{"id":2560,"date":"2021-01-22T14:00:21","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T14:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-cornell-law-review.pantheonsite.io\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2025-08-06T17:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T17:09:07","slug":"copyright-silencing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/2021\/01\/22\/copyright-silencing\/","title":{"rendered":"Copyright Silencing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Copyright has been weaponized to suppress speech,<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_1');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_1');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_1\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">1<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">1. &nbsp;See David S. Olson, First Amendment Based Copyright Misuse, 52 WILLIAM &amp; MARY L. REV. 537, 547\u201348 (2010) (describing examples of &#8220;the Estate of James Joyce&#8217;s history of&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_1');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2560_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> frustrate competition, <sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_2');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_2');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_2\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">2<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">2. See, e.g., Adi Robertson, The EFF is Suing over one of the Worst US Copyright Rules, THE VERGE (July 21, 2016),&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_2');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_2').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2560_1_2', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> punish third parties,<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_3');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_3');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_3\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">3<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">3. &nbsp;See Steven Asarch, Pewdiepie and Alinity Drama Explained: What\u2019s a Copy Strike?, NEWSWEEK (May 23, 2018),&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_3');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_3').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2560_1_3', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> and silence criticism and erase facts.<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_4');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_4');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_4\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">4<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">4. &nbsp;Eric Goldman &amp; Jessica Silbey, Copyright\u2019s Memory Hole, 2019 BYU L. REV. 929, 951-57 (2020) (describing instances where individuals acquire copyright to already-published content,&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_4');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_4').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2560_1_4', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> This Essay highlights one form of copyright weaponization I call \u201ccopyright silencing.\u201d Copyright silencing is a form of copyright weaponization where owners assert copyrights to silence criticism or suppress facts instead of to protect copyright owners\u2019 legitimate interests<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_5');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_5');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_5\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">5<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">5. &nbsp;This Essay does not define \u201clegitimate interests\u201d of copyright owners. Some commentators have argued that copyright law is a law of incentives and the only legitimate interests copyright&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_5');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_5').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2560_1_5', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> in their&nbsp;works. This Essay identifies recent or notable instances of copyright silencing, examines the harm copyright silencing perpetrates, and explains why it is increasingly difficult to stop the assertion of copyright to silence, suppress, and censor facts, information, and criticism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March 2020, as Americans sheltered in their homes to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic, many of them found themselves suffering from another form of fever\u2014<em>Tiger King <\/em>fever. By now, most people have watched or, at a minimum, have heard of Netflix\u2019s limited docuseries <em>Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness<\/em>. Released by Netflix on March 20, 2020, <em>Tiger King<\/em>\u2014a documentary series following the extraordinary life and subsequent downfall of zookeeper Joe Exotic a.k.a. Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage n\u00e9 Schreibvogel\u2014became an overnight sensation with 34.3 million viewers over its first ten days of release.<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_6');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_6');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_6\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">6<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">6. TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM AND MADNESS (Netflix 2020) https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81115994 [https:\/\/perma.cc\/SNF4-QSL6] (last visited June 15, 2020); Tiger King, Wikipedia,&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_6');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_6').