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January 12, 2026
Repealing Section 230 Would Cost Americans Over $2.2 Trillion
Section 230 of the Communications Act (Section 230) importantly places legal accountability on creators of speech, rather than those who merely display it. It also allows digital services to safely mo...
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December 15, 2025
Fair Use in the U.S. Economy – 2025 Edition
A range of exceptions to copyright protection under U.S. law, classified here under the broad heading of fair use, sustain companies that represent nearly one-fifth of total U.S. GDP. This study fi...
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November 18, 2025
2025 Survey of Product Impact in the Connected Economy: Artificial Intelligence
The CCIA Research Center's 2025 Survey of Product Impact in the Connected Economy: Artificial Intelligence finds that generative AI is the most rapidly adopted general purpose technology in history...
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September 3, 2025
The Combined Impact of Statutory Damages and Secondary Liability in the U.S. Copyright Regime Under the Fourth Circuit Standard
Two aspects of U.S. federal copyright law combine to create disproportionately large awards in recent infringement cases, with no relationship to any actual harms: (a) plaintiffs’ ability to obta...