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October 29, 2025

A note from Re:Create: Reddit Sells Out

I spent this past weekend at a punk festival in Gainesville, Florida, reminiscing with some old friends who were playing a show there after a 20+ year hiatus. Inevitably, we all reflected on the ways that we and many of our friends had changed since we were idealistic kids. Though we had mostly wound up…
October 28, 2025

Statutory Damages & Why It Matters

Statutory Damages: In addition to actual damages, i.e. their provable losses caused by infringement plus the infringer’s provable additional profits from infringement, the Copyright Act allows rightsholders to seek so-called ‘statutory damages,’ which do not require proof of harm and ensure a minimum recovery of $700 per work infringed, but can reach as high as…
October 24, 2025

Summarizing Sony Supporters Amici Briefs in Cox v. Sony

This week marks the latest development in the Cox Communications, Inc., et al. v. Sony Music Entertainment case, with amicus briefs filed by eleven Sony supporters. These briefs argue generally that Cox should be held contributorily liable for copyright infringement by its users because its termination policy for alleged repeat infringers was inadequate. They generally call for a broad…
October 17, 2025

Re:Create Joins ALA, ARL, EFF in Amicus Brief in Support of Petitioners in Cox v. Sony

In the landmark Supreme Court case, Cox v. Sony Re:Create joined coalition members American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in an amicus brief in support of the petitioners in Cox v. Sony.
October 16, 2025

Sony Submits Brief in Cox v. Sony

Yesterday, Sony Music Entertainment filed its brief in the landmark Supreme Court case Cox Communications Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, which will determine whether internet service providers (ISPs) can be held liable for subscribers’ alleged infringement. Last month, Re:Create, ALA, ARL and EFF filed an amicus brief in support of Cox Communications, arguing that the Fourth Circuit’s decision improperly expanded secondary…
October 7, 2025

A note from Re:Create: Stripped for Parts Profiles the Heroes Standing Up to Journalism’s Real Enemies

This Saturday is the DC broadcast premier (Saturday, 10/11 at 9:30pm on WETA) of Stripped for Parts, a new documentary* by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Rick Goldsmith that tells the story of working journalists who expose and heroically resist Alden Global Capital, the vulture hedge fund that takes over their newspapers and, well, strips them for parts. Some…
October 3, 2025

Myth-Busting the Copyright & AI Training Debate

In recent months, large news publishers, content conglomerates, and groups of Hollywood stars all have made claims that misrepresent the balance of U.S. copyright law and its application to AI training. Below we explore some of these misleading narratives and the facts that clarify the reality of copyright law.
October 2, 2025

Mapping Media Control: A Cautionary Tale of Consolidated Journalism

To the average consumer, local news may seem…local – but in reality, a few hedge funds – many of which have little knowledge or interest in supporting local journalism – and large media conglomerates own and operate most of the newsrooms shaping local headlines. In 2022, Re:Create published a blog post revealing the unparalleled influence of just…