On February 17, 2017, CPIP Senior Scholar Sandra Aistars filed an amicus brief in Oracle v. Google, a copyright case currently before the Federal Circuit. Prof. Aistars worked in conjunction […]
[Archived Post] Shaping Fair Use to Promote Fair Markets
By Bhamati Viswanathan How does fair use policy in copyright law affect markets for the production and distribution of creative works? As we come to the end of Fair Use […]
[Archived Post] Can Copyright Help Fight Censorship in China?
By Bhamati Viswanathan Free expression in China has long been a fraught concern for the entertainment industry. Last year, Chinese regulators forbade local companies from working on foreign films that […]
[Archived Post] IP Scholars Explain Why We Shouldn’t Use SurveyMonkey to Select Our Next Register of Copyrights
By Kevin Madigan In a letter submitted to House Judiciary Committee today, nine IP scholars (organized by CPIP’s Sandra Aistars) express their support for the Committee’s proposal to modernize the […]
[Archived Post] How IP Helps Individuals
By Maryna Koberidze This is the second in a series of posts summarizing CPIP’s 2016 Fall Conference, “Intellectual Property and Global Prosperity.” The Conference was held at Antonin Scalia Law […]
[Archived Post] Intellectual Property Backgrounds of President Trump’s Potential Supreme Court Nominees
By Andrew Baluch[1] & Devlin Hartline President Donald Trump will soon announce his nominee to fill the vacancy left at the Supreme Court by late Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. On […]
[Archived Post] Creative Upstarts and Startups: How IP Creates Opportunities and Opens Doors
By Maryna Koberidze This is the first in a series of posts summarizing CPIP’s 2016 Fall Conference, “Intellectual Property & Global Prosperity.“ The conference was held at Antonin Scalia Law […]
[Archived Post] Librarians’ Contradictory Letter Reveals an Alarming Ignorance of the Copyright System
By Kevin Madigan On December 14th, a group of librarians sent a letter to Congress explaining why they believe the Copyright Office should remain under the control of the Library […]
[Archived Post] Digital Single Market Must Protect the Rights of All Authors and Publishers
Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. In 2015, the European Commission unveiled a plan to “create a free and secure digital single market” that would expand and standardize the EU’s digital […]
[Archived Post] Content Thief Turned Content Creator Rails Against Piracy
Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. Last week, YouTube celebrity (yes, that’s a thing now) Olajide “JJ” Olatunji posted an expletive-filled tirade aimed at those illegally downloading his new movie “Laid […]