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Panel 6: Unanticipated Consequences of New Technologies and Practices

Posted on April 30, 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 30, 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 30, 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Futures of the 1976  R. Anthony Reese, UCI School of Law Fundamental change: eliminating common-law copyright for unpublished works and unifying the regime at creation.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 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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