I am looking forward to hosting a keynote conversation with Grammy-winning composer, performer, songwriter, best-selling author, and essayist Rosanne Cash this week at CPIP’s The Evolving Music Ecosystem conference. One […]
[Archived Post] Stream Ripping Emerges as the New Face of Music Piracy
Cross-posted from the Mister Copyright blog. As formats change and advances in technology continue to transform the way we listen to music, new methods of pirating content are never far behind. […]
[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] Three Years Later, DMCA Still Just as Broken
By Matthew Barblan & Kevin Madigan In 2013, CPIP published a policy brief by Professor Bruce Boyden exposing the DMCA notice and takedown system as outdated and in need of […]
[Archived Post] Attacking the Notice-and-Staydown Straw Man
By Devlin Hartline Ever since the U.S. Copyright Office announced its study of the DMCA last December, the notice-and-staydown issue has become a particularly hot topic. Critics of notice-and-staydown have […]
[Archived Post] Notice-and-Staydown and Google Search: The Whack-A-Mole Problem Continues Unabated
By Devlin Hartline After my last post discussing the necessity for notice-and-staydown to help copyright owners with the never-ending game of whack-a-mole under the DMCA, I was asked to clarify […]
[Archived Post] Endless Whack-A-Mole: Why Notice-and-Staydown Just Makes Sense
By Devlin Hartline Producer Richard Gladstein knows all about piracy. As he recently wrote for The Hollywood Reporter, his latest film, The Hateful Eight, was “viewed illegally in excess of […]
[Archived Post] Let’s Get Real About Kim Dotcom: The Indictment Clearly Alleges Felony Copyright Infringement
By Devlin Hartline & Terrica Carrington After countless delays, the extradition hearing against Kim Dotcom began yesterday in New Zealand. Dotcom has been indicted on several charges, including criminal copyright […]