Day 2 of the Georgetown University's Music Sustainability Initiative's Music & AI Summit kicks off with discussions about provenance, attribution, cultural heritage, and dignity for musicians in the age of generative AI.

We are kicking off our inaugural Music Sustainability Initiative Summit on the topic of Music & AI. It's standing-room only as Georgetown University Interim President Bob Groves gives the opening address!

Interested in becoming a law professor focusing on privacy and AI? Apply as soon as possible to GW Law’s VAP in Privacy & Technology Law. We start reviewing applications soon: www.law.gwu.edu/privacy-and-...

I am co-hosting an incredible event on AI & Music with Georgetown University's Music Sustainability Initiative on April 10-11, 2026. A full rundown of the event is available on the site (linked in the flyer below), and you can register (for free!) there as well.

Exciting news for us!

The #SupremeCourt majority adopted an argument from a friend-of-the-court brief by Georgetown Law professor @martylederman.bsky.social in a Tuesday order declining to allow the federal deployment of the National Guard in Illinois, writes @adamliptak.bsky.social in @nytimes.com.

I absolutely *loved* Professor @cathaysmith.bsky.social's engaging piece on Copyrighting Nature (forthcoming Vanderbilt Law Review) & think you will too. Check out my Jotwell review here! ip.jotwell.com/copyright-fo...

I have a new post at ProMarket that's part of a symposium on the competitive risks posed by AI content licensing agreements. Honored to be featured w/ friends and colleagues @marklemley.bsky.social, @jnvictor.bsky.social, @matthewsag.bsky.social & Christian Peukert. www.promarket.org/2025/11/21/p...

I have exciting news! The next Society for Economic Research on Copyright Issues (SERCI) Annual Conference will be held this summer on July 6th & 7th at the University of Amsterdam.

Had a wonderful time this presenting my research on access bottlenecks in the streaming and generative AI age this afternoon at the @University of Michigan Law School's IP workshop.

SESAC and GMR have joined ASCAP and BMI on Songview. Despite the excessive acronyms involved in this announcement, this is really big and important news for small(er) licensees. songview.com

OpenAI’s video generator, Sora, reported to require copyright owners to opt out. I suggest this new state of affairs may reflect the company’s risk assessment given the fast pace of innovation and fierce competition in the space. Move fast and ask forgiveness! 🫣 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open...

My piece on selective enforcement in copyright & its lessons for enforcement discretion more broadly is now live at @georgetownlaw.bsky.social journal! I'll present some of the ideas from this project next month at NUS Faculty of Law in their "Access To Justice in the Creative Economy" symposium.

BLINKS AT REALITY

Law prof friends - do you keep the "Presentation" and "Media" sections of your CV up to date? (If you have those sections at all?) It's a lot, how do you keep up with it?

Headed to Nashville to join @jpfishman.bsky.social and others for Vanderbilt’s 2025 Music Law Summit, where I’ll talk about streaming fraud in all of its various iterations.

I like to think that our work speaks for itself, but in this acutely challenging time, it is more important than ever to be clear where we stand: firmly and unequivocally on the side of the rule of law. I am proud of my partners and our clients for choosing right over might.

A heartening response in a surreal time. #saxahoya

Looking forward to this!

I'm looking forward to speaking tomorrow about the tension invoked by copyright, and experienced by artists, at a symposium on Art Law hosted by the Maryland Law Review. As a special treat, we get to tour the 1807 Galleries at University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB)!

Anyone else "suddenly" getting a ton of text spam offering scam loans and mortgage rates etc. since DOGE began accessing all of our info?

"...in her decision on Wednesday, Judge Analisa Torres said that federal royalty rate rules clearly allowed Spotify to legally claim the lower rate, rejecting MLC’s argument that the company was not actually offering a “bundle” of services." www.billboard.com/pro/spotify-...

The #GeorgetownLaw community gathered on Jan. 15 to celebrate the achievements of five #faculty members who were awarded named professorships: @bdgesq.bsky.social, @kristelia.bsky.social, Maria Glover, Urska Velikonja and @stevevladeck.bsky.social. Congrats, Professors! Read more: bit.ly/4akEC1c

We recently had the pleasure of hosting @kristelia.bsky.social in Glasgow for a few weeks! During her time with us, she contributed to workshops with colleagues and students, and delivered an inspiring public lecture to a packed room 🎤 Check out her reflections 👉 www.create.ac.uk/blog/2025/01...

This afternoon I was installed as the inaugural Leo George Professor of Communications, Entertainment, and New Media. It was a lovely ceremony, made even better by the presence of my family and so many supportive community members.

I look forward to workshopping a new project on copyright, access, and competition at Boston University School of Law's IP Workshop. Thank you to Michael Meurer for the invitation, and excited to see @jessicasilbey.bsky.social and Stacey Dogan too!

TODAY! I am looking forward to discussing my research into the rise in vertical integration between content producers and content distributors, and the challenges this presents for copyright law.