Copyright Office Hosts State Sovereign Immunity Roundtables
Background On Friday, December 11th, the U.S. Copyright Office held a series of four roundtable discussions, with an additional open mic session, as part of its ongoing study on state sovereign […]
Senate Hearing Explores the Role of Private Agreements and Existing Technology in Curbing Online Piracy
Background On Tuesday, December 15, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing titled “The Role of Private Agreements and Existing Technology in Curbing Online Privacy.” The purpose of this […]
Media Coverage of Google v. Oracle Oral Arguments Recounts Tough Day in Court for Google
On October 7th, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the much-anticipated Google v. Oracle America copyright dispute that has been winding its way through lower courts for the past […]
Google v. Oracle: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in “Copyright Case of the Decade”
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Google v. Oracle America-a case that’s been ongoing for more than a decade. Before we delve into the arguments, let’s get […]
House Judiciary Hearing Reveals Need for Copyright Law Updates
Last week, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing titled Copyright and the Internet in 2020: Reactions to the Copyright Office’s Report on the Efficacy of 17 U.S.C. ¤ 512 […]
Senate DMCA Hearing Explores the Current State of Section 1201
On Wednesday, the Senate IP Subcommittee held a fifth hearing in its ongoing investigation into the viability of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) twenty-two years after its enactment. Titled Are […]
Senate Hearing Explores the Intersection of Fair Use and the DMCA: Part II
[This post is the second of two covering this week’s Senate Subcommittee on IP hearing, titled”How Does the DMCA Contemplate Limitations and Exceptions Like Fair Use?”. For a summary of […]
Senate Hearing Explores the Intersection of Fair Use and the DMCA: Part I
Yesterday, the Senate IP Subcommittee held a fourth hearing in its ongoing investigation into the viability of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) twenty-two years after its enactment. Titled How […]
Allen v Cooper: The Epilogue: The Copyright Office Embarks on a Journey to Determining Just How Bad the State Copyright Infringement Problem Is.
On May 29, the U.S. Copyright Office issued a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) for public comment on the extent to which copyright owners experience infringement of their works by states […]
Update on a Proposed System for Accessing Domain Name Registration Data for Copyright Enforcement Update on a Proposed System for Accessing Domain Name Registration Data for Copyright Enforcement
As you may be aware, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) manages policy and technical implementation and oversight of the global Domain Name System (DNS – i.e. […]