Photo Credit: siriusrust

Blog

A note from Re:Create: The Copyright Office Just Told Congress to Leave AI to the Courts

In a week chock-a-block with copyright news, a popular pastime in Washington, D.C., has been trying to figure out whether the Copyright Office’s (pre-publication) report on fair use and AI training, which was released late Friday night, had been a factor in the Trump administration’s unceremonious (attempted) firing of the Register of Copyrights, Shira Perlmutter, later that weekend. I won’t…

Read More

The Copyright Office on Fair Use and AI

: Originally Posted On: Re:Create

By Brandon Butler Re:Create Executive Director The Copyright Office’s third report on copyright and artificial intelligence has been hotly anticipated, and the political storm unfolding around the President’s attempted dismissal of the Librarian of Congress and the Register of Copyrights has only heightened the drama. The draft version of the report published last week does not live up to this…

Read More

ICYMI: Brandon Butler Law360 Op-Ed Shares How Two Errors in the Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence Case Limit The Potential Influence Of AI Fair Use Cases

As Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence heads to the appellate court, we wanted to re-up Re:Create Executive Director Brandon Butler’s op-ed on the mistakes in the lower court’s opinion. Following U.S. Circuit Judge Stephanos Bibas’ February 2025 ruling in the first major AI fair use case, Butler authored an op-ed in Law360 criticizing the opinion, highlighting its potential impact on…

Read More

A note from Re:Create: Delete IP? No, Just Respect Fair Use

Jack Dorsey recently made a stir on the website he founded, formerly known as Twitter, with a terse statement: “Delete all IP law.” He didn’t elaborate, but others piled on, including Elon Musk and Senator Josh Hawley. The various copyright threats against artificial intelligence tools (32 lawsuits and counting) presumably are the impetus for Dorsey’s frustration. Eccentric tech billionaires aren’t…

Read More

A Decade of Impact: Re:Create Marks 10 Years Championing Copyright Policies That Empower Innovators, Creators, and Consumers

By: Brandon Butler

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the founding of Re:Create, a diverse coalition of 19 member organizations, including libraries, civil society groups, technology companies, online rights advocates and startups, launched to promote a balanced copyright framework that supports fair use, innovation, creativity, and consumer rights. Since its inception, Re:Create has championed balanced copyright policies that protect a free and…

Read More

Content Filtering And Why It Matters

By: Brandon Butler

Content Filtering: Content filtering is the use of digital technology to act automatically on content that is shared, stored, or published by a digital platform or service provider. Nothing in the copyright law requires content filtering, and safe harbors in Section 512 of the DMCA ensure that internet service providers, including platforms for user generated content, are not held liable…

Read More

CA AB 412: Myths v. Facts

California Assembly Bill 412 Myths v Facts MYTH: This bill helps advance federal copyright law for emerging technologies.  FACT: AB 412 undermines and is preempted by federal copyright law and would be void upon enactment. The bill’s requirements would significantly disrupt the functioning of federal copyright law, particularly the fair use doctrine. As a result, it would face successful legal…

Read More

Archives