Author: Stephen Wolfson

According to the Copyright Act of 1909, a work enters the public domain 95 years after it was published. But what does "published" mean? That’s a more complicated question than you might think.

Earlier this year, the United States Copyright Office added or renewed a number of exemptions to the DCMA, including many that benefit education and research.

An open access mandate for federally funded research highlights the importance of equitable access to scholarship.

Courts have ruled that the Internet Archive's controlled digital lending program is not fair use. Here’s what it means for the rest of us.

How courts make and interpret law, and what it means for copyright.

Or, what ‘The Diceman’ can teach us about fair use.

What a case against the Internet Archive might mean for how libraries lend digital books.

Andy Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith may have been the most influential fair use decision in 2023.

How technology changes the way we create, consume, share, and interact with copyrighted works.