Journal Home Browse Issues Search Articles Submissions About the Journal Copyright Fixation Podcast Subscribe Go back to Issues ASSESSING THE COPYRIGHT SMALL CLAIMS BOARD AFTER TWO YEARS Citation: 70 J. COPYRIGHT SOC’Y, 452, (2023) Katie Fortney Copyright Policy and Education Officer — University of California David Hansen Executive Director of Authors Alliance Abstract On June 16, 2024, the U.S. Copyright Office celebrated the two-year anniversary of operations of the Copyright Claims Board (“CCB”), a novel new small claims court housed within the agency. The CCB was preceded by years of debate about the benefits and risks of such a small claims court. Proponents argued that the CCB would offer rightsholders a low-cost, efficient alternative to litigation in federal courts, allowing small creators to more effectively defend their rights. Opponents feared that the CCB would foster abuse, encouraging frivolous lawsuits while creating a trap for unwary defendants. This short article tests those arguments in one of the first detailed empirical reviews of the CCB’s first two years of operations based on data extracted from the CCB’s online filing system for the 880 claims filed with the court between June 2022 and June 2024. Full Article Assessing the CCB After Two YearsDownload Related Content Journal December 21, 2025 C+T Panel 2 - A THOUSAND TIMES NO: THE PRACTICALITIES OF OPT-OUT FOR AI TRAINING 72 J. Copyright Soc'y 1023 (2025)Download Adam Rendle, Daan Archer, Ali Sternburg, Thomas Sullivan AI & Copyright Copyright + Technology Conference Creativity & Technology Collide Technology, Innovation & the Future Journal December 21, 2025 C+T Panel 4 - MY OWN THREE HANDS: AI CONTENT CREATION TOOLS AND COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION 72 J. Copyright Soc'y 1071 (2025)Download Charity Gates, Maria Backman, Zac Cooper Cooper, Gili Karev, Dori Ann Hanswirth AI & Copyright Copyright + Technology Conference Creativity & Technology Collide Technology, Innovation & the Future Journal December 21, 2025 COPYRIGHTING STYLE 72 J. Copyright Soc'y 1091 (2025)Download Christopher Buccafusco AI & Copyright Creativity & Technology Collide