**Special Edition: The Case Against The CASE Act** CASE Act Would Only Create New Problems For Americans. As the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 moves its way through the legislative process with a Senate Judiciary Committee markup scheduled for tomorrow, July 11, a Case Against the Case Act blog post by Re:Create lists the most serious concerns…

The CASE Act Is Constitutionally Suspect and Has Serious Due Process Issues By Joshua Lamel and Sasha Moss In our second blog post about the CASE Act, we take on the judicial and extrajudicial concerns of the legislation. By establishing a judicial function within the legislative branch, not the judicial, the proposed legislation raises serious constitutional issues with having a court…

CASE Act  Would Be Windfall To Attorneys And Bad Idea For The Rest Of Us. In an op-ed on the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act of 2019, Re:Create’s Joshua Lamel and Sasha Moss take readers back to the file sharing or “Napster wars” to explain how the flawed bill would create problems for the everyday American, as well…

The CASE Act — A Windfall to Attorneys and Bad Idea for The Rest of Us   By Joshua Lamel and Sasha Moss You know the old saying, “everything that is old is new again.” Recently, Congressmen Jeffries and Collins along with a host of Senators re-introduced for the third time, the “Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019,” more commonly referred to…

Poland Files Complaint Over EU Copyright Directive. Finding the EU’s new copyright rule as a censorship threat, Poland has filed a complaint with the European Court of Justice. A Reuters report quotes Deputy Foreign Minister Konrad Szymanski who stated in an earlier interview with TVP Info, “This system may result in adopting regulations that are analogous to preventive censorship, which…

EFF: Tell Congress Copyright Claims Can’t Be Treated Like Traffic Tickets. In opposition to the CASE Act, Electronic Frontier Foundation is urging members of the public to contact their representatives to make their concerns heard. Citing the potential for abuse and how the bill will treat certain copyright claims like traffic tickets with damages awards of up to $15,000, EFF…

The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of 2019 (HR 2426) would establish a small claims court for copyright claims. Small artists face real challenges enforcing their copyrights; unfortunately, the proposed legislation won’t effectively help individual artists and will instead only create new problems for Americans. The Case Against the CASE Act The CASE Act doesn’t actually help small artists…

 **CASE ACT SPECIAL EDITION** Public Knowledge: CASE Act Isn’t The Right Solution For Artists. Public Knowledge raised concerns with the re-introduction of the CASE Act to start a copyright small claims board at the U.S. Copyright Office. Their opposition centers on language in the bill that “further entrenches an already-toxic culture of secrecy within major entertainment industries…and creates a body that can…

Can Laws Be Copyrighted? A new copyright lawsuit asks: can you copyright the law? The startup UpCodes was founded to simplify the construction process, giving users access to building codes, code updates and local amendments in 32 states. The complexities of code compliance have “been cited as a key reason for reduced productivity in the construction industry and rising home…