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States indeed have sovereign immunity from copyright lawsuits: > On March 23, 2020, the Supreme Court held that the provisions of the Copyright Act subjecting
by mannerheim 5y ago
States indeed have sovereign immunity from copyright lawsuits:
> On March 23, 2020, the Supreme Court held that the provisions of the Copyright Act subjecting states to liability for infringement did not validly abrogate states’ sovereign immunity from suit. As a result, copyright owners suffering infringement by state entities cannot seek the remedies provided by the Copyright Act.
https://www.copyright.gov/policy/state-sovereign-immunity/ https://www.copyright.gov/policy/state-sovereign-immunity/
- dredmorbius 5y agoCorrect, though the assertion here was that the Federal government has immunity.
- FpUser 5y agoPractically speaking it almost does not matter in this context. Cops playing music will most likely be state cops, not feds.
- dredmorbius 5y agoPolice are typically city or county (latter are sheriffs in most states). Not specifically state government in those cases. There are state police, and usually, state highway patrol. In that context, this action as described in the article would itself be an interesting counterargument to the SCOTUS decision / Library of Congress Copyright Office finding.