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Brandon Butler

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Copyright lawyer at Jaszi Butler PLLC, Exec Director @recreatecoalition.bsky.social, dad. Press inquiries: [email protected].

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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · Feb 5

Our policy priorities for 2025! Read on for a thread with the high points, or follow the link for the full New Congress Letter, released today.

Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · Feb 5

🖊️As the new administration finalizes its policy agenda, Executive Director @bbutler.bsky.social sent a letter to Congress outlining the best policies to support a balanced copyright system. Read the letter here: www.recreatecoalition.org/advancing-a-...

Advancing a Pro-Innovation, Pro-Creator, Pro-Consumer Copyright Agenda - Re:Create

Re:Create is a coalition founded to engage policymakers and the public on how balanced copyright enables free expression, creativity, and innovation. Collectively, the members of Re:Create represent o...

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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 22m

If you don't get our Re:Create ReCap newsletter, you're missing out on all this good stuff!! Check it out, sign up, and look forward to the next issue later this month!

Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 22h

This week's Re:Create Recap TLDR:
⚖️NEW infographic: Myth-Busting the Copyright & AI Training Debate
🗺️ An updated map highlighting big media’s consolidation & control of journalism
💬WPAS on link tax legislation like the JCPA
💡Insights from @bb.usefairuse.com on fan fiction & fair use

ReCreate Recap October 7, 2025

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Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 1d

Are you loving Taylor Swift's new album?! Taylor's career has heavily relied on a balanced copyright system to protect both her artistic works while also allowing her to be inspired and create new works. In a recent blog post, @bb.usefairuse.com shares more: www.recreatecoalition.org/copyright-ta...

Taylor Swift can add “copyright educator” to her laundry list of achievements, as her struggle to control her work has done perhaps more than any artist’s (and she is far from the first) to raise awar...

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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 2d

But if we are gonna play this game, where’s the credit to the Pixies??? www.instagram.com/stories/anne...

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Mark Jaffe, 5 Bridges Law @markjkings.bsky.social · 2d

Temu alleges that Shein sends hundreds of fraudulent DMCA takedown notices against it, including for photos to which it doesn't have rights.

In this opinion, the court allows Temu's DMCA misrepresentation claims to proceed.
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Whaleco v Shein opinion

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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 2d

So that's [checks calendar] *before* my flight to France next Tuesday. Cool cool, cool cool cool. Totally fine.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues

Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 4d

Join me and make a gift to WTJU 91.1 FM! www.givecampus.com/s/pl29xj The Jazz Marathon is almost over - gotta get that jazz cat t-shirt!

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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 4d

Low key the real copyright scandal this week is that Taylor Swift had to make George Michael a co-author of her song “father figure” just because it’s called “father figure.” No music or lyrics are copied from the song, just the phrase, I’ll be your father figure! Wild.

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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 5d

This #fairusefriday, we've tried to debunk some of the most common and most misguided myths about AI and fair use. We'd feel bad about picking on all these weak-sauce arguments if they weren't so common!

Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 5d

#FairUseFriday We’ve seen claims that it’s copyright infringement for AI to mimic Studio Ghibli’s style or an AI overview to summarize facts, but what does copyright law actually say? Our new infographic breaks down these myths in the AI training debate: www.recreatecoalition.org/infographic/...

Myth-Busting the Copyright & AI Training Debate - Re:Create

In recent months, large news publishers, content conglomerates, and groups of Hollywood stars all have made claims that misrepresent the balance of U.S. copyright law and its application to AI trainin...

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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 5d

Yeah, there's a new T. Swift album, but I just got a minty clean first pressing of Katy Lied, so Taylor's gonna have to get in line behind the Dan. #dadthoughts #Idratherbelisteningtosteelydan

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Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 8d

What are free speech and consumer advocates, librarians, archivists, startups, and copyright law experts saying about link tax legislation such as the JCPA? Our new blog post shares a roundup of reasons why our members opposed the previously introduced JCPA: www.recreatecoalition.org/what-people-...

What People Are Saying About the JCPA - Re:Create

With the introduction of link tax legislation on the state and federal levels in recent years, such as the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA), Re:Create is sharing its perspective on ...

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Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 7d

In a new blog post @eff.org explores how fair use protects everyone (yes, even a major studio like Disney) and its essential role in protecting transformative uses like parody. Learn more: www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

Fair Use Protects Everyone—Even the Disney Corporation

Jimmy Kimmel has been in the news a lot recently, which means the ongoing lawsuit against him by perennial late night punching bag/convicted fraudster/former congressman George Santos flew under the r...

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Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 6d

TODAY - Stripped for Parts will begin streaming on @pbs.org through Dec. 31. As local news is on the decline, this film looks at the heart of the issue - hedge funds (not copyright). Check out the trailer: vimeo.com/923029964?fl...

Stripped For Parts (TRAILER)

This is "Stripped For Parts (TRAILER)" by Ehrlich - Goldsmith Films on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 5d

As the new film Stripped for Parts shows, the real crisis in local news is predation by extractive hedge funds who consolidate and downsize until their papers can barely operate. We updated our map showing who owns local news—and who profits from misguided bills like the JCPA.

Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 6d

🆕 New Blog Post: Today, we published a piece highlighting how big media's consolidation of local news is undermining journalism across the U.S. www.recreatecoalition.org/mapping-medi...

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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 5d

We had another incredible night recognizing the 2025 IP3 and President's Awards recipients. Thank you to our honorees for your work in the public interest and thank you to all who attended and made this event so special. Let's do it again next year!

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 6d

We are losing something by having newsrooms where everyone who has more than a few years’ experience has gotten fired. I don’t fault a young writer for not knowing about things that happened before she was born. But now there are no editors to help give context to these stories, either.

Prince with “Slave” written on his face, in protest of his unfair recording contract, including lack of ownership of his master recordings.

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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 8d

Important day in the fair use + AI docket today for the Thomson v Ross case. Proud of our members briefs highlighting multiple angles on the case, from competition to access to law. Our statement:

Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 8d

Following filings by Re:Create members and allies in the Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence case, Executive Director @bb.usefairuse.com shares his insights and voices support for ROSS's arguments, which align with our mission to promote balanced copyright and fair use.

Re:Create Members & Allies File ROSS v. Thomson Reuters Amicus Brief In Support of Fair Use - Re:Create

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Re:Create members and allies filed amicus briefs in Thomson Reuters v. Ross Intelligence in support of ROSS Intelligence, which is asking U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third ...

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Brandon Butler @bb.usefairuse.com · 8d

I'm proud of this one, y'all. Check it out. As a kid whose well-worn set of World Book Encyclopedias saved him many a trip to the library (sorry!!), I'm shocked by the chutzpah of an encyclopedia company getting all high and mighty about tools that digest and re-present information.

Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 9d

#ICYMI In last week's Re:Create Recap, @bb.usefairuse.com explored the latest AI copyright lawsuit from Encyclopedia Britannica & Merriam-Webster, sharing that the case underscores how fair use works in practice, & how encyclopedias themselves have long thrived on the very practice they now condemn

A note from Re:Create: The Definition of “Hypocrisy” - Re:Create

In their recent copyright complaint against Perplexity, the clever litigators representing Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster used the definition of “plagiarize” as one of their examples of a...

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Re:Create Coalition @recreatecoalition.bsky.social · 11d

#FairUseFriday Do you enjoy shows like Saturday Night Live or movies like the Scary Movie series? These are both classic examples of fair use! Fair use allows for the use of copyrighted material for a transformative purpose. Learn more about fair use below: