Professor @vanderbiltlaw researching intellectual property, creativity, & music.
Joined February 2009
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Mar 24
Some big professional news: I’m thrilled to be joining the amazing faculty at @FordhamLawNYC this fall!
Mar 20
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Fordham Law School welcomes three distinguished new faculty members to the faculty this fall.
Joseph Fishman (@jpfishman) is an expert on intellectual property, particularly within the music industry.
ALT Fordham Law School announcement titled "New Faculty Hires." There are three individuals pictured: Benjamin Dinovelli on the left, Joseph Fishman in the center, and Deborah Lolai on the right.
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Mar 24
It’s incredibly hard to say goodbye to @vanderbiltlaw, where I’ve spent a fulfilling & formative 11 years. Without exaggeration, I can’t imagine a better place to grow up as a scholar. I'm so grateful for my time in the Vandy community.
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Mar 24
For now, I just hope my future students in NYC will be able to tolerate all of my forced Boston sports references in class.
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29 Sep 2025
Songview to Cover All Major U.S. PROs as SESAC and GMR Join Data Platform billboard.com/pro/sesac-gmr-…
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10 Sep 2025
JUST IN: The DC Circuit has restored Shira Perlmutter as Register of Copyrights while she fights Trump’s effort to remove her from the legislative branch role in the Library of Congress.
2-1 ruling in her favor after a string of defeats in district court.
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24 Jun 2025
🚨BREAKING: Federal judge concludes that using copyrighted works to train generative A.I. is transformative and ultimately a fair use. (Nevertheless, Anthropic can’t beat the lawsuit because it pirated books for another purpose too.) First of kind ruling. documentcloud.org/documents/…
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11 May 2025
The day before Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter was fired, the Copyright Office quickly and quietly dropped a major report on AI and fair use. I break down the timing, the fallout, and my 5 biggest takeaways—up now on Copyright Lately
copyrightlately.com/copyrigh…
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2 Apr 2025
Thrilled to be hosting the 2nd Annual @vanderbiltlaw Music Law Summit tomorrow!
Featuring panels on streaming fraud & the future of PROs, a keynote from Concord CEO Bob Valentine, an update from the Copyright Office, and more.
⬇️ Check it out here:
law.vanderbilt.edu/music-law…
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Joseph Fishman retweeted
28 Mar 2025
Dear Big Law. This is how it is done. Bravo, Jenner and Block! Don’t you other firms ever watch those superhero movies? The selfish, greedy cowards always finished last!
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28 Feb 2025
I have been looking forward to this book for years, ever since I first heard the idea from @DaraHorn. Can't wait to finally read it!
28 Feb 2025
In an interview with @GSDeutch, @DaraHorn discusses how she sees modern Jewish struggles reflected in her new Passover graphic novel 'One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe.'
ji.news/4h1Quqz
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11 Feb 2025
Court hedges on how much this decision maps onto generative AI (as opposed to the Westlaw-like search engine that was at issue here).
11 Feb 2025
🚨Big news: a federal judge rejected the "fair use" defense in one of the first AI/copyright cases, in which an AI search engine was built using information from legal database Westlaw
bloomberglaw.com/bloombergla…
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11 Feb 2025
🚨Big news: a federal judge rejected the "fair use" defense in one of the first AI/copyright cases, in which an AI search engine was built using information from legal database Westlaw
bloomberglaw.com/bloombergla…
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10 Feb 2025
The Copyright Office published a Notice of Inquiry requesting information on Issues Related to Performing Rights Organizations. Initial public comments must be received by April 11. copyright.gov/policy/pro-iss…
ALT Four abstract wooden people with word balloons with three dots over each of their heads. Text reads, "We are seeking public comments."
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6 Feb 2025
Like Universal, Warner now also sidesteps Spotify's "bundled" payouts under the statutory license, which is the default industry-wide option for mechanical licensing, by instead agreeing with Spotify to its own direct deal.
variety.com/2025/digital/new…
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4 Feb 2025
I'm pleased to have contributed to this @BLaw video explainer on music copyright disputes.
If you'd like a quick summary of the recent Ed Sheeran case (or just a palate cleanser from the rest of your timeline these days), check it out:
youtube.com/watch?v=EVPMizqp…
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4 Feb 2025
See the linked story ⬇️ for coverage of the dismissal of the MLC's lawsuit against Spotify over its bundling of music audiobooks. MLC called it a sham to reduce royalties, but the court said the governing regulation clearly allowed it.
4 Feb 2025
Spotify convinced a court to throw out a lawsuit accusing it of illegally turning its premium plan into a "bundle" service (which reduced royalty $$ to songwriters).
Now, other streaming providers have a blueprint for how to reduce payments to artists.
news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law…
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Joseph Fishman retweeted
29 Jan 2025
NEW - Copyright Office just released its report on the copyrightability of AI works
news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law…
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26 Jan 2025
“One top publishing executive tells Billboard that this change ‘sounds like Spotify is raising the white flag’ about the so-called ‘bundling’ dispute which has soured relations between many publishers, writers and Spotify since it launched last year.”
26 Jan 2025
Spotify, Universal Music Strike New Deal For Recorded Music & Publishing billboard.com/pro/spotify-un…
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30 Dec 2024
NEW - Anthropic has agreed to apply copyright guardrails to future AI tools to prevent infringing outputs, per an agreement reached with music publishers suing the company for infringing protected song lyrics.
Training on lyrics issue is unresolved
news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law…
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