George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School

Professors Mislead FCC on Basic Copyright Law

U.S. Capitol buildingIn a letter submitted to the FCC late last week defending the Commission’s deeply flawed set-top box proposal,[1] a group of professors make an incredible claim: Everyone is perfectly free to distribute copyrighted works online however they please. No license? Read more

BMG v. Cox: ISP Liability and the Power of Inference

Cross-posted from the Law Theories blog.

As readers are likely aware, the jury verdict in BMG v. Cox was handed down on December 17th. The jury found that BMG had proved by a preponderance of the evidence that Cox’s users were direct infringers and that Cox is contributorily liable for that infringement. Read more