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The AI Action plan released by the White House amounts to the same old FAFO when it comes to Big Tech.| The Illusion of More
In finding for the petitioners in Mahmoud v. Taylor, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority opens another path to banning books in schools—administrative hassle disguised as constitutional principle. The petitioners in the case are three families—one Muslim, two Catholic—with young children in the Maryland Central Public Schools (MCPS) where the board elected to include a number […] The post Mahmoud v. Taylor: SCOTUS Marks Insidious Path Toward Book Bans appeared first on The I...| The Illusion of More
The AI Action plan released by the White House amounts to the same old FAFO when it comes to Big Tech.| The Illusion of More
The ongoing litigation over the right to control the Frida Kahlo trademarks implies two very different paths for the artist's legacy.| The Illusion of More
Dr. Rebecca Grant, Vice President of Lexington Institute, alleges in a recent post that copyright owners—specifically the bogeyman of “Hollywood”—form an obstacle to national security in the effort to win the AI cold war with China. Out of respect for her credentials as a security expert, I shall assume that all of Dr. Grant’s specific […] The post Inapt Mixing of National Defense with Copyright Law Raises Broader Questions appeared first on The Illusion of More.| The Illusion of More
Courts can’t stick their heads in the sand to an obvious way that a new technology might severely harm the incentive to create, just because the issue has not come up before. Indeed, it seems likely that market dilution will often cause plaintiffs to decisively win the fourth factor—and thus win the fair use question […]| The Illusion of More
The fair use decision in Bartz v. Anthropic has some odd elements in it. Discussed int this post. We'll see where it goes.| The Illusion of More
Parents host DC event to impress upon major brands that their ad dollars support dangerous and deadly consequences of social media for kids.| The Illusion of More
Disney and Universal file the first copyright infringement suit by major studios against an AI developer in Disney et. al v. Midjourney.| The Illusion of More
Although I have expressed aspects of these views in several posts over the past couple of years, I will try to consolidate my opinion as to why GAI training with protected creative works is a more problematic fair use consideration than many, even the courts, seem to believe. I acknowledge that even fellow copyright advocates […] The post Finding Fair Use for GAI Training is Highly Problematic appeared first on The Illusion of More.| The Illusion of More
I have not commented on developments since May 13 because in this instance, caution is more important than keeping up with every rumor, of which there are plenty. I stand by my general views articulated in that last post but am not quite ready to agree with Digital Music News reporting on May 23 that […] The post Questions But Not Chaos at the Copyright Office appeared first on The Illusion of More.| The Illusion of More
Perhaps in the face of real censorship, the anti-copyright crowd might admit that authors' rights didn't make information disappear.| The Illusion of More
Dissecting the digital utopia.| The Illusion of More
In AWF v. Goldsmith, the Supreme Court reins in the "transformativeness" blob, keeping it from swallowing the derivative works right.| The Illusion of More
