Earlier this month, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a bewildering set of comments in response to the Copyright Office’s […]

Project Disco · November 27, 2023

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

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

Seth D. Greenstein is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Constantine Cannon, whose practice concentrates on intellectual property […]

Seth Greenstein · June 23, 2020

Today the U.S. Copyright Office is hosting another roundtable on Section 512 of the Copyright Act as part of their […]

Ali Sternburg · April 8, 2019

The U.S. Copyright Office sought public input on revisions to its internal procedures on Friday, proposing language that highlighted the […]

Jacqueline Yin · March 18, 2019

In its recent report on Section 1201 of Title 17, the Copyright Office amended—in a positive way—its prior interpretation of […]

Jonathan Band · July 6, 2017

Earlier this week, I discussed how the Copyright Office’s report on Software-Enabled Consumer Products did not adequately address the adverse […]

Jonathan Band · December 22, 2016

The U.S. Copyright Office’s report on the role of copyright in the development and use of software-enabled consumer products, released […]

Jonathan Band · December 20, 2016