| October 22, 2020 |
Sovereign Immunity Study Reply Comments U.S. Copyright Office SUMMARY: 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. |
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| September 2, 2020 |
U.S. Copyright Office SUMMARY: 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, the Copyright Alliance launched a public survey and conducted interviews with a number of individual creators and organizations that have encountered state infringement. The comments demonstrate compelling evidence that remedies against state infringement are inadequate, and urge that the Copyright Office recommend, and that Congress enact, legislation that abrogates state sovereign immunity pursuant to Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. |
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| August 5, 2020 |
Modernizing Recordation of Notices of Termination SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance submitted comments in response to the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Notification of Inquiry published by the U.S. Copyright Office regarding proposed amendments to regulations governing the recordation of notices of termination, and related practice updates. |
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| June 15, 2020 |
Online Publication Reply Comments SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance filed reply comments regarding the U.S. Copyright Office’s Notice of Inquiry (NOI) on the determination of a work’s publication status for registration purposes. |
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| June 1, 2020 |
U.S. Copyright Office SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance filed comments in response to the Notice of Inquiry (NOI) published by the U.S. Copyright Office in the Federal Register on March 3, 2020, raising additional questions as a follow-up to its October 2018 NOI on registration modernization. |
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| May 6, 2020 |
The White House; Office of Science and Technology Policy SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance filed comments with the Office of Science and Technology Policy in response to a request for information regarding approaches for ensuring public access to the peer-reviewed scholarly publications, data, and code that result from federally funded scientific research. |
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| March 30, 2020 |
Letter to the White House in Response to OSTP Policy Proposal The White House SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance sent a letter to President Trump on February 18 expressing concerns with an Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) proposal that would strip authors and publishers of their copyrights. Specifically, the letter is in response to a proposed policy that would eviscerate the copyrights of journal publishers throughout the country by requiring them to make peer-reviewed articles that report on federally funded scientific research freely available to the public immediately upon publication. Among other things, the letter explains that peer-reviewed journal articles are worthy of copyright protection and that the proposed policy represents a significant regulatory intervention in the private marketplace that already gives copyright owners only one year to commercialize their works. Ultimately, the letter warns that adopting the proposed policy would do significant damage to established markets and the U.S. economy. |
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| March 19, 2020 |
U.S. Copyright Office SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance filed comments with the U.S. Copyright Office in response to its notice of inquiry on online publication. |
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| January 10, 2020 |
Comments on Intellectual Property Protection for Artificial Intelligence Innovation U.S. Patent and Trademark Office SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance filed comments with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on the impact of artificial intelligence on copyright law and policy. |
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| December 16, 2019 |
Enforcement of Copyrights and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act U.S. Customs and Border Patrol SUMMARY: The Copyright Alliance submitted comments to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regarding a proposal to amend CBP regulations “pertaining to importations of merchandise that violate or are suspected of violating the copyright laws, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).” |