16
May
2017
ABS v. CBS – Why the 9th Circuit Should Correct the District Court’s Mistake Regarding Sound Recordings
Even more than most, this post is my opinion only, and reflects views and opinions that should only be imputed to me.... Read More
12
May
2017
The (First) Register of Copyrights and the Drafting of the 1909 Copyright Act
This is something I’d like to do as a law-review style article or book chapter at some point. But that could take... Read More
6
May
2017
Pre-1870 Copyright Records from the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress
The Rare Book Room isn’t the only part of the Library of Congress with copyright records from before copyright was entrusted with... Read More
26
Apr
2017
The Copyright Office’s Amicus Brief from Mazer v. Stein
A short post for World IP Day, now nearly over. In part of the run-up to the Star Athletica argument, I had a... Read More
20
Apr
2017
Transcripts of Supreme Court Oral Arguments from Before OT1955 – They Exist!
Folks who follow the law have usually heard about the Oyez Project, which is the result of the titanic effort to digitally... Read More
6
Apr
2017
Announcing the Release of Over 2,000 Pages of Lost Pre-1870 Copyright Records
This post is fairly long, and I don’t want to bury the lede, so here it is: I’ve tracked down and digitized... Read More