The following post comes from Cala Coffman, a 2L at Scalia Law and Research Assistant at C-IP2. At the recent C-IP2 conference entitled IP on the Wane: IP on the […]
[Archived Post] Senate IP Subcommittee Considers the Role of Private Agreements and Existing Technology in Curbing Online Piracy
The following post comes from Liz Velander, a recent graduate of Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at CPIP. By Liz Velander In mid-December, the Senate Intellectual Property Subcommittee, led […]
[Archived Post] Professor Ross E. Davies on the “Ebb and Flow in Safe Harbors”
CPIP has published a new policy brief by Professor Ross E. Davies entitled Ebb and Flow in Safe Harbors: Some Exemplary Experiences Under One Old Statute and One New. Prof. […]
[Archived Post] Senate IP Subcommittee Hearing Addresses Intersection of DMCA and Fair Use
The following post comes from Yumi Oda, an LLM Candidate at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at CPIP. By Yumi Oda As part of its year-long review of the […]
[Archived Post] Senate IP Subcommittee Hearing on DMCA Exposes Notice-and-Takedown Problems for Artists and Authors
The following post comes from Yumi Oda, an LLM Candidate at Scalia Law and a Research Assistant at CPIP. By Yumi Oda On June 2, the Senate Subcommittee on Intellectual […]
[Archived Post] Scalia Law Students and CPIP Scholars Make an Impact in Copyright Office Section 512 Study
The U.S. Copyright Office released its long-awaited report on Section 512 of Title 17 late last week. The Report is the culmination of more than four years of study by […]
[Archived Post] Twenty Years Later, DMCA More Broken Than Ever
With Section 512 of the DMCA, Congress sought to “preserve[] strong incentives for service providers and copyright owners to cooperate to detect and deal with copyright infringements that take place […]
[Archived Post] How the Supreme Court Made it Harder for Copyright Owners to Protect Their Rights—And Why Congress Should Fix It
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Fourth Estate v. Wall-Street.com, a case examining the registration precondition to filing a suit for copyright infringement in the […]
[Archived Post] Another Huge Setback in CloudFlare’s Quixotic Campaign to Protect Pirate Sites
Last August, I wrote about CloudFlare’s “desperate new strategy” to protect MP3Skull, a notorious pirate site that was sued by various recording companies for copyright infringement. CloudFlare offers content delivery […]
[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 […]