Derek Khanna, copyright reform activist and driving force behind FixCopyright.com, has published a new op-ed piece on WashingtonPost.com entitled “Let artists, innovators and the public define our copyright system.” As has been the case with other pieces Khanna has authored, the reaction to this op-ed from the perspective of someone pro-copyright, (and yes, someone whose…
This week, the Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee of the House Committee on the Judiciary began its “comprehensive review” of U.S. copyright law, kicking things off with a hearing that included testimony from a handful of legal scholars and attorneys whose views on copyright are quite divergent. Witnesses for the subcommittee’s first hearing included…
Over on Forbes.com today, Tim Worstall asks: {W}hy is the US near unique in not having a system whereby the loser picks up both sets of legal bills? His question comes in the context of thinking of ways to prevent copyright trolling, and the sort of copyright trolling that Prenda Law has been up to,…
Over on Ars Technica today, Timothy Lee has published an interesting piece called “Five ways Congress should improve the copyright system,” and while I’m not in complete agreement with the measures Lee suggests, I find them fairly reasonable, overall. Lee hits some familiar notes; current statutory damages for copyright violation are excessive, copyright terms are…
