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This evening, I will speak about the new copyright opportunist. After defining copyright opportunism, I will review three recent litigation case studies that meet this definition of opportunism. I will then explore how courts might handle opportunistic lawsuits, particularly when the plaintiff is seeking to establish a new licensing market enabled by technological advances. I propose that opportunistic lawsuits can be resolved only at the intersection of copyright doctrine and policy, as informed by relevant economic and technological realities.