Under current U.S. copyright law, registration of the copyright in a work is not necessary to create the copyright itself. To the contrary, copyright is created the moment the work is fixed in a ...

In a unanimous decision authored by Justice Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the term “full costs” in 17 USC § 505 of the Copyright ...

First the GDPR, now this! The EU has passed the Copyright Directive, a contentious piece of legislation that updates and overhauls online copyright laws in Europe ...

Ten years ago, we participated in a panel discussion called “Rethinking Copyright” at the MIT Futures of Entertainment Conference. The panel’s program ...

A new ruling from the United States Copyright Office that is making the rounds in higher education and blogosphere circles has a simple core meaning: fair use now ...

If you’re concerned that the family of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel regaining part of the copyright to Action Comics #1 means that you’re going to be deprived of new Superman comics or episodes of ...

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Music publishers and artists may finally be seeing some money from the plays their songs get on YouTube. After a four-year legal battle, the National Music Publishers’ Association reached a settlement ...

Hello Eye on AI readers and Happy 2024! As many of you know, I was on leave for the past several months, working on a book about the generative AI revolution and all its potential ramifications. The ...

The 2021 Copyright Amendment Bill signed into law by President Mr Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday promises higher revenues for artistes. The Bill, published by the National ...

On March 4, 2019, the US Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision authored by Justice Kavanaugh in Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc., finding that the term ...