This week, I liked a primer on Child Online Safety Legislation as a great resource on that area. I liked Ben Thompson’s analysis of Apple’s AI announcements during their WWDC keynote this week. And, finally, on a somewhat lighter note, I liked Eugene Volokh’s take on an online libel case involving statements made in TikTok…
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Links for Week of June 7, 2024
This week, there is continued skepticism of the new AI-powered “Recall” feature announced for Windows PC’s. The Verge article calls it a security disaster. Employees within the AI industry published an open letter which asks for the ability for employees to warn about the risks of AI without fear of retaliation. Finally, some ISP’s are…
Links for Week of May 31, 2024
This week, I liked David Barnett’s post on CircleID explaining the methodology of searching for infringements among subdomain names. Professor Guadamuz’s post on the use of Scarlett Johnansson’s voice by OpenAI was interesting. Finally, I liked Evan Brown’s take on an 11th Circuit case involving the use of AI LLM’s in legal document interpretation. Locating…
Links for Week of May 17, 2024
This week, I liked Tyler Ochoa’s guest blog post on the copyright case decided last week by the Supreme Court. Along with introducing a new Lord of the Rings movie, Warner Brothers had to apologize for mistakenly taking down a 15-year old fan film. Finally, something to keep an eye on – a new version…
Links for Week of May 10, 2024
This week, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that damages in copyright cases can, in the right circumstances, go back further than three years. The claim needs to be timely made, and then the damages can go back further than the normal 3-year statute of limitations. As expected, TikTok’s owner sued the government over the “foreign…
Links for Week of March 22, 2024
This week, there is some interesting commentary on the Supreme Court’s rulings in two cases involving when it is OK for government officials to block comments on their social media pages. The standard is not well defined, though. I also liked Bruce Schneier’s essay written with Nathan Sanders on AI and the Evolution of Social…
Links for Week of February 23, 2024
This week, more came out about the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA). The 4th Circuit ruled to block a $1B copyright verdict from 2019 against an ISP, Cox Communications. I also liked a Verge article about Robots.Txt files. KOSA Copyright Robots.Txt files
Links for Week of February 16, 2024
This week, there was an interesting ruling in the case against OpenAI brought by authors. And, the Ohio law requiring “parental consent” for the use of social media by minors was held to be unconstitutional. Finally, the EU’s Digital Services Act takes effect tomorrow. Copyright and OpenAI Ohio Social Media Law EU’s Digital Services Act
Links for Week of February 9, 2024
This week, a cautionary tale on the “Internet of Things” and making sure connected devices are updated – millions of smart toothbrushes were hacked and used in a DDos attack. CORRECTION – Bruce Schneier reports that the article was incorrect, resulting from a mistranslation of the original German. The article was supposed to be a…
Links for Week of January 26, 2024
This week, CircleID had an interesting article on a California spam investigator who is being prosecuted for practicing without a private investigator license. Professor Goldman posted his annual Year In Review of Emoji law. And, there is another article on whether copyright exists for legal documents. License for Spam Investigation Year In Review – Emoji…