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Executive Director Brandon Butler Provides Details & Takeaways from the Ruling The Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment is not only good law, but it’s also good policy. Cox sets clear and reasonable rules for contributory copyright liability (when a party is liable for another party’s infringement outside of…
Professor Matt Sag, a leading expert on AI and copyright law, has a forthcoming paper in the Duke Law Journal on what he calls AI’s “jagged copyright frontier,” the uneven application of various copyright doctrines like fair use and substantial similarity to AI technology. Sag previews his argument that copyright law’s complexity makes it impossible…
For years, those of us who care about a free and open internet have been sounding the alarm about a legal battle that threatened the very foundation of the free and open internet: Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment. In this high-stakes case, record labels twisted copyright law to try and force internet service…
By Brandon Butler It’s April, spring is in the air, and the Supreme Court got it right in Cox v. Sony: liability for online copyright infringement belongs on the infringer, not on neutral service providers. How refreshing! In bleaker times, Sony had won an exorbitant, absurd billion dollar verdict against the ISP Cox, alleging the…
As this newsletter goes out to you, the House Committee on Administration is set to consider HR 6028, the “Legislative Branch Agencies Clarification Act.” The bill springs from the President’s dismissal of Carla Hayden, who was the Librarian of Congress when he took office in January 2025, and his subsequent attempt to dismiss Shira Perlmutter,…
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