Zvi S. Rosen
@zvirosen.bsky.social
Associate Professor, UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law
Copyright & Trademark Law (especially but not exclusively history), plus bankruptcy/business law and property. Among other things, but that's probably what I'm here for.
Copyright & Trademark Law (especially but not exclusively history), plus bankruptcy/business law and property. Among other things, but that's probably what I'm here for.
For the 50th anniversary year of the 1976 Copyright Act I've resumed uploading stuff digitized at the US Copyright Office to my YouTube page (which is mostly old copyright stuff). Here's a workshop on the publishing industry in 12 parts from 1982-3: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYoK...
US Copyright Office Publishing Procedures Workshop - Lecture 1- Overview
YouTube video by Zvi S. Rosen
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January 30, 2026 at 4:16 PM
For the 50th anniversary year of the 1976 Copyright Act I've resumed uploading stuff digitized at the US Copyright Office to my YouTube page (which is mostly old copyright stuff). Here's a workshop on the publishing industry in 12 parts from 1982-3: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYoK...
I realize although I put it on some other socials I didn't announce this here yet. Excited to be the new Faculty Director at the UNH Franklin Pierce Center for IP. law.unh.edu/blog/2026/01...
Copyright Scholar and Historian Zvi Rosen to serve as faculty director of the Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property
Professor Zvi Rosen is recognized as a distinguished copyright researcher and historian. His early career was marked by significant contributions to IP scholarship, including papers on the history of ...
law.unh.edu
January 29, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I realize although I put it on some other socials I didn't announce this here yet. Excited to be the new Faculty Director at the UNH Franklin Pierce Center for IP. law.unh.edu/blog/2026/01...
Reposted by Zvi S. Rosen
Early bird pricing for IPPI's 2026 Winter Institute goes through this coming Wednesday, January 14!
Check out the conference website for more details: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/even...
#IPLaw #IP #Innovation #Patent #Copyright #IPPI2026
Check out the conference website for more details: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/even...
#IPLaw #IP #Innovation #Patent #Copyright #IPPI2026
SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED for IPPI's 2026 Winter Institute: IP and National Success in Lake Buena Vista, FL, on Feb. 26, 2026! Early bird registration coming soon; 5 hours CLE pending.
View the agenda/confirmed speakers ➡️ blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/even...
#IPLaw #IP #Innovation #Patent #Copyright #IPPI2026
View the agenda/confirmed speakers ➡️ blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/even...
#IPLaw #IP #Innovation #Patent #Copyright #IPPI2026
January 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Early bird pricing for IPPI's 2026 Winter Institute goes through this coming Wednesday, January 14!
Check out the conference website for more details: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/even...
#IPLaw #IP #Innovation #Patent #Copyright #IPPI2026
Check out the conference website for more details: blogs.uakron.edu/ualawip/even...
#IPLaw #IP #Innovation #Patent #Copyright #IPPI2026
The Copyright Office Shareware Registry is such a curio. It's still in the Copyright Office regs and compendium even though it's pretty much a defunct model afaik. Here's the reg creating it: cdn.loc.gov/copyright/hi...
P.S. See some of you in New Orleans soon!
P.S. See some of you in New Orleans soon!
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January 6, 2026 at 1:52 AM
The Copyright Office Shareware Registry is such a curio. It's still in the Copyright Office regs and compendium even though it's pretty much a defunct model afaik. Here's the reg creating it: cdn.loc.gov/copyright/hi...
P.S. See some of you in New Orleans soon!
P.S. See some of you in New Orleans soon!
The whole book seems interesting to copyright folks, this chapter especially.
I published a thing! This chapter, on the reasons behind the relatively slow transition to music streaming in Japan, is included in a book on streaming around the world, edited by David Hesmondhalgh and team. luminosoa.org/chapters/e/1...
The Japanese Transition to Streaming Music: Corporate Hesitancy and Individual Innovation | University of California Press
luminosoa.org
December 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The whole book seems interesting to copyright folks, this chapter especially.
Nice video about "trademark infringement" restaurants including the original Burger King in Mattoon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar-l...
I Tried Trademark Infringement Restaurants
YouTube video by Sam Reid
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December 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Nice video about "trademark infringement" restaurants including the original Burger King in Mattoon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ar-l...
Nice collection of Copyright Office pamphlets of the current copyright law of the United States published 1898-2003 on @hathitrust.bsky.social : catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00391...
catalog.hathitrust.org
December 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Nice collection of Copyright Office pamphlets of the current copyright law of the United States published 1898-2003 on @hathitrust.bsky.social : catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/00391...
Interesting TM story. ny.eater.com/news/407901/...
A Three-Michelin-Star Chicago Restaurant Sues a New York Tavern Over Its Name
Smyth in Chicago is not ok with the name of Tribeca’s Smyth Tavern
ny.eater.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Interesting TM story. ny.eater.com/news/407901/...
I joined a Hudson Institute webinar to discuss the Supreme Court's argument in Sony v. Cox - you can watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVFy...
Supreme Court Weighs Liability of ISPs for Subscribers’ Copyright Infringement
YouTube video by Hudson Institute
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December 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I joined a Hudson Institute webinar to discuss the Supreme Court's argument in Sony v. Cox - you can watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVFy...
Is there a tool to automatically create redlines showing proposed changes in statutes from the XML of proposed bills on Congress dot gov? I tried using Claude and ChatGPT and both either failed or hallucinated (or both!)
December 12, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Is there a tool to automatically create redlines showing proposed changes in statutes from the XML of proposed bills on Congress dot gov? I tried using Claude and ChatGPT and both either failed or hallucinated (or both!)
