Echoing Legislators, Copyright Alliance Takes Issue With Restatement Effort

Federal copyright law is “ill-suited to a Restatement because it is clearly articulated by Congress,” the Copyright Alliance wrote the American Law Institute Wednesday. The letter cited concerns about ALI’s Copyright Restatement Project. It echoed Tuesday correspondence to ALI from Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., and Reps. Ben Cline, R-Va.; Ted Deutch, D-Fla.; Martha Roby, R-Ala.; and Harley Rouda, D-Calif. The Copyright Alliance agreed with a passage in the Tillis letter: “Courts should rely upon statutory text and legislative history, not [on] Restatements that attempt to replace the statutory language and legislative history established by Congress with novel interpretation.”