Internet Archive Takes Another Step Towards Death
Archive.org loses appeal in book copyright case with the Sony / Universal Music lawsuit still looming on the horizon. ⌘ Read more
Sam Whited: Thoughts on a New Software Commons
I use various legal and economic terms of art in this post, but I am neither a
lawyer or an economist.
They should be read in the way a layperson might read them, not as a serious
legal or economic analysis or advice.
I’ve long held that software being open source1 is necessary, but not
sufficient.
Using copyright and contract law to enshrine the freedom to use your software
instead … ⌘ Read more
Download Over 900 eBooks of Classics Free from StandardEbooks
If you’re interested in doing some reading of the classics, you may appreciate the Standard Ebooks project, which offers free high quality ebooks that are well-formatted, proofread, and professionally designed using style manuals. Standard Ebooks focuses on books that are in the public domain and without copyright restrictions, which is how they’re able to offer … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/12/21/dow … ⌘ Read more
Download Over 900 eBooks of Classics Free from StandardEbooks
If you’re interested in doing some reading of the classics, you may appreciate the Standard Ebooks project, which offers free high quality ebooks that are well-formatted, proofread, and professionally designed using style manuals. Standard Ebooks focuses on books that are in the public domain and without copyright restrictions, which is how they’re able to offer … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/12/21/dow … ⌘ Read more
Copyright, Piracy, and the bleak future of The Internet Archive
Lunduke’s Big Tech Show - Dec 19, 2023 ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Gostava de ouvir por exemplo um debate sobre as opções do Governo em termos tecnológicos, e que se percebesse o fundamento político de contratar já soluções com o ChatGPT enquanto o CEO ameaça sair da Europa por não estar disposto a revelar se os dados do modelo são copyrighted.
Gostava de ouvir por exemplo um debate sobre as opções do Governo em termos tecnológicos, e que se percebesse o fundamento político de contratar já soluções com o ChatGPT enquanto o CEO ameaça sair da Europa por não … ⌘ Read more
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Looks like Google's using this blog post of mine without my permission. I hate this kind of tech company crap so much.
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There’s a link to the blog post, but they extracted a summary in hopes of keeping people in Google properties (something they’ve been called out on many times).
I was never contacted to ask if I was OK with Google extracting a summary of my blog post and sticking it on the web site. There is a very clear copyright designation at the bottom of each page, including that one. So, by putting their own brand over my text, they violated my copyright. Straightforward theft right there.
On LinkedIn I see a lot of posts aimed at software developers along the lines of “If you’re not using these AI tools (X,Y,Z) you’re going to be left behind.”
Two things about that:
- No you’re not. If you have good soft skills (good communication, show up on time, general time management) then you’re already in excellent shape. No AI can do that stuff, and for that alone no AI can replace people
- This rhetoric is coming directly from the billionaires who are laying off tech people by the 100s of thousands as part of the class war they’ve been conducting against all working people since the 1940s. They want you to believe that you have to scramble and claw over one another to learn the “AI” that they’re forcing onto the world, so that you stop honing the skills that matter (see #1) and are easier to obsolete later. Don’t fall for it. It’s far from clear how this will shake out once governments get off their asses and start regulating this stuff, by the way–most of these “AI” tools are blatantly breaking copyright and other IP laws, and some day that’ll catch up with them.
That said, it is helpful to know thy enemy.
**RT by @mind_booster: Na 🇫🇮, o Parlamento rejeitou a proposta de transposição da diretiva do dto de autor, por não assegurar o balanço necessário com os dtos humanos, nomeadamente o dto à educação e ciência.
Em 🇵🇹, este tipo de preocupações nem sequer foram consideradas.
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https://libereurope.eu/article/the-fundamental-right-to-education-and-science-constitutional-law-v-copyright-law/**
Na 🇫🇮, o Parlamento rejeitou a proposta de transposição da diretiva do dto de autor, por não assegurar o balanço necessário … ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: A @AssembleiaRepub aprovou hoje a autorização para o @govpt fazer sozinho a transposição da diretiva de direitos de autor.