Some new editions to my shelf! Includes treatises by Drone, Amdur, & Weil, Bowker's book Copyright: Its History & Law, a 1968 edition of Nimmer, and more. Copinger and MacGillivray treatises need a rebind.
December 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Some new editions to my shelf! Includes treatises by Drone, Amdur, & Weil, Bowker's book Copyright: Its History & Law, a 1968 edition of Nimmer, and more. Copinger and MacGillivray treatises need a rebind.
Reposted by Zvi S. Rosen
Tomorrow at 11:00 AM ET: I'm excited to be discussing the Cox v. Sony oral argument with my favorite #copyright geek @zvirosen.bsky.social at the "Courthouse Steps" webinar hosted by the Federalist Society. I hope you can join us!
Register here: fedsoc.org/events/court...
Register here: fedsoc.org/events/court...
Courthouse Steps Oral Argument: Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment
In Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, the Supreme Court is set to determine wheth...
fedsoc.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Tomorrow at 11:00 AM ET: I'm excited to be discussing the Cox v. Sony oral argument with my favorite #copyright geek @zvirosen.bsky.social at the "Courthouse Steps" webinar hosted by the Federalist Society. I hope you can join us!
Register here: fedsoc.org/events/court...
Register here: fedsoc.org/events/court...
When I teach Napster and Grokster, I often encourage students to watch Bloomberg's System Shock documentary - it's available on YouTube in 3 parts here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVR...
An App Called Napster | System Shock Ep 1
YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals
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November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
When I teach Napster and Grokster, I often encourage students to watch Bloomberg's System Shock documentary - it's available on YouTube in 3 parts here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVR...
Interesting video from Dave Hurwitz about some of the challenges of copyright on YouTube - specifically automated claiming and dealing with actual permissions in classical Music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4wz...
Sony Tries To Copyright Haydn's Fart, and--er--Blows It
YouTube video by The Ultimate Classical Music Guide by Dave Hurwitz
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November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Interesting video from Dave Hurwitz about some of the challenges of copyright on YouTube - specifically automated claiming and dealing with actual permissions in classical Music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4wz...
Very cool online event this Thursday!
Exhibition Launch: "Painting and Copyright in the Nineteenth Century" Thurs 20 Nov, 6–8pm
Picture Gallery, Royal Holloway, Egham. Time travel with me back to 19th cent, the time of emergence of modern copyright, in presence of one of the best collections of Victorian modern art. shorturl.at/sYnp8
Picture Gallery, Royal Holloway, Egham. Time travel with me back to 19th cent, the time of emergence of modern copyright, in presence of one of the best collections of Victorian modern art. shorturl.at/sYnp8
Painting and Copyright in the Nineteenth Century
How does closely engaging with painting help us better to understand copyright history? A talk by Dr Elena Cooper
shorturl.at
November 17, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Very cool online event this Thursday!
Apparently Heinonline does AI summaries of articles by default when you download them now?
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Apparently Heinonline does AI summaries of articles by default when you download them now?
There's some amazing stuff here. A random prescient find prefiguring GitHub CoPilot et al. Also tons of copyright stuff, natch.
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
There's some amazing stuff here. A random prescient find prefiguring GitHub CoPilot et al. Also tons of copyright stuff, natch.
From George Schiffer, Computers and Copyright Law Revision, 11 BULL. @copyrightsociety.bsky.social 404, 407 (August 1964).
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
From George Schiffer, Computers and Copyright Law Revision, 11 BULL. @copyrightsociety.bsky.social 404, 407 (August 1964).
I just put the play this movie was based on - "Two Blocks Away" - online. Was it a proper adaptation of the play or an attempt to cash in on the popularity of Abie's Irish Rose? You be the judge: archive.org/details/two-...
November 4, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I just put the play this movie was based on - "Two Blocks Away" - online. Was it a proper adaptation of the play or an attempt to cash in on the popularity of Abie's Irish Rose? You be the judge: archive.org/details/two-...
Property hypo from life!
November 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Property hypo from life!
Random thought as I do one final research push on my AI paper - if computer technology had not had its early maturation when Congress and industry were really laser-focused on the long fight for the 1976 Copyright Act then we probably would have sui generis protection for software.
October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Random thought as I do one final research push on my AI paper - if computer technology had not had its early maturation when Congress and industry were really laser-focused on the long fight for the 1976 Copyright Act then we probably would have sui generis protection for software.
This 1966 article from @washingtonpost.com has some really interesting further commentary on Copyright Office policy re AI authorship.
October 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
This 1966 article from @washingtonpost.com has some really interesting further commentary on Copyright Office policy re AI authorship.
Anyone know what the 1964 conference on software and IP was? I did a bit of googling and nothing came up: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Software patents 'a bit of a mess' says Martin Goetz, the first man to get one
Amazon 1-Click 'should never have been awarded' and Apple's pinch-and-zoom 'questionable' says man who changed software industry in 1968. By Charles Arthur
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Anyone know what the 1964 conference on software and IP was? I did a bit of googling and nothing came up: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Ad for settlement claims in Bartz v. Anthropic, as seen on Reddit.
October 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Ad for settlement claims in Bartz v. Anthropic, as seen on Reddit.
I helped draft and signed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the pending case of Sony v Cox about secondary liability for ISPs in support of respondent, joined by a number of colleagues. You can read it here if so inclined: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov
October 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I helped draft and signed an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in the pending case of Sony v Cox about secondary liability for ISPs in support of respondent, joined by a number of colleagues. You can read it here if so inclined: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...