CCECC: Copyright Case Explorer for Content Creaters

Built on 542 U.S. copyright opinions where the dispute was online and the defendant was an individual — the closest picture we have of creators sued personally.

Copyright reasoning is written for lawyers. This explorer turns it into something a creator can navigate: read the opinions as plain section trees, see how similar cases cluster, and describe your own situation to find the cases most like it — with the rhetoric, precedents, willfulness and damages the courts actually reached.

Not legal advice. Everything here is descriptive information drawn from past court opinions — patterns, not predictions about your situation. For advice on your own circumstances, consult a qualified attorney.
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Assess my situation

describe your case → similar cases + what courts did

Enter the basic facts of your situation and a short description. We find the most similar past creator cases and show the typical rhetoric, citations, willfulness and damage outcomes — with a plain-language explanation. Bring your own OpenAI key for the written summary.

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Map of creator cases

tSNE of all 542 cases in facts-space

Every case placed by the similarity of its facts, colored by cluster, willfulness and damage. See which kinds of creator disputes group together and where the high-award clusters are.

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Read the opinions

document-tree viewer for all 542 cases

Read any opinion as a tree of purpose-labeled sections — background facts, infringement, willfulness, relief and damages — with the citations and the awards laid out.

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