairman of the Intellectual Property Subcommittee
I recently had the opportunity to share some questions with Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) about a number of critical topics, ranging from DMCA reform to digital video piracy to his […]
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Did you Miss Any of the Major Changes Taking Place at the U.S. Copyright Office?
Don’t worry if you did. We compiled a list of all of them here. Over the past four weeks, there have been major changes taking place at the Copyright Office. […]
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The Emergence of Copyright Looting
We’ve all seen the images on TV and the internet. There’s some natural disaster or protest, or some sports team wins a long-awaited championship. Most people do the right thing […]
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A Copyright Alliance Thanksgiving 2019
By Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid I have been at the Copyright Alliance for just over four years, and the time has flown by. A couple of years ago, in […]
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Why is No One Talking About this Provision of the CASE Act? It’s Because It Benefits Users of Copyrighted Works
The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 (the CASE Act), H.R. 2426 and S. 1273, a bill that would create an optional small claims tribunal within the U.S. […]
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Mid-Year Copyright Review Part 2
It’s July, which means it’s time for our mid-year copyright review in which we look at the progress of copyright issues in Congress, the Courts, the Copyright Office, and abroad. […]