A favor: PS, PSD, CH
Contra: IL, BE, PCP, Livre, PAN
Declarações de voto: Emília Cerqueira (PSD) e Rodrigo Saraiva (IL)
#copyright #Artigo17 #Article17
1/3
A @AssembleiaRepub aprovou hoje a autorização para o @govpt fazer sozinho a transposição da direti … ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: We join Portuguese civil society in a call to the country’s parliament to ensure that the transposition of the #Copyright Directive is subject to an open and transparent discussion. 🇵🇹
We join Portuguese civil society in a call to the country’s parliament to ensure that the transposition of the #Copyright Directive is subject to an open and transparent discussion. 🇵🇹 ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Novidades acerca do famoso #artigo17 (o dos filtros de upload)
Amanhã, na Assembleia de República (AR), é votada uma proposta de autorização legislativa em que a AR autoriza o Governo a legislar sozinho a transposição da directiva.
🧵⬇️
1/5
#copyright #Artigo17 href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23Article17”>#Article17**
Novidades acerca do famoso #artigo17 (o dos filtros de upload)
Amanhã, na Assembleia de República (AR), é votada uma proposta de autorização legislativa em que a AR autoriza o … ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: Save the date! Feb 13th.
Upcoming webinar: Flexible exceptions - the next step for Europe?
Focus:Open norms and civil law jurisdictions in Europe + a look at the experience of civil law countries in E Asia who have introduced them.
Chair @Senficon
👇🏻
https://www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/upcoming-webinar-13-february-flexible-copyright-exceptions-the-next-step-for-europe/**
Save the date! Feb 13th.
Upcoming webinar: Flexible exceptions - the next step for Europe?
Focus:Ope … ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Ten Years Later, The EU Orphan Works Directive Is Officially A Failure – Just As The Copyright Industry Intended https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/16/ten-years-later-the-eu-orphan-works-directive-is-officially-a-failure-just-as-the-copyright-industry-intended/
Ten Years Later, The EU Orphan Works Directive Is Officially A Failure – Just As The Copyright Industry Intended [techdirt.com/2022/12/16/ten-…](https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/16/ten-years-later-the-eu-orphan-works-directive-is-offici … ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: HOJE! : Portugal, AR,
CULTURA, COMUNICAÇÃO, JUVENTUDE E DESPORTO
“Autoriza o Governo a legislar [..] sobre direitos de autor e conexos […] , transpondo a Diretiva (UE) 2019/789”
https://www.parlamento.pt/sites/com/XVLeg/12CCCJD/Paginas/default.aspx
Sem participação pública?
#Copyright #CopyrightDirective #Portugal**
HOJE! : Portugal, AR,
CULTURA, COMUNICAÇÃO, JUVENTUDE E DESPORTO
“Autoriza o Governo a legislar [..] sobre direitos de autor e conexos […] , transpondo a Diretiva (UE) 2019 … ⌘ Read more
Decided to plant a plum tree in the garden. Chose the perfect place. Oh boy, it seems someone before me had exactly the same idea. May this be a lesson for us never to give copyright to ideas :-D ⌘ Read more
Advocating for developers to the US Copyright Office
How GitHub advocated for developer interests at the US Copyright Office technical measures consultations ⌘ Read more
L’intelligence artificielle à l’assaut du copyright
Pour celui qui se tient (même vaguement) au courant des progrès de l’informatique, il est évident que l’intelligence artificielle a beaucoup évolué en 20 ans. L’actualité récente montre qu’on est à présent bien loin des pathétiques essais de l’époque, qui permettaient péniblement d’obtenir de ces programmes un peu plus qu’une reconnaissance approximative des caractères, des […] ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Associação @Communia_EU atualiza recomendações para a próxima década #PublicDomain #Copyright https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2022/06/03/associacao-communia_eu-atualiza-recomendacoes-para-a-proxima-decada-publicdomain-copyright/
Associação @Communia_EU atualiza recomendações para a próxima década #PublicDomain #Copyright [paulasimoesblog.wordpress … ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: Notas da Semana 16/05/2022
Metadados (ainda)
Pressão da CE sobre os Estados-Membros na transposição da directiva do copyright
Relatório da IFLA
Livros & Reviews
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2022/05/20/notas-da-semana-16-05-2022/**
Notas da Semana 16/05/2022
Metadados (ainda)
Pressão da CE sobre os Estados-Membros na transposição da directiva do copyright
Relatório da IFLA
Livros & Reviews
[paulasimoesblog.wordpress.co…](https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2022/05/20/notas … ⌘ Read more
Caro @govpt , e em particular @padaoesilva , agora que já temos um “novo prazo” (e já só temos 2 meses), já podemos ter aquela tal consulta pública à proposta sobre a transposição da directiva do copyright, que o governo (e bem) considerou necessária?
