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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Futures of the 1976  R. Anthony Reese, UCI School of Law Fundamental change: eliminating common-law copyright for unpublished works and unifying the regime at creation.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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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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Commemorating 50 Years of the Copyright Act, part 3

Posted on April 4, 2026 by rtushnet

STLR Panel 2: Litigating Fair Use in Copyright Zahr Said: Substantial similarity is confused. Sedlik is a good example. Laudable for concurrences to recognize need for reform in this crummy, confusing test, but that’s not reflected in the case itself. … Continue reading →

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Commemorating 50 Years of the Copyright Act, part 2

Posted on April 3, 2026 by rtushnet

The 1976 Copyright Act: Mostly Evolutionary, Not Revolutionary Tyler Ochoa 1790 Act adopted the Statute of Anne—not radical even though it was the first for the US. Similar here—major changes, but not radical. Expanded subject matter; protection on creation/fixation instead … Continue reading →

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Commemorating 50 Years of the 1976 Copyright Act, Stanford Law School

Posted on April 3, 2026 by rtushnet

The Copyright Act at 50: Evolution and Impact Shira Perlmutter Copyright Act took a long time, with input from lots of interest groups and attention to detail—hundreds of contending and overlapping interests were involved. Hard to imagine this process today. … Continue reading →

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