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 this series on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) proposed Draft News Media Bargaining Code (Draft Code), DisCo […]

Ali Sternburg · October 9, 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

As the Hollywood Reporter describes, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals recently found in favor of digital services in an […]

Ali Sternburg · August 13, 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

The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered Google and Oracle to file supplemental briefs concerning the appropriate standard of review of […]

Jonathan Band · May 4, 2020

Last week, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Internet Archive announced the National Emergency Library (“NEL”), which expanded digital […]

Jonathan Band · April 1, 2020

People practicing social distancing in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have been able to migrate many daily activities to the […]

Jonathan Band · March 23, 2020

This week is Fair Use Week, an annual celebration of the important doctrines of fair use and fair dealing. One of […]

Jonathan Band · February 27, 2020