Welcome! The Journal of the Copyright Society The Journal of the Copyright Society is the world’s leading peer-reviewed journal exclusively devoted to the subject of copyright law. For over seventy years, the Journal has published landmark articles on copyright law by prominent academics, judges, industry leaders, practitioners, and government officials. The Journal is published four times a year. We also have our online forum and research podcast, Copyright Fixation. We publish articles, interviews, news, panel transcripts, essays, and more. Interesting in submitting an article, or pitching an idea? Send an email to our Editor-in-Chief! eic@copyrightsociety.org Learn More About the Journal Coming March 1, 2026 Listen and Read Copyright Fixation We are excited to announce the debut of Copyright Fixation, an online forum and research podcast, which is a supplement to the Journal of the Copyright Society. Over fifty interviews in our 1976 Copyright Act @ 50 Series Additional articles by scholars, practioners and students. all about copyright Then and Now Series, exploring our copyright past with Zvi Rosen and Elizabeth Townsend Gard, co-curating Copyright Fixation Conversations are special limited series related to Journal articles. Public Domain Threads are short pieces related to specific works in the public domain. Keeping Up with Copyright, helping us to understand the latest news related to copyright, and includes Aaron Moss, Joshua Simmons, Bijou Mgbojikwe, and others! And so much more! Learn about Copyright Fixation Read Volume 72! We are pleased to present all four issues of 2025. Issue 1 includes the annual Brace and Meyer Lectures, featuring in 2025 Jennifer Rothman and Robert Clarida. Issue 1 also about music, art, Steamboat Willie, museums, universities and more. Issue 2 of the year was our second special issue on AI and Copyright. Issue 3, co-edited with Rina Pantalony, was our special issue devoted to Libraries and Collections. We have a panel on cultural preservation, contract override, virtual reading rooms, common law, Google v. Oracle, metadata, the Internet Archive litigation, and more. We also have a lecture on Libraries, Education, and Fair Use and the annual summaries by Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, a beloved tradition of the Journal of the Copyright Society. Finally, Issue 4, co-edited with Bill Rosenblatt, includes the edited and footnoted transcripts from the Copyright + Technology 2025 Conference, along with articles. You can read them on our website or download them too. If you a member, you should receive a digital or print copy of the full issue with your membership. Read Our Latest Journal Issue C+T Panel 1 – THIS MASQUERADE STREAMING: FRAUD AND COPYRIGHT Volume 72, Issue 4 with Copyright + Technology Conference 2025 COPYRIGHTING STYLE Christopher Buccafusco Volume 72, Issue 4 with Copyright + Technology Conference 2025 RECONSTRUCTING COPYRIGHT REVERSION: RELEASING AUTHORS FROM THEIR OWN DEAD HANDS Hanoch Dagan , Molly Shaffer Van Houwelling Volume 72, Issue 4 with Copyright + Technology Conference 2025 THE AI AUTHORSHIP DISTRACTION: WHY COPYRIGHT SHOULD NOT BE DICHOTOMISED BASED ON GENERATIVE AI USE Zac Cooper Cooper Volume 72, Issue 4 with Copyright + Technology Conference 2025 THE USPTO’S ART TEACHER PATENT GAMBIT: HOW DESIGN PATENTS STEPPED ON COPYRIGHT’S TERRITORY Anish King Volume 72, Issue 4 with Copyright + Technology Conference 2025 DESIGNED LANDS©APES—AR©HITECTURE, S©ULPTURE,VISUAL ART, SHAPE, PI©TORIAL WORK, OR . . . NOTHING AT ALL? Richard Chused , Volume 72, Issue 4 with Copyright + Technology Conference 2025 COPYRIGHT-RELATED ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN 2025 Elizabeth Townsend Gard Volume 72, Issue 4 with Copyright + Technology Conference 2025 COPYRIGHT LAW AT THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT Clark D. Asay , Dan Ankenman Volume 72, Issue 4 with Copyright + Technology Conference 2025 C+T Panel 4 – MY OWN THREE HANDS: AI CONTENT CREATION TOOLS AND COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION Charity Gates , Maria Backman , Zac Cooper Cooper , Gili Karev , Dori Ann Hanswirth Volume 72, Issue 4 with Copyright + Technology Conference 2025 C+T Panel 3 – WHAT’S PAST IS PROLOGUE: LESSONS FOR AI FROM THE FILE-SHARING ERA Volume 72, Issue 4 with Copyright + Technology Conference 2025 C+T Panel 2 – A THOUSAND TIMES NO: THE PRACTICALITIES OF OPT-OUT FOR AI TRAINING Adam Rendle , Daan Archer , Ali Sternburg , Thomas Sullivan Volume 72, Issue 4 with Copyright + Technology Conference 2025 C+T KEYNOTE ADDRESS Tracey Armstrong Volume 72, Issue 4 with Copyright + Technology Conference 2025 Now Accepting Applications for Summer and Fall 2026 Apply to be a Copyright Society Student Fellow The Copyright Society Student Fellows program provides opportunities for undergraduates, JD and LLM students, and recent graduates to work with us in a variety of capacities. Be part of the Journal (and yes, that includes bluebooking). You can apply for an externship, internship, or just volunteer. We accept applications year round. We are currently accepting applications for Summer and Fall 2026. These will be virtual opportunities. We are also looking for students in the Washington, D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles areas for specific projects. Please send an email with a cover letter and your resume to EIC@copyrightsociety.org. Become a Member of the Copyright Society! Not yet a member of the Copyright Society? Come join and find people that love copyright as much as you do. Memberships now include free online CLEs. We have a Mid-winter meeting in January, and an Annual meeting in June. And there are lots of opportunities to network, engage, and even serve on committees. And you get a free subscription to the Journal of the Copyright Society. And this year, we have dropped our prices for academics and government employees to just $100 a year. How could you not join? Here is more information on membership for individuals, groups, students, academics, government, and more. You can also purchase directly a subscription to the Journal. A subscription to the Journal of the Copyright Society runs from January through December and includes four issues. Subscriptions are accepted throughout the year for this period. Subscription orders received mid-year will be sent back issues, beginning with the first issue of the current volume. Price includes postage and handling, and is in U.S. Dollars. Please note that prepayment is required on all orders and must be made in U.S. dollars. Membership Benefits We’re Ranked #5 For 2024, we are pleased that we have been ranked #5 by the Washington and Lee Law Journal Rankings in both Intellectual Property and also Arts, Entertainment and Sports Law. And we’re even in the Top 25 for Science, Technology and Computing Law.
