Intellectual property is facing an “immigration” challenge, but has no immigration policy.  That is, there is an increasing trend of […]

Matt Schruers · September 9, 2014

Monday’s announcement that Amazon would acquire Twitch for $1.1 billion was preceded several weeks ago by the gaming platform’s announcement […]

Jonathan Band · August 27, 2014

With the recent Oracle v. Google API case, the intersection of software copyright and competition is once again in the […]

Jonathan Band · May 16, 2014

Lately it seems like it’s all DMCA all the time.  In addition to last week’s hearing on Section 512, and […]

Ali Sternburg · March 19, 2014

As I wrote yesterday, the House Judiciary IP Subcommittee held a hearing today on the DMCA, with several of the […]

Matt Schruers · March 13, 2014

Tomorrow, the House Judiciary’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet is holding a hearing on the safe harbors […]

Matt Schruers · March 12, 2014

What would the Internet be without its intermediaries? Nothing, that’s what. Intermediaries are what carry, store, and serve every speck […]

Cathy Gellis · February 18, 2014

(Previous coverage of DMCA takedown abuse on DisCo may be found here, here, here, and here.) When the U.S. Commerce […]

Matt Schruers · February 5, 2014

Today, more briefs were filed in the Second Circuit appeal of the long-running Viacom v. YouTube litigation, from several public […]

Ali Sternburg · November 1, 2013

We all want a search engine to find information as quickly and accurately as possible–right up to the moment when […]

Rob Pegoraro · October 11, 2013