Broadband Breakfast on July 15, 2026: ISPs and Copyright
In this session, we'll dive deep into copyright enforcement going forward.
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The Supreme Court recently ruled that broadband providers can only be held liable for their subscribers' copyright infringement if they actively encourage it, reshaping the debate over how intellectual property is protected in the internet age. What obligations should ISPs carry when infringement occurs on their networks? Does the current framework adequately protect creators? In this session, we'll dive deep into copyright enforcement going forward.
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Panelists
- Corynne McSherry, Legal Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Drew Clark (moderator), CEO and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast
Corynne McSherry is the Legal Director at EFF, specializing in intellectual property, open access, and free speech issues. Her favorite cases involve defending online fair use, political expression, and the public domain. As a litigator, she has represented the Internet Archive, Professor Lawrence Lessig, Public.Resource.Org, the Yes Men, and a dancing baby, among others. She has been named one of California's Top Entertainment Lawyers, AmLaw's "Litigator of the Week" and Lawyer Monthly's Litigator of the Year. Her policy work focuses on copyright, generative AI, and best practices for online expression. She has testified before Congress about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and Section 230. Corynne comments regularly on digital rights issues and has been quoted in a variety of outlets, including Fox News, the New York Times, and Rolling Stone.
Breakfast Media LLC CEO Drew Clark has led the Broadband Breakfast community since 2008. An early proponent of better broadband, better lives, he initially founded the Broadband Census crowdsourcing tool to collect and verify broadband data left unpublished by the Federal Communications Commission. As CEO and Publisher, Clark presides over the leading media community advocating for higher-capacity internet everywhere through topical, timely and intelligent coverage. Clark also served as head of the Partnership for a Connected Illinois, a state broadband initiative.
