Bridge Span 14-8: The Copyright Alert System at One

The Copyright Alert System (CAS) has been operating for nearly a year now, and an analysis of its first ten months in action has been released. The CAS is a copyright infringement take down regime that did not require Congressional action, but rather relied on stake holders coming together to address challenges. According to the […]

Bridge Span 14-5: Living in an Aereo World

by Stevan Mitchell

On April 22, the Supreme Court will confront two sub-optimal scenarios when it hears ABC Inc. v Aereo – a case with potentially resounding impact on the relationship between broadcast television and the Internet. Affirming the appeals court decision would unjustly reward cynical lawyering and technological […]

Bridge Span 13-17 The DMCA for Today and Tomorrow

Last week the USPTO and NTIA held a public meeting to discuss five copyright issues raised in the recent green paper titled “Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy” released by the Commerce Department’s Internet Policy Task Force. The Green Paper, and the meeting, divides the discussion into five separate areas. One […]