This week, a surprise announcement of a bipartisan federal data privacy bill was quite interesting. Many prior efforts have gone by the wayside. The movie industry is again asking for new legislation to block websites dealing in pirated movies. Finally, I liked Professor Guadamuz’s essay on the end of online mobs. American Privacy Rights Act…
Category: Copyright
Links for Week of April 5, 2024
This week, I liked a post at Today’s General Counsel about preparing clients for upcoming copyright litigation over AI. I thought it was good advice for anyone to look at their copyright holdings and try to assess how vulnerable these assets are. Speaking of copyright, I liked Mike Masnick’s post about forgotten books. I also…
Links for Week of March 1, 2024
This week, the Supreme Court held oral arguments regarding online speech in the Moody v. NetChoice and NetChoice v. Paxton cases. I liked Professor Guadamuz’s article on the challenges with voice cloning. On March 21st, I’ll be speaking to the DuPage County Bar Association’s Business Law Committee on the subject of “IP And IT Due…
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…
Links for Week of January 5, 2024
Happy New Year! This week, copyrighted works from 1928 and sound recordings from 1923 entered the public domain as their term of protection ended. A lot of attention is focused on the Steamboat Willie version of Mickey Mouse. Disney has also been using this version as a trademark, and newer versions of Mickey remain under…
Links for Week of December 29, 2023
This week, the New York Times sued Microsoft and Open AI for copyright infringement for including its content within the large language models of ChatGPT and Bing AI. Also, Evan Brown had a good summary of a recent ruling in the Southern District of New York involving the liability of platform owners for allowing allegedly…
Links for Week of December 15, 2023
This week, Marty Schwimmer had a good post about a SAD enforcement case gone bad. Another lawyer cited non-existent cases in a brief apparently prepared with AI assistance. And, Cathy Gellis posted about an amicus brief she wrote on behalf of the Copia Institute. Finally, we note that the EU has implemented an agreement in…