CASE Act will help you fight infringement of your copyrights – affordably
by Preshias Harris
As a songwriter, imagine this nightmare situation: You are watching TV and a commercial comes on with a music track that sounds familiar. Very familiar. Hey, wait a minute! They’re using part of your song! But do you really have the resources to hire a legal team and the time to fight a lengthy and costly battle against a multinational corporation in federal court? That’s just one scenario where you, as a creator, might feel helpless in protecting your copyrights and holding on to your intellectual property.
Copyright Alliance is urging the creative community (including songwriters and independent music publishers) to support pending legislation that would create a copyright small claims court for creators. In many cases, individuals and small businesses have reason to believe their intellectual property copyrights have been violated but feel powerless to act because of the high cost of legal action associated with a claim in federal court. The Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act (CASE Act) of 2019 has been introduced in both the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 2426) and the Senate (S. 1273).