On December 22, 2020, Senate IP Subcommittee Chairman Thom Tillis released a discussion draft that would rewrite Section 512 of […]

Jonathan Band · December 22, 2020

The omnibus spending bill just passed by Congress contains two provisions relating to copyright law—one largely unobjectionable, the other highly […]

Jonathan Band · December 22, 2020

Universal Music Publishing Group’s purchase of the copyrights to 600 of Bob Dylan’s songs for over $300 million demonstrates the […]

Jonathan Band · December 11, 2020

In yesterday’s oral argument in Google v. Oracle, several Justices expressed serious concerns that an Oracle victory could lead to […]

Jonathan Band · October 8, 2020

On October 7, 2020, the Supreme Court will hold oral argument in Google v. Oracle, potentially one of the most […]

Jonathan Band · September 24, 2020

When TikTok selected Oracle as its technology partner in response to President Trump’s executive order that the Chinese firm ByteDance […]

Jonathan Band · September 18, 2020

On August 7, 2020, Oracle and Google each submitted “letter briefs” to the Supreme Court on the appropriate standard of […]

Jonathan Band · August 10, 2020

On June 16, 2020, President Ramaphosa of the Republic of South Africa referred the Copyright Amendment Bill (“CAB”), which had […]

Jonathan Band · July 6, 2020

One of the main criticisms of the Copyright Office (“the Office”)’s report on Section 512 of Title 17 is that […]

Jonathan Band · July 2, 2020

Tuesday’s hearing in the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property on Section 512 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) […]

Jonathan Band · June 4, 2020