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Walled Culture<p><strong>Copyright madness: YouTube seems to doubt whether Shakespeare is in the public domain</strong></p><p>One of the darker threads of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) is how complex copyright enforcement systems can be abused, for example by sending Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown requests for material that is perfectly legal. A recent post on the Public Citizen blog offers an extreme example of this blight. Here’s the summary of what happened:</p><p>When […]</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/counternotice/" target="_blank">#counternotice</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/dmca/" target="_blank">#dmca</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/google/" target="_blank">#google</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/infringement/" target="_blank">#infringement</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/non-profit/" target="_blank">#nonProfit</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/public-domain/" target="_blank">#publicDomain</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/registration/" target="_blank">#registration</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/shakespeare/" target="_blank">#shakespeare</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/takedown/" target="_blank">#takedown</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/us-copyright-office/" target="_blank">#usCopyrightOffice</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://walledculture.org/tag/youtube/" target="_blank">#youtube</a></p><p><a href="https://walledculture.org/copyright-madness-youtube-seems-to-doubt-whether-shakespeare-is-in-the-public-domain/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">walledculture.org/copyright-ma</span><span class="invisible">dness-youtube-seems-to-doubt-whether-shakespeare-is-in-the-public-domain/</span></a></p>
Historian Matt<p>US Copyright Office Frees the McFlurry - HTTAY 109 Matt</p><p><a href="https://port87.social/tags/httay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>httay</span></a> <a href="https://port87.social/tags/uscopyrightoffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uscopyrightoffice</span></a> <a href="https://port87.social/tags/mcdonalds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mcdonalds</span></a> <a href="https://port87.social/tags/mcflurry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mcflurry</span></a> <a href="https://port87.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://port87.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://port87.social/tags/righttorepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>righttorepair</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/dAASLJgYbhw?si=uGbT1soglUiLZYpY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/dAASLJgYbhw?si=uGbT1s</span><span class="invisible">oglUiLZYpY</span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p><a href="https://mato.social/tags/AIvsCopyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIvsCopyright</span></a> <br><a href="https://mato.social/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a>, again, is coming to rein in…<br>For good?</p><p>"The <a href="https://mato.social/tags/USCopyrightOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCopyrightOffice</span></a> has issued the first part of a report on how AI may affect its domain, and its first recommendation out of the gate is: we need a new law right away to define and combat AI-powered <a href="https://mato.social/tags/impersonation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impersonation</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/07/31/copyright-office-tells-congress-urgent-need-to-outlaw-ai-powered-impersonation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2024/07/31/copy</span><span class="invisible">right-office-tells-congress-urgent-need-to-outlaw-ai-powered-impersonation/</span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p>The "wildest wild card: </p><p>The <a href="https://mato.social/tags/USCopyrightOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCopyrightOffice</span></a> has repeatedly stated that works made by AIs aren't eligible for copyright, which is the exclusive purview of works of human authorship. This has been affirmed by courts.</p><p>…for any company contemplating selling an <a href="https://mato.social/tags/AIgenerated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIgenerated</span></a> work, the fact that it is born in the <a href="https://mato.social/tags/PublicDomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicDomain</span></a> presents a substantial hurdle, because anyone else is free to take that work and sell it or give it away."<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/20/everything-made-by-an-ai-is-in-the-public-domain/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pluralistic.net/2023/08/20/eve</span><span class="invisible">rything-made-by-an-ai-is-in-the-public-domain/</span></a></p>
IT News<p>US lawmaker proposes a public database of all AI training material - Enlarge (credit: Cinefootage Visuals | iStock / Getty Images Plus) </p><p>... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2016595" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=2016595</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/generativeaidisclosureact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeaidisclosureact</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/uscopyrightoffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uscopyrightoffice</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/copyrightlaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyrightlaw</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/generativeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeai</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/stabilityai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stabilityai</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openai</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
IT News<p>US rejects AI copyright for famous state fair-winning Midjourney art - Enlarge / The winning entry, Théåtre D'opéra Spatial, from the Colorado... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1966933" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1966933</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/uscopyrightoffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uscopyrightoffice</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/machinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machinelearning</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/imagesynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imagesynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/kriskashtanova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kriskashtanova</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/stephenthaler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stephenthaler</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aicopyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aicopyright</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/jasonallen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jasonallen</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/midjourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>midjourney</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/biz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biz</span></a>⁢ <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aiart</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Thorny AI ownership questions have Copyright Office seeking public input - Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) </p><p>On Wednesday, the US Copyright ... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1964248" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=1964248</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/uscopyrightoffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uscopyrightoffice</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/machinelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>machinelearning</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/stablediffusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stablediffusion</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/imagesynthesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imagesynthesis</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aicopyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aicopyright</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/midjourney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>midjourney</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aiethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aiethics</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/aipolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aipolicy</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/chatgtp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chatgtp</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/biz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biz</span></a>⁢ <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a></p>
Walled Culture<p>Copyright's over-protection: research shows that, when given the choice, most authors don’t want excessively-long copyright terms - @glynmoody<br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Authors</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CopyrightTerms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyrightTerms</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AccessToCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AccessToCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NYPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYPL</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USCopyrightOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USCopyrightOffice</span></a><br><a href="https://walledculture.org/research-shows-that-when-given-the-choice-most-authors-dont-want-excessively-long-copyright-terms/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">walledculture.org/research-sho</span><span class="invisible">ws-that-when-given-the-choice-most-authors-dont-want-excessively-long-copyright-terms/</span></a></p>
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