New copyright small-claims "court"

 Recent legislation has instituted a new "small claims" board, or semi-official court, for copyright infringement issues. The Copyright Claims Board falls under the umbrella of the Copyright Office rather than in the judiciary branch of the federal government. 

The Electronic Frontier Foundation presents an overview of what this new body is and why, for many defendants, declining to have the case managed by the CCB in favor of the traditional route through the federal courts may be a smart move. Read more here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/copyright-small-claims-quasi-court-opens-heres-why-many-defendants-will-opt-out 

Copyright and... Baby Shark?

While the article claims that "Baby Shark" is in the public domain, it look more like a case of an orphan work to me. I remember singing a more gruesome version of this back in the day at Girl Scout camp.

What do you think? https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2019/08/26/baby-shark-copyright-infringement/

The real case here rests upon whether or not Pinkfong's version really did take significant elements from Johnny Only's recording/interpretation of the song, since the song itself obviously "belongs" to neither of them.