I'm convinced that in the history books we'll credit BitTorrent for having preserved a significant chunk of humanity's cultural production
Agaric Tech Collective
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"If the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling, internet service providers (ISPs) could be forced to terminate people’s internet access based on nothing more than mere accusations of copyright infringement. This would threaten innocent users who rely on broadband for essential aspects of daily life. EFF—along with the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and Re:Create—filed an amicus brief urging the Court to reverse the decision.
The Stakes: Turning ISPs into Copyright Police
Among other things, the Supreme Court approving the appeals court’s findings will radically change the amount of risk your ISP takes on if a customer infringes on copyright, forcing the ISP to terminate access to the internet for those users accused of copyright infringement—and everyone else who uses that internet connection."
"If the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling, internet service providers (ISPs) could be forced to terminate people’s internet access based on nothing more than mere accusations of copyright infringement. This would threaten innocent users who rely on broadband for essential aspects of daily life. EFF—along with the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, and Re:Create—filed an amicus brief urging the Court to reverse the decision.
The Stakes: Turning ISPs into Copyright Police
Among other things, the Supreme Court approving the appeals court’s findings will radically change the amount of risk your ISP takes on if a customer infringes on copyright, forcing the ISP to terminate access to the internet for those users accused of copyright infringement—and everyone else who uses that internet connection."
🫠 Pay-per-output? AI firms blindsided by beefed up robots.txt instructions.
｢ Announced Wednesday morning, the "Really Simply Licensing" (RSL) standard evolves robots.txt instructions by adding an automated licensing layer that's designed to block bots that don't fairly compensate creators for content ｣
Apparently, going to prison or paying millions for copyrighted works is yesterday's news. In our new AI world, the price is at most $ 3,000 per work, with a solution so shoddy that the judge withholds final approval.
#AI #copyright
https://www.thurrott.com/a-i/anthropic/326214/judge-rejects-anthropic-settlement-with-book-authors
Cory Doctorow
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New drop from one of my favorite #copyright scholars @djripley:
Electronic Dance Music vs. Copyright: Law as Weaponized Culture
Free PDF here:
New drop from one of my favorite #copyright scholars @djripley:
Electronic Dance Music vs. Copyright: Law as Weaponized Culture
Free PDF here:
Kathy Reid
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AI startup Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5bn to settle #copyright lawsuit over books https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/05/anthropic-settlement-ai-book-lawsuit
Settlement could be pivotal after authors claimed company took pirated copies of their work to train chatbots #uslaw #uspol
AI startup Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5bn to settle #copyright lawsuit over books https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/05/anthropic-settlement-ai-book-lawsuit
Settlement could be pivotal after authors claimed company took pirated copies of their work to train chatbots #uslaw #uspol
Agaric Tech Collective
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File under "not wunderbar":
In Germany a court decided that even smaller online platforms can be held responsible for infringing content uploaded by users, if they don't have some form of screening:
https://nrwe.justiz.nrw.de/lgs/koeln/lg_koeln/j2025/14_O_343_23_Urteil_20250724.html (German)
File under "not wunderbar":
In Germany a court decided that even smaller online platforms can be held responsible for infringing content uploaded by users, if they don't have some form of screening:
https://nrwe.justiz.nrw.de/lgs/koeln/lg_koeln/j2025/14_O_343_23_Urteil_20250724.html (German)
The internet is becoming harder to use because of unintended consequences in the battle between adult content creators who are trying to protect their livelihoods and the people who pirate their content.
🔗 https://www.404media.co/how-onlyfans-piracy-is-ruining-the-internet-for-everyone/
@404mediaco Interesting article, but labeling piracy as the root of the problem means you are taking the point of the view of the #copyright maximalists. We should also consider that copyright itself could be part of the problem. Then we can see that better solutions might come from removing some things from copyright eligability. The #USConstitution says it is "to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts". Does pornography really fit in there? Could removing copyright lead to less harm?
Isaac Freeman
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Denmark 🇩🇰 just passed a groundbreaking law: citizens now own the copyright to their own face, voice, and body.
This is a major win against AI deepfakes and unauthorized digital identity use. The digital self is officially personal property! 💥
#Denmark#Law#DigitalRights#Deepfakes#AIethics#Privacy#PrivacyMatters #AIRegulation#AI#ArtificialIntelligence#DataOwnership#DigitalIdentity#AIforGood#FacialRecognition#Copyright#EthicalAI#TechNews#IdentityTheft#PersonalData#LegalTech
Denmark 🇩🇰 just passed a groundbreaking law: citizens now own the copyright to their own face, voice, and body.
This is a major win against AI deepfakes and unauthorized digital identity use. The digital self is officially personal property! 💥
#Denmark#Law#DigitalRights#Deepfakes#AIethics#Privacy#PrivacyMatters #AIRegulation#AI#ArtificialIntelligence#DataOwnership#DigitalIdentity#AIforGood#FacialRecognition#Copyright#EthicalAI#TechNews#IdentityTheft#PersonalData#LegalTech
Tyng-Ruey Chuang
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#Sci-Hub Blocked in #India, Founder Tells Plaintiffs to Expect Disappointment - https://torrentfreak.com/sci-hub-blocked-in-india-founder-tells-plaintiffs-to-expect-disappoinment-250826/ update on long-running saga #copyright
Yogthos
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Anthropic and a group of up to 7 million authors are expected to reach a "historic" settlement soon. In the largest copyright class action of all time, claimants sued the company for illegally downloading their books to train its AI models. Here's more from @arstechnica.
https://flip.it/hs8S8P
#Books @bookstodon#USLaw#Copyright#Technology#Tech#ArtificialIntelligence#AI#Anthropic
Anthropic and a group of up to 7 million authors are expected to reach a "historic" settlement soon. In the largest copyright class action of all time, claimants sued the company for illegally downloading their books to train its AI models. Here's more from @arstechnica.
https://flip.it/hs8S8P
#Books @bookstodon#USLaw#Copyright#Technology#Tech#ArtificialIntelligence#AI#Anthropic
Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦
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New from me and Derek Slater on @lawfare: What History Can Teach Us About Copyright, AI, and ‘Market Floods’
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what-history-can-teach-us-about-copyright--ai--and--market-floods
#AI #copyright #music #art #law