Sovereign Immunity Study Reply Comments

Post publish date: October 22, 2020

The Copyright Alliance filed reply comments in response to a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) by the U.S. Copyright Office initiating a public study on the degree to which copyright owners are experiencing infringement by state entities without adequate remedies under state law. Highlighting data presented in our initial comments, the comments also refute arguments made by organizations that submitted comments in opposition of abrogating sovereign immunity. The reply comments conclude that the previous round of comments provided sufficient evidence to support the abrogation of state sovereign immunity and that the comments opposed to abrogation are neither persuasive nor supported by sufficient evidence.