Caro @govpt , e em particular @padaoesilva , agora que já temos um “novo prazo” (e já só temos 2 meses), já podemos ter aquela tal consulta pública à prop … ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Fun conversation with @creativecommons about our All The Music project, #copyright building blocks, #music, #creativity, #melodies, @GeorgeHarrison, @katyperry, @ledzeppelin, @edsheeran, and how all musicians stand on the shoulders of prior musical giants.
https://anchor.fm/creativecommons/episodes/Damien-Riehl–Noah-Rubin-of-All-The-Music-e1i2d86
Fun conversation with @creativecommons about our All The Music project, [#copyright]( … ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Copyright is more often a bump in the road than a true enabler of creativity, leading to chilling effects - @glynmoody https://walledculture.org/ed-sheeran-wins-copyright-lawsuit-but-now-films-himself-as-he-writes-songs-to-forestall-more-litigation #copyright #creators href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23CopyrightAbsurdity”>#CopyrightAbsurdity**
Copyright is more often a bump in the road than a true enabler of creativity, leading to chilling effects - @glynmoody [walledculture.org/ed-sheeran…](http … ⌘ Read more
The Copyright Office expands your security research rights
Recently, the Copyright Office responded to the calls to clarify the scope of protected security research. ⌘ Read more
Vague infringement allegations considered harmful
Ensuring that software copyright allegations are specific and actionable benefits the entire developer ecosystem. That’s why GitHub submitted a “friend of the court” brief in the SAS Institute, Inc. v. World Programming Ltd. case before a Federal Court of Appeals. ⌘ Read more
http://blog.onkeyboardst.net/post/Linux%3A-Ajouter-un-copyright-sur-une-photo-publi%C3%A9e-en-ligne copyright image
On the blog: Copyright Searches https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/07/19/pdomain.html #copyright #publicdomain
Random link from the archives: https://tedium.co/2017/10/24/public-domain-film-history-copyright/ originally archived Thu Oct 26 08:16:35 EDT 2017
Why Is AI Art Copyright So Complicated? — Artnome https://www.artnome.com/news/2019/3/27/why-is-ai-art-copyright-so-complicated
‘Kingdom Hearts III’ is a Big, Beautiful Mess - Waypoint https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/gyaqwm/kingdom-hearts-iii-review-lore-copyright
Tedium Trends 2019: Copyright Law is Shifting https://tedium.co/2018/12/27/tedium-trends-2019/
The Quietus | Opinion | The Quietus Essay | Rude Citizenship: Jamaican Musical Challenges to Copyright(ed) Culture http://thequietus.com/articles/25494-music-copyright-jamaica-dub
Come to think of it, gluing some unrelated poem to some unrelated tune was all over the place before the 20th century, wasn’t it? Ode to Joy, Jerusalem… Maybe we just stopped because of tin pan alley copyright expansion?
A Mass of Copyrighted Works Will Soon Enter the Public Domain - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/04/copywritten-so-dont-copy-me/557420/
Is English Wikipedia’s ‘rise and decline’ typical? – copyrighteous https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/revisiting-the-rise-and-decline
A Mass of Copyrighted Works Will Soon Enter the Public Domain - The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/04/copywritten-so-dont-copy-me/557420/
Bad idea of the day: require a payment of a dollar (held in escrow by the copyright office) to send a DMCA takedown notice. The dollar goes to whoever is determined to be the legitimate owner, in case of a dispute. If there is no dispute, it goes into the federal education budget.
Copyright Law Makes Artificial Intelligence Bias Worse - Motherboard https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59ydmx/copyright-law-artificial-intelligence-bias
Public Domain Film History: A Cottage Industry of Copyright Mishaps https://tedium.co/2017/10/24/public-domain-film-history-copyright/
Public Domain Film History: A Cottage Industry of Copyright Mishaps https://tedium.co/2017/10/24/public-domain-film-history-copyright/
How Apple’s Early Clone Wars Reshaped Copyright Law - Motherboard https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59za4x/how-apples-early-clone-wars-reshaped-copyright-law
This sentence is free and owns the copyright to itself, but luckily it has allowed me to reproduce it
The Wikipedia Adventure – copyrighteous https://mako.cc/copyrighteous/the-wikipedia-adventure
Do Androids Dream of Electric Copyright? Comparative Analysis of Originality in Artificial Intelligence Generated Works by Andrés Guadamuz :: SSRN https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2981304