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…
Links for Week of April 21, 2023
This week, I note a nice article by Jonathan Bailey about a pending copyright and trade secrets lawsuit over a video game called Dark and Darker. Further, Professor Jessica Litman has made her book Digital Copyright available for all to download. Copyright and Trade Secrets Litigation Digital Copyright Book
Links for Week of April 14, 2023
This week, I note an article by Professor Goldman announcing his new paper about platform regulation. I also liked the EFF’s analysis of the UN’s proposed cybercrime treaty. Internet Governance
Links for Week of April 7, 2023
This week, lawsuits over AI generated artwork are in the news, as well as some good commentary about them. I liked the Ars Technica article, as well as the EFF’s post, linked below. Copyright and AI
Links for Week of March 31, 2023
This week, I note the decision reached in the Internet Archive copyright case, which I expect to be appealed. I also liked a series of guest posts on the Technology and Marketing Law Blog by Elizabeth Townsend Gard on the Copyright Claim Board. Internet Archive and Copyright Copyright Claim Board
Links for Week of March 24, 2023
This week, the Copyright Office issued guidelines for the registration of works which include materials generated by artificial intelligence. And, continuing the trend of interesting IP cases being argued before the Supreme Court, arguments were heard in the Jack Daniels (commercial use of parody products) and Arbitron v. Hetronic (application of US law to foreign…
Links for Week of March 17, 2023
Here are some interesting articles for this week. In particular, I liked Eric Goldman’s pointing out how the EU’s Right to Be Forgotten can impact Google search results, focusing on an article by Venkat Balasubramani. It’s been quite a while since I last had coffee with Venkat on one of his trips through Chicago, but…
Links for Week of March 10, 2023
Last week I attended ABA Techshow, so here are some links with highlights from the show. I spoke on Tuesday, March 7th at the Chicago Bar Association’s Solo and Small Firm Committee meeting with my takeaways from Techshow. On the topic of geolocation, the FBA admitted this week to buying location data on Americans. Not…
Links for Week of March 3, 2023
Some great further discussion to be had of the Taamneh v. Twitter case argued last week before the Supreme Court, as well as a discussion of the copyright issues with AI. Taamneh v. Twitter Artificial Intelligence and Copyright