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Panel 6: Unanticipated Consequences of New Technologies and Practices

Posted on April 17, 2026 by rtushnet

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act Jennifer Urban, UC Berkeley Law (Speaker and Moderator) Daniel Gervais, Vanderbilt Law: Copyright act as undergirding licensing architectures for AI. © rights are inert without … Continue reading →

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Panel 5: Copyrightable Subject Matter and the Special Problem of Software

Posted on April 17, 2026 by rtushnet

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act Pamela Samuelson, UC Berkeley Law (Moderator and Speaker): discusses history (in which she was intimately involved as an intellectual powerhouse). From uncertainty over whether software … Continue reading →

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Copyright Act Panel 4: The Shifting Line Between Federal and State Protection

Posted on April 17, 2026 by rtushnet

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976  R. Anthony Reese, UCI School of Law Fundamental change: eliminating common-law copyright for unpublished works and unifying the regime at creation. Contemporaries like Ralph Sharp Brown saw … Continue reading →

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Panel 3: The Scope of Exclusive Rights and Modes of Enforcement

Posted on April 16, 2026 by rtushnet

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act Erik Stallman, UC Berkeley Law (Moderator) Christopher Sprigman, NYU Law: Restatement of ©: assumes perspective of common law court, attentive to and respectful of precedent … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 16, 2026 by rtushnet

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act Panel 2: The Role of the Author and the Acquisition and Duration of Their Rights Molly Van Houweling, UC Berkeley Law (Moderator) Tyler Ochoa, Santa … Continue reading →

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29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act: Origins of the Copyright Act

Posted on April 16, 2026 by rtushnet

29th Annual BTLJ-BCLT Spring Symposium: Origins, Evolution, and Possible Futures of the 1976 Copyright Act [apologies—seriously delayed flight means my notetaking will be bad.] Panel 1: Origins of the 1976 Copyright Act Peter Menell, UC Berkeley Law (Speaker and Moderator): … Continue reading →

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FTC mostly succeeds in avoiding dismissal of claims against Uber; states must replead

Posted on April 15, 2026 by rtushnet

Federal Trade Comm’n v. Uber Technol., Inc., 2026 WL 976077, No. 25-cv-03477-JST (N.D. Cal. Apr. 10, 2026) Since November 2021, Uber has offered a subscription plan called Uber One, typically $9.99 a month or $96 annually with automatic charging and … Continue reading →

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A thin record prevents ruling on a thin copyright

Posted on April 10, 2026 by rtushnet

Viann’K Mansur LLC v. Estiloisabella LLC, 2026 WL 952416, No. H-23-2914 (S.D. Tex. Feb. 26, 2026) “The parties in this case sell elaborate ball gowns for quinceanera parties, the celebration of a Latin American girl’s fifteenth birthday.” Defendant Etilolsabella LLC, … Continue reading →

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Reading list: The Vanishing Enforcer: Consumer Protection in an Era of Dual Retrenchment

Posted on April 9, 2026 by rtushnet

Alisher Juzgenbayev, The Vanishing Enforcer: Consumer Protection in an Era of Dual Retrenchment, 120 Nw. U. L. Rev. 1449 (2026). Abstract Recent developments, including reductions in the federal workforce, effective suspension of certain enforcement activities, and attempted centralization of independent … Continue reading →

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prefacing statements with “allegedly” or calling them “estimates” doesn’t make them nonfalsifiable opinion

Posted on April 9, 2026 by rtushnet

V Shred, LLC v. Kramer, 2026 WL 895614, No. 2:25-cv-01341-CDS-DJA (D. Nev. Apr. 1, 2026) V Shred is a health and wellness company specializing in “online exercise training programs, exercise apparel, and nutritional supplements.” Kramer is a social media influencer … Continue reading →

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