] Congress should amend the Copyright Act to make
] actionable false claims to copyright in the same way
] that consumers may sue businesses for false advertising.

I've been saying this for a while. Companies that make incorrect IP claims ought to
be liable. This is a nice, short presentation of the concept. Its not even comprehensive of the reasons for it.

However, I'm more concerned with application then with claim. I'm more concerned with lawsuits that claim copyright infringement where none exists then I am about companies that put a "C" in the front of a booklet containing the Constitution. Although the latter is certainly offensive, the former is where the real damage is done, and a requirement that companies list all of the public domain works contained in their publications could result in some really messy legalese, which could become as much of a burden on small publishers as the existing system.

[IP] Too Quick to Copyright