Copyright

The Clinic undertakes many projects aimed at maintaining a balanced copyright regime. These projects include public education, amicus brief work, and participation in technical standard setting bodies. In addition, the Clinic has completed several projects related to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

Research Publicationssort iconYear
Digital Rights Management and Fair Use by Design2003
How DRM-based Content Delivery Systems Disrupt Expectations of ‘Personal Use’2003
Implementing Copyright Limitations in Rights Expression Languages2002
Neglecting the National Memory: How Copyright Extensions Compromise the Development of Digital Archives2002
Oasis Rights Language Technical Committee2002-2003
Samuelson Clinic Non-Resident Fellow Co-Authors Report on Cease-and-Desist Letters Submitted to Chilling Effects2005
The Magnificance of the Disaster: Reconstructing the Sony BMG Rootkit Incident2007
The Technical and Legal Dangers of Code-Based Fair Use Enforcement2004

Comments, Testimony, and Other Projectssort iconYear
Clinic Submitted Comments to U.S. Copyright Office on behalf of Internet Archive regarding Orphan Works2005
Clinic Submitted Reply Comments to U.S. Copyright Office on behalf of Internet Archive regarding Orphan Works2005
How DRM-based Content Delivery Systems Disrupt Expectations of ‘Personal Use’2003
Samuelson Clinic Submitted Comment to U.S. Copyright Office on behalf of Edward Felten and J. Alex Halderman2005

Briefssort iconYear
Amicus Brief for Google in Kelly v. Arriba Soft2002
Chamberlain v. Skylink in Federal Circuit2004
Chamberlain v. Skylink in US International Trade Court2003
Davidson & Associates v. Internet Gateway, Inc. in Eighth Circuit2005
MGM v. Grokster in Ninth Circuit2003
MGM v. Grokster in Supreme Court2005
Clinic asks Supreme Court to deny certiorari in MGM v. Grokster2004
Clinic Filed Amicus Brief in Second Circuit Court of Appeals in United States v. Martignon2005
Consumers Union Amicus Briefs2003
Court Ruling Protects Consumers and Competition2004
P2P Providers Not Liable for Their Users' Copyright Infringement2004
Sony Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 19982001-2002