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2560_1_6', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script> In episode four, the series introduced audiences to Exotic\u2019s intellectual property troubles, including a copyright infringement suit Exotic\u2019s archenemy, Carol Baskin, owner of Big Cat Rescue, filed against Exotic and his company. The copyright infringement suit was based on Exotic\u2019s unauthorized sharing of a photograph featuring three Big Cat Rescue employees holding bloody rabbit carcasses. Exotic shared the photograph in order to criticize Big Cat Rescue\u2019s hypocrisy and to expose Big Cat Rescue\u2019s volunteers\u2019 perceived cruelty. In response, Big Cat Rescue acquired the copyright to the photograph and sued Exotic for copyright infringement in order to conceal the photograph and silence his criticism. This copyright infringement suit, along with other claims Baskin filed against Exotic, ended up bankrupting Exotic and eventually caused him to lose his zoo.<sup class=\"footnote_referrer\"><a role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_7');\" onkeypress=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_7');\" ><sup id=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_7\" class=\"footnote_plugin_tooltip_text\">7<\/sup><\/a><cite class=\"footnote_tooltip\"><span class=\"footnote-inner\">7. David Lee, Foe of \u2018Tiger King\u2019 Zookeeper Granted Oklahoma Property, COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE (June 1, 2020), https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/foe-of-tiger-king-zookeeper-granted-oklahoma-property\/&nbsp;&#x2026; <span class=\"footnote_tooltip_continue\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToReference_2560_1('footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_7');\">Continue reading<\/span><\/span><\/cite><\/sup><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_7').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2560_1_7', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });<\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Essay identifies the copyright infringement lawsuit featured in <em>Tiger King <\/em>as an example of a growing threat in copyright law, namely, copyright owners using copyrights to silence critics and censor public dissemination of facts and information. Other notable examples of copyright silencing include Dr. Drew\u2019s recent use of copyright to censor criticism of his previous public opinions making light of COVID-19, Harvey Weinstein\u2019s use of copyright to suppress investigation into his sexual exploitations and misconducts, and Tea Party-favorite political-candidate Sharron Angle\u2019s use of copyright to erase evidence of her former ultra-conservative views on education and social security. Copyright silencing is detrimental to free speech and public discourse, and is contrary to the purpose of copyright law to encourage the dissemination of ideas and information. Copyright silencing can also harm legitimate copyright claims, distort copyright rules, and erase history. However, because copyright silencing frequently goes unnoticed when putative infringers capitulate to demand letters to remove the offending materials or ISPs remove the materials pursuant to DMCA takedown notices, because motivations of copyright owners asserting rights can be difficult to determine or can overlap with interests such as privacy interests, and because of practical limitations on legal solutions like fair use, copyright misuse, and anti-SLAPP laws, copyright silencing is increasingly difficult to defeat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To read more, please click here: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/publications.lawschool.cornell.edu\/lawreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/Smith-online-essay-final-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Copyright Silencing<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"speaker-mute footnotes_reference_container\"> <div class=\"footnote_container_prepare\"><p><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_label pointer\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_2560_1();\">References<\/span><span role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" class=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button\" style=\"display: none;\" onclick=\"footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_2560_1();\">[<a id=\"footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_2560_1\">+<\/a>]<\/span><\/p><\/div> <div id=\"footnote_references_container_2560_1\" style=\"\"><table class=\"footnotes_table footnote-reference-container\"><caption class=\"accessibility\">References<\/caption> <tbody> \r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_2560_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_1');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_1\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>1<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">&nbsp;<em>See <\/em>David S. Olson, <em>First Amendment Based Copyright Misuse<\/em>, 52 WILLIAM &amp; MARY L. REV. 537, 547\u201348 (2010) (describing examples of &#8220;the Estate of James Joyce&#8217;s history of aggressive use of copyright claims to stifle the speech of others&#8221;).<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_2560_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_2');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_2\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>2<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\"> <em>See, e.g.<\/em>, Adi Robertson, <em>The EFF is Suing over one of the Worst US Copyright Rules<\/em>, THE VERGE (July 21, 2016), <span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/7\/21\/12248454\/eff-files-copyright-lawsuit-section-1201-anti-circumvention-rules<\/span> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/S2NP-S2T2\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/perma.cc\/S2NP-S2T2<\/span><\/a>]; Lasercomb America, Inc. v. Reynolds, 911 F.2d 970, 978 (4th Cir. 1990) (including in copyright license agreement an overreaching provision barring licensee from creating competing products for 99 years).