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…
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Links for Week of April 19, 2024
This week, the Copyright Office granted a registration to a work generated by AI – but limited to the “selection, coordination, and arrangement of text generated by artificial intelligence.” This is in line with prior decisions requiring a human author, as the registration is limited to what the human author contributed. Also, I liked Evan…
Links for Week of April 12, 2024
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…
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 September 15, 2023
This week, the antitrust trial against Google got underway. I liked Cathy Gellis’s article at Techdirt about the DC Circuit case involving Public Resource. Further, I thought it was interesting that Volkswagen changed its mind about having its own TLD. Antitrust Copyright Top Level Domains
Links for Week of January 27, 2023
Internet Law Trademark Facebook and Instagram
Links for Week of January 20, 2023
Domain names Section 230
Links for Week of January 13, 2023
Broadband Domain Names Contracting
Links for Week of December 23, 2022
UDRP and Free Speech Editorial Transparency Trademarks Copyright in AI Generated Art
Links for Week of October 21, 2022
Spam Domains https://circleid.com/posts/20221018-insights-into-an-active-spam-domain-portfolio Data Property https://3d.laboratorium.net/2022-10-18-data-property Biometric Privacy https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/biometric-privacy-perils-grow-after-bnsf-loses-landmark-verdict Copyright https://www.technollama.co.uk/copilot-the-next-stage-in-the-ai-copyright-wars