This week, I liked the start of a new series of articles on CircleID about internet governance. It does a good job of explaining how the current regime developed over time. Palo Alto Networks published its current report on the state of ransomware. Finally, San Francisco’s city attorney is suing some of the popular sites…
Links for Week of August 16, 2024
This week, there was an interesting ruling denying a motion to dismiss in the ongoing class action lawsuit against some of the larger AI Image Generation sites, Stability AI, Midjourney, Runway AI, and DeviantArt. The FTC also introduced a new final rule banning fake reviews. Finally, a reminder to be careful of the fine print…
Links for Week of August 9, 2024
This week, Google Search and Advertising were ruled to be a monopoly. Further, Interisle published their 4th annual survey on the scope and distribution of Phishing. It’s interesting reading to see where and how these phishing websites are hosted. Google Antitrust Ruling Study on Phishing
Links for Week of August 2, 2024
This week, there’s some new legislation proposed which would add a “digital replication right” for likenesses. Via BeSpacific, I learned of a new tool to allow copyright holders to see if their work is being used to train AI models. Finally, Professor Grimmelmann has a new article on copyright and generative AI. NO FAKES Act…
Links for Week of July 26, 2024
This week, LLRX had a nice article by Richard Forno explaining how the massive IT outage last week spotlit major vulnerabilities in the global IT ecosystem. Similarly, Bruce Schneier posted a nice article by Barath Raghavan. Finally, Professor Goldman published his comprehensive review of the Moody v. Netchoice decision. Outage Spotlights Vulnerabilities in IT Ecosystem…
Links for Week of July 19, 2024
As I write this, there is a huge outage affecting much of the Internet caused by a faulty software update from cloud provider CloudStrike. We also learned this week that AT&T had a massive data breach in 2022 that affected nearly every customer. Internet Outage AT&T Data Breach
Links for Week of July 12, 2024
This week, a tool that artists are using to protect against mimicry of their online artwork by AI was cracked. Professor Guadamuz has a nice article on Internet history. Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it… Finally, Professor Goldman explained what happed to Gonzalez v. Google after the Supreme Court’s ruling last term….
Links for Week of July 5, 2024
This week, the Supreme Court ruled in Moody v. Netchoice re: social media moderation. I really liked LLRX’s article on navigating online risks of minors. Finally, Ars Technica had a nice article on a recent hearing in the copyright case against the Internet Archive’s digital lending practices. Moody v. Netchoice Navigating Online Risks for Minors…
Links for Week of June 28, 2024
This week, two of the AI-powered sites for music generation, Udio and Suno, had lawsuits filed against them by Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Records. A Hat tip to John Welch for linking to a great article on Amazon’s quiet overhaul of the trademark system. Finally, I liked Professor Guadamuz’s post on the…
Links for Week of June 21, 2024
This week, I liked Bruce Schneier’s article on Democracy and AI. I also thought it was interesting how Apple’s Private Cloud Compute, introduced during WWDC earlier this month, actually works. AI and Democracy Apple – Private Cloud Compute