Copyright Office Comments & Race + IP Summit

 

The U.S. Copyright Office requested comments on the impact and effectiveness of the DMCA Safe Harbor provisions in 17 USC 512.  Comments submitted by Professors Lateef Mtima and Steven D. Jamar, on behalf of IIPSJ and several other organizations, can be found here.  The comments are categorized into the following themes:
– Characteristics of the Current Internet Ecosystem;
– Operation of the Current DMCA Safe Harbor System;
– Potential Future Evolution of the DMCA Safe Harbor System; and
– other developments in the law.

 

 

 

Also, as a reminder, IIPSJ is a co-sponsor for the RACE + IP Summit held at Boston College April 20-22.  The conference will feature five plenary sessions which develop and engage the subfield of critical race IP, concurrent sessions with scholars across disciplines conducting multimethodological research, roundtable discussions on special topics related to race and intellectual property (e.g. the intersections of social media, algorithmic culture, and racial justice), and a special presentation by Chinatown Dance Rock band and trademark renegades, The Slants. Accepted participants will be invited to participate in these and other conference events, including a Saturday evening dance party cocktail reception.

 

We welcome any comments or questions you might have.