Report Finds New Creative Economy Is Thriving. The Re:Create Coalition released its second annual report on the economic value of the new creative economy this week, which found that 16.9 million independent, American creators earned a baseline of $6.8 billion from posting their music, videos, art, crafts and other works online in 2017. The updated figures highlighted a 16.6% increase…

New Creative Voices Are Making It In Hollywood Thanks To Wattpad. Hollywood continues to take notice of up-and-coming writers on online story-sharing platform Wattpad, reported The Los Angeles Times in a profile of the site and writers who’ve leveraged their online popularity into major deals with NBCUniversal, Hulu, Netflix and more. In fact, Netflix’s most re-watched film of 2018 was “The…

Google Asks Supreme Court To Grant Cert In Oracle Copyright Case. Reuters reported that Google asked the Supreme Court to review a copyright court case over the use of software interfaces (known as application programming interfaces, or APIs), which enable computer programs to interact. Oracle sued Google for using its Java programming language to build the Android platform, claiming copyright…

Opposition To EU Copyright Directive Strengthens. Negotiations over the implementation of the EU Copyright Directive broke down after the proposal faced fresh opposition. As The Verge reported, six additional member states broke rank to join the opposition, bringing the total number of opposing countries to 11. Of particular controversy are Articles 11 and 13 of the Directive, “which critics have dubbed ‘the link…

Copyright Week 2019. This week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is hosting its annual Copyright Week to mark the anniversary of the SOPA/PIPA internet blackout. Be sure to check out and share new content surrounding free speech, digital ownership, public domain, safe harbors and automated content filtering. Meet Jared Polin, New Creator & CEFRO. Re:Create profiled Jared Polin, who has transformed…

Next Week: Copyright Week 2019. Electronic Frontier Foundation will host its annual Copyright Week from January 14 through 18 to mark the anniversary of the SOPA/PIPA internet blackout. Each day is dedicated to a different theme, including free speech, digital ownership, public domain, safe harbors and automated content filtering. New York Times: “New Life For Old Classics, As Their Copyrights…

By Dr. Alan Inouye, Senior Director, Public Policy & Government Relations, American Library Association In the last three weeks, American Library Association (ALA) members have a record number of emails to their senators in opposition to the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act (S. 1010). The bill, which ALA has unequivocally opposed, has been set for committee votes that…

New Copy This Podcast: “Article 13 Is A Clear Descendant Of SOPA/PIPA.” The 15th episode of the Copy This podcast takes up the public fight against the European Union Copyright Directive and its controversial Article 13 content filtering proposal with copyright policy advisor Paul Keller. The podcast helps explain why the copyright directive is one of the biggest and riskiest…

DIVERSE GROUP OF STAKEHOLDERS OPPOSE S. 1010 AS A NEEDLESS POLITICIZATION OF THE COPYRIGHT OFFICE THAT WILL HARM ITS OPERATION As members of the U.S. Senate consider S. 1010, the Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act, Re:Create urges them to oppose this effort to make the Register of Copyrights a presidentially-appointed position. Below are key points to breakdown why these…

4 Million More Reasons To Oppose The EU Copyright Directive. With final language on the controversial EU Copyright Directive expected to emerge any day now, a petition opposing the filtering proposal has been signed by more than four million Europeans and was delivered to negotiators on Monday. In a blog for the Electronic Frontier Foundation on the petition, Cory Doctorow…