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Perspective

Apr. 19, 2011

Mass Copyright Litigation: New Challenge for Federal Courts

Mass copyright cases have skyrocketed, but guidance from published decisions is sorely lacking. By Cindy Cohn of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

By Cindy Cohn

The past year has seen the emergence of a new litigation strategy that poses particular challenges for the federal courts: mass copyright litigation. Over 130 mass copyright cases (i.e., copyright infringement cases joining together hundreds and often thousands of Doe defendants at once) have been filed in just the last 15 months in federal district courts across the country, targeting over 135,000 people. These cases involve significant and substantive earl...

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