Pro Codes Critics Have It Exactly Backwards
The Protecting and Enhancing Public Access to Codes (Pro Codes) Act was recently reintroduced in the Senate with bipartisan support, and right on cue, a familiar chorus of opposition has […]
Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from March 2026
Brace yourselves for this copyright news roundup. March 2026 was one of the busiest months in recent memory for the copyright world, with huge developments on critical copyright issues that […]
Meta Proposes Expanding Fair Use to Excuse its Commercial-Scale Piracy
In the era of AI apologists and tech maximalism, it’s hard to be surprised by the arguments some AI companies make to excuse their unauthorized use of millions upon millions […]
Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from February 2026
In February 2026, the U.S. Copyright Office published its long-awaited statutorily mandated report evaluating the three-year old Copyright Claims Board (CCB). Courts were also busy, as at least six new […]
Late Night Post Could Reflect AI’s Ebbing Fortunes in the Administration
On February 27, Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael took to X to voice his frustration with Anthropic due to disagreements between the US military and the […]
Top Noteworthy Copyright Stories from January 2026
To kick off 2026, there were some big developments arising from two copyright cases in addition to two new AI copyright lawsuits being filed—bringing the number of total AI and […]
Copyright in Congress: 2025 Year in Review
In 2025, the 119th Congress began a new session, reintroducing copyright bills from prior Congresses in addition to introducing completely new pieces of copyright-related legislation. Most Congressional activities in 2025 […]
AI Copyright Lawsuit Developments in 2025: A Year in Review
The rapid development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) models over the past few years has given rise to now over 70 infringement lawsuits by copyright owners against AI companies. While […]
Copyright Cases: 2025 Year in Review
In 2025, most of the headlines about copyright lawsuits focused on AI copyright cases. While some big developments occurred in those cases, there were also a few key non-AI copyright […]
Bringing Law and Order to the AI Wild West
To anyone who has been following AI copyright-related news lately, it is crystal clear that we are entering the next chapter of the AI and copyright story—the licensing phase. The […]
