Good news for artists as support for copyright smalls claims process grows

Commerce Department white paper supports creation of copyright small claims process

Today the Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force (which includes the USPTO)  released its long anticipated white paper on “Remixes, First Sale, and Statutory Damages–Copyright Policy, Creativity, and Innovation in the Digital Economy.”  Among its findings  is support for a copyright small claims process to adjudicate infringement claimsThe Copyright Alliance issued a press release summarizing the report:

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