<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_2560_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_3');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_3\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>3<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">&nbsp;<em>See <\/em>Steven Asarch, <em>Pewdiepie and Alinity Drama Explained: What\u2019s a Copy Strike?<\/em>, NEWSWEEK (May 23, 2018), <span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/pewdiepie-alinity-twitch-copy-strike-youtube-drama-reddit-941546<\/span> [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/MD8F-N24J\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/perma.cc\/MD8F-N24J<\/span><\/a>] (Twitch streamer Alinity purportedly copyright striked YouTuber Felix \u201cPewdiepie\u201d Kjellberg\u2019s channel for calling Alinity a \u201cTwitch thot\u201d).<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_2560_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_4');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_4\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>4<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">&nbsp;Eric Goldman &amp; Jessica Silbey, <em>Copyright\u2019s Memory Hole<\/em>, 2019 BYU L. REV. 929, 951-57 (2020) (describing instances where individuals acquire copyright to already-published content, including negative consumer reviews, in order to assert copyright to erase the reviews and suppress their dissemination).<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_2560_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_5');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_5\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>5<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">&nbsp;This Essay does not define \u201clegitimate interests\u201d of copyright owners. Some commentators have argued that copyright law is a law of incentives and the only legitimate interests copyright owners have in their works are market and economic interests or utilitarian incentive-based interests. Other commentators, however, recognize that laws\u2014including copyright law\u2014are not necessarily for a singular purpose, and that copyright owners have other interests, including autonomy, moral, reputational, and privacy, in their copyright works. The validity of the issues examined and the arguments set forth in this Essay are not predicated on settling upon a singular definition of copyright\u2019s legitimate interests.<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_2560_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_6');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_6\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>6<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">TIGER KING: MURDER, MAYHEM AND MADNESS (Netflix 2020) <span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81115994<\/span> [<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/SNF4-QSL6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/perma.cc\/SNF4-QSL6<\/span><\/a>] (last visited June 15, 2020); Tiger King, Wikipedia, <span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tiger_King#cite_note-2<\/span> [<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/K9YK-A49Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/perma.cc\/K9YK-A49Y<\/span><\/a>] (last visited June 15, 2020).<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n<tr class=\"footnotes_plugin_reference_row\"> <th scope=\"row\" class=\"footnote_plugin_index_combi pointer\"  onclick=\"footnote_moveToAnchor_2560_1('footnote_plugin_tooltip_2560_1_7');\"><a id=\"footnote_plugin_reference_2560_1_7\" class=\"footnote_backlink\"><span class=\"footnote_index_arrow\">&#8593;<\/span>7<\/a><\/th> <td class=\"footnote_plugin_text\">David Lee, <em>Foe of \u2018Tiger King\u2019 Zookeeper Granted Oklahoma Property<\/em>, COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE (June 1, 2020), <span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/www.courthousenews.com\/foe-of-tiger-king-zookeeper-granted-oklahoma-property\/<\/span> [<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/2MQS-2CC4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/perma.cc\/2MQS-2CC4<\/span><\/a>]; Abid Rahman, <em>\u2018Tiger King\u2019: Joe Exotic Loses Zoo to Carol Baskin in Court Ruling<\/em>, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER (June 1, 2020), <span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/carole-baskin-awarded-joe-exotics-zoo-court-ruling-1296769<\/span> [<a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/8XVU-52PJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"footnote_url_wrap\">https:\/\/perma.cc\/8XVU-52PJ<\/span><\/a>].<\/td><\/tr>\r\n\r\n <\/tbody> <\/table> <\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function footnote_expand_reference_container_2560_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_2560_1').show(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_2560_1').text('\u2212'); } function footnote_collapse_reference_container_2560_1() { jQuery('#footnote_references_container_2560_1').hide(); jQuery('#footnote_reference_container_collapse_button_2560_1').text('+'); } function footnote_expand_collapse_reference_container_2560_1() { if (jQuery('#footnote_references_container_2560_1').is(':hidden')) { footnote_expand_reference_container_2560_1(); } else { footnote_collapse_reference_container_2560_1(); } } function footnote_moveToReference_2560_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_2560_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } } function footnote_moveToAnchor_2560_1(p_str_TargetID) { footnote_expand_reference_container_2560_1(); var l_obj_Target = jQuery('#' + p_str_TargetID); if (l_obj_Target.length) { jQuery( 'html, body' ).delay( 0 ); jQuery('html, body').animate({ scrollTop: l_obj_Target.offset().top - window.innerHeight * 0.2 }, 380); } }<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Copyright has been weaponized to suppress speech,11. &nbsp;See David S. 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