High Court Leaves Hints for Copyright Rewrite in Blackbeard Case

A Supreme Court decision that struck down a law that states could be sued for copyright infringement left the door open for Congress to write a more limited version.

“Basically they were giving a huge huge hint to Congress to say go ahead and rewrite the statute so it focuses only on willful infringement,” Erik Belt of McCarter & English LLP said. “And then it might pass constitutional muster under the 14th Amendment.”