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Studios, Labels and Scholars Say the Fifth Circuit Botched Vetter
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Published: July 19, 2026 22:56
Five new amicus briefs urge the Supreme Court to undo the Fifth Circuit's worldwide-reversion rule, warning it would sow international chaos while quietly stripping foreign creators of the very rights it claims to expand.
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What’s Up With Copyright Lately?: Summer Breeze Edition
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Published: July 13, 2026 06:25
Reaction videos, reggaetón riddims, nine-year-old tweets, and a poet's second loss to Taylor Swift. The courts spent the run-up to summer clearing their dockets. Here's what piled up.
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Double Shot’s Last Call: Will SCOTUS Review Worldwide Copyright Termination?
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Published: June 22, 2026 04:24
Four major music companies bought into a disputed copyright, hired a Supreme Court heavyweight, and filed a cert petition arguing that the Fifth Circuit sent U.S. termination rights on an unauthorized world tour. Now comes the hard part: getting four…
Kat Von D Tattoo Case Headed for En Banc Review
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Published: June 9, 2026 21:18
The Ninth Circuit granted en banc rehearing in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg, vacating the panel opinion and putting "total concept and feel" on the chopping block.
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Judge’s First Take Favors Denims—But Will It Survive the Recut?
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Published: June 7, 2026 23:02
Tentative reactions to a tentative ruling: court’s draft order would hand Twitch streamer Denims a fair use win in Ethan Klein's reaction-video lawsuit, but the analysis it skipped could matter later.
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Cox and Effect: Why Volitional Conduct Is AI Copyright’s Next Battleground
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Published: June 1, 2026 05:35
Dismissals, dueling summary-judgment briefs, and the first post-Cox AI rulings show how fast Cox v. Sony Music is reshaping copyright litigation—and where the next fight is heading.
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Hatewatch This Space: Catching Up With Ethan Klein’s Reaction Video Lawsuits
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Published: May 18, 2026 06:12
A year after Klein sued three Twitch streamers over their Content Nuke reactions, only Denims is still fighting—and her motion for judgment on the pleadings raises a fair use question no reaction video case has squarely addressed.
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Tenth Circuit Redeems Itself in ‘Tiger King’ Fair Use Case
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Published: May 1, 2026 18:18
A replacement opinion affirms Netflix’s fair use of a one-minute funeral clip—and gives documentary filmmakers the post-Warhol roadmap they’ve been waiting for.
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Cox v. Sony Music Comes to Hollywood
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Published: April 13, 2026 04:27
The Supreme Court’s newest copyright decision is already being used to argue that an AI video generator trained on major studio content should be treated the same as an internet service provider.
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Supreme Court Draws a Hard Line on Contributory Infringement in Cox v. Sony Music
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Published: March 26, 2026 02:23
The Supreme Court just killed "knowledge plus material contribution" as a basis for contributory liability, rewriting the rules for secondary copyright infringement. AI defendants are already taking notes.
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