24 March 2020CopyrightRory O'Neill

SCOTUS hands initiative to Congress on state immunity

Copyright lobbyists have urged US lawmakers to revisit the statute on state sovereign immunity in the wake of yesterday’s US Supreme Court ruling in Allen v Cooper.

Already registered?

For multi-user price options, or to check if your company has an existing subscription that we can add you to for FREE, please email Adrian Tapping at atapping@newtonmedia.co.uk

More on this story

States immune from copyright suits: SCOTUS

23 March 2020 The US Supreme Court has declared that state institutions can’t be sued for copyright infringement, in a case stemming from the use of videos and images featuring the wreck of Blackbeard’s ship, Queen Anne’s Revenge.

SCOTUS considers ‘Blackbeard’s Law’ in shipwreck copyright suit

6 November 2019 The US Supreme Court has been urged to give copyright owners the right to sue state institutions for unlicensed use of their work.