Education

With the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual Property’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) hearings now underway, there’s a lot of information being presented in oral testimonies, written submissions, articles, blogs, infographics, […]

Being familiar with the basic principles of copyright and fair use is an essential element of modern digital literacy  after all, students are interacting with digital media in lots ways […]

Neil Turkewitz posted the following blog in honor of World IP Day 2018, in keeping with WIPO’s theme that year of Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity. We are pleased […]

Note: this blog was originally posted by the U.S. Copyright Office. It’s safe to assume that at some point most, if not all, of us have read or seen something […]

As we celebrate Black History Month throughout February, I can’t help but think back fondly on writer, poet, singer and civil rights activist Dr. Maya Angelou. Although Dr. Angelou passed […]

As the supply of high-quality digital movies and TV shows online has increased through services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, so too has the prevalence of illicit streaming websites, apps […]

On January 15, the U.S. Copyright Office held an event called Copyright and Social Justice, part of the Copyright Matters series. As the title suggests, the topic was the intersection […]

Whether you’re a creator, a creative community advocate, an attorney or an interested spectator, those plugged into the copyright arena typically take a look back at the end of each […]

Sadly, we hear many stories of copyright infringement from creators. It’s frustrating! You pour your blood, sweat and tears into your work. Whether for a lack of understanding or a […]

Pop Quiz! What do Taylor Swift and Kanye West have in common? Other than their Video Music Awards (VMAs) history, and that they are both musicians, they both have registered […]