Journal Home Browse Issues Search Articles Submissions About the Journal Copyright Fixation Podcast Subscribe Go back to Issues C+T Panel 3 - WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE: LESSONS FOR AI FROM THE FILE-SHARING ERA 72 J. Copyright Soc'y 1053 (2025) Abstract Napster’s launch in 1999 disrupted the copyright landscape, leading to more than a decade of innovation in laws, technologies, and business models as industries struggled to adapt. Today, AI technologies are poised to disrupt at least as much as file-sharing did. What lessons can we learn from the file-sharing experience – both positive and negative? We hear from attorneys, technologists, and policy wonks who lived through the post-Napster era as they offer their thoughts on how to navigate the decade to come. Full Article 72 J. Copyright Soc'y 1053 (2025)Download Related Content Event Mar 31 2026 Copyright and the California Coast Join us for “Copyright and the California Coast,” the annual premiere Los Angeles copyright event, with keynote by the Register… Live Keeping Up With Copyright Event Mar 4 Is It Fair Use to Use Pirated Materials for AI Training? This panel will discuss the current controversy over whether the use of “pirated” datasets in training AI models overcome claims… Live CLE Credit AI & Copyright AI in the Courts Journal December 21, 2025 C+T Panel 1 - THIS MASQUERADE STREAMING: FRAUD AND COPYRIGHT 72 J. Copyright Soc'y 1005 (2025)Download Copyright + Technology Conference Technology, Innovation & the Future
