This week, there was a lot of discussion over Canada’s new law requiring publishers to be paid when their news articles are linked to by search engines and social media companies. I also liked Professor Grimmelmann’s forthcoming article with Katherine Lee and A. Feder Cooper on copyright and generative AI. Canadian Publisher Payment Law Copyright…
Category: Internet Governance
Links for Week of July 21, 2023
So what has your AI been trained upon? A group of authors requests that their copyrighted works not be used for that purpose. Further, for many years American military emails (.MIL) have been mis-sent to Mali (.ML) due to typos. Now, that domain is being transferred back to that country’s control. Finally, I was very…
Links for Week of June 30, 2023
This week, the Supreme Court ruled in Counterman v. Colorado, which is concerning for its potentially chilling effect on other online stalking cases. Counterman v. Colorado
Links for Week of June 23, 2023
This week, an interesting post by Evan Brown on who owns a social media account used by a business as well as by an individual. I also liked guest posts by Professors Tyler Ochoa and Lisa Ramsey regarding the recent Supreme Court cases in Warhol and Jack Daniels. Social Media Account Ownership Copyright Trademark Parody
Links for Week of June 2, 2023
This week, a group of AI researchers issued a warning regarding mitigating the risk of extinction caused by AI. Further, security expert Bruce Schneier summarizes the articles coming out recently about a report detailing Chinese hacking of the US critical infrastructure. Note – due to external obligations, the next post will be the week of…
Links for Week of May 26, 2023
This week, more on the Supreme Court’s decision in the Warhol case. Further, CISA published a useful guide for reducing the risk of ransomware. And, Meta was hit with a record privacy fine (1.2 billion Euros) over GDPR compliance. Copyright and Fair Use Ransomware Privacy
Links for Week of May 19, 2023
This week, the Supreme Court issued decisions in the much-watched Twitter v. Taamneh and Gonzalez v. Google involving Section 230, as well as the fair-use Copyright decision involving the Andy Warhol estate. More commentary to come, but in the meantime here are links to the decisions. Section 230 Copyright
Links for Week of May 12, 2023
I was quoted this week in a Rolling Stone article by Miles Klee re: Utah’s new age verification law for adult websites. I also liked Dr. Guadamuz’s article re: copyright infringement claims against the owners of the LAION AI dataset. Also, please be sure to register for next Wednesday’s Privacy Law Update webinar. Rolling Stone…
Links for Week of May 5, 2023
This week, I’d like to remind everyone that my Privacy Law Update webinar is coming up on May 17th at 3PM CT. To register, visit https://bit.ly/3zGPHZ1. I see there is an update re: the film studio’s requests to Reddit to unmask anonymous posters. Register for Privacy Law Update Webinar Internet Anonymity
Links for Week of April 28, 2023
This week, I’d like to invite people to register for my Privacy Law webinar on May 17, 2023 at 3PM CT. To register, visit https://bit.ly/3zGPHZ1. I liked Dr. Guadamuz’s take on the Yuga Labs NFT dispute over the Bored Apes Yacht Club. Further, Professor Grimmelmann has an interesting article on an economic model for Internet…