Policy

It’s never been more challenging to be an independent music performer or songwriter. Before the pandemic, the number of full-time songwriters in one of our music cities, Nashville, had already […]

In August, the courts were ablaze with issuing big decisions in several major copyright cases, including one on AI and copyright authorship. Here is a quick snapshot of the copyright-related […]

In July, there were several Congressional hearings on copyright law issues and a flurry of new AI class-action lawsuits. Here is a quick snapshot of the copyright-related activities that occurred […]

On July 12, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property held a hearing to discuss some of the issues and possible solutions relating to copyright and generative artificial intelligence […]

June 2023 marked the one-year anniversary of the small copyright claims tribunal, the Copyright Claims Board (CCB). Meanwhile, Congress kept busy on AI issues and a major class-action lawsuit on […]

In May, the U.S. Supreme Court finally issued its long-awaited decision in the Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith case, reining in the transformative use test under the first fair use […]

In yesterday’s blog (Part 1), we covered five of the first 10 most important takeaways from the recent Supreme Court decision in Andy Warhol Foundation (AWF) v. Goldsmith. Today, we […]

Last week’s Supreme Court decision in Andy Warhol Foundation (AWF) v. Goldsmith sent a thunderbolt throughout the copyright community unlike anything we have seen in decades. When the Court issued […]

On May 17, Sy Damle, a former General Counsel (GC) at the U.S. Copyright Office, was one of five witnesses who testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s IP Subcommittee hearing, […]

Yesterday, the Supreme Court, in a 7-2 opinion written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, found that the purpose and character of the Andy Warhol Foundation’s (AWF) use of Lynn Goldsmith’s photograph […]