<p>I learned today that because of the strong Moral Rights protection in the <a href="/tags/philippines/" rel="tag">#Philippines</a> , it is not possible for Authors/Creators (defined as "natural persons" by law) to dedicate/release their work to the <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a> .</p><p>And even if we use 0BSD, MIT-0, CC0, and other similar public-domain-equivalent licenses, we can still sue anyone who:</p><p>1. Misused our name<br>2. Misrepresented us<br>3. Misused our work (downstream)</p><p>All under Moral Rights because we can never waived it under Philippine law. Even with a promise not to sue anyone is not a guarantee.</p><p>So, saying, "This work is under 0BSD/MIT-0/CC0 and I will never sue anyone for whatever reason", won't work under Philippine law. The Creator/Author will always have their Moral Rights as the creator/author of the work. It's completely up to you to trust that they will fulfill their promise. 🤪</p><p><a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#Copyright</a> <a href="/tags/copyleft/" rel="tag">#Copyleft</a> <a href="/tags/licenses/" rel="tag">#Licenses</a> <a href="/tags/sharealike/" rel="tag">#ShareAlike</a> <a href="/tags/freeculture/" rel="tag">#FreeCulture</a></p><p>👉🏽 <a href="/tags/ianal/" rel="tag">#IANAL</a> <a href="/tags/tinla/" rel="tag">#TINLA</a></p>
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<p>新证据表示 Meta 通过 BitTorrent 从 LibGen 等下载了超过 100TB 的盗版资料。<br><br>- 证据显示资料来源包括 LibGen、Z-Library 及 Anna's Archive 等。<br>- 内部通信的证据还提到 Meta 修改了设置减少上传 (seeding) 量以降低法律风险。<br>- 扎克伯格称未有参与使用 LibGen 资料训练 LLM 的决定。Meta 则在诉讼中强调使用 LibGen 训练 AI 属「合理使用」 (fair use)。<br><br><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-torrented-over-81-7tb-of-pirated-books-to-train-ai-authors-say/" rel="nofollow">arstechnica.com/~</a><br><br><a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#Meta</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#Copyright</a> <a href="/tags/torrenting/" rel="tag">#Torrenting</a><br><br><a href="https://t.me/outvivid/4669" rel="nofollow">Telegram 原文</a></p>
<p>What on earth, SoundCloud??</p><p>"In the absence of a separate agreement that states otherwise, You explicitly agree that your Content may be used to inform, train, develop or serve as input to artificial intelligence or machine intelligence technologies or services as part of and for providing the services."</p><p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/terms-of-use" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>soundcloud.com/terms-of-use</a></p><p>via <span class="h-card"><a href="https://crispsandwi.ch/@sarahdal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sarahdal</span></a></span> <a href="https://crispsandwi.ch/@sarahdal/114477755873097160" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="crispsandwi.ch/@sarahdal/114477755873097160"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crispsandwi.ch/@sarahdal/11447</span><span class="invisible">7755873097160</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/soundcloud/" rel="tag">#soundcloud</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> <a href="/tags/musicians/" rel="tag">#musicians</a> <a href="/tags/aitraining/" rel="tag">#AITraining</a></p>
<p>Last night, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> was in conversation with <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mariafarrell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mariafarrell</span></a></span> to mark ORG's 20th birthday.</p><p>This wide-ranging conversation covers everything from the 'Internet dimension' of policy-making to copyright in the age of AI and how to fight for digital rights.</p><p>Plus much more!</p><p>Missed it live? No worries, you can watch it in full on Youtube 📺</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/M9H2An_D6io" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/live/M9H2An_D6io"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/live/M9H2An_D6</span><span class="invisible">io</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/org20/" rel="tag">#ORG20</a> <a href="/tags/digitalrights/" rel="tag">#digitalrights</a> <a href="/tags/corydoctorow/" rel="tag">#corydoctorow</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> <a href="/tags/dataprotection/" rel="tag">#dataprotection</a> <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#bigtech</a></p>
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<p>So, updating the <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#Copyright</a> YEAR has no legal bearing as Copyright protection is a fixed duration.</p><p>- Author-owned works is lifetime of author + 50 years (70 or longer in some countries)<br>- Entity-owned & pseudonym (not revealed) is 95 years from FIRST publication<br>- Unpublished is 120 years from first creation</p><p>Which means that it is pointless to list multiple years or a range of years. This is according to the International agreements related to Copyright, like the Berne Convention and the TRIPS Agreement.</p>
<p>Meta is facing an AI copyright lawsuit in France brought by authors and publishers who are accusing the company of economic “parasitism.” Read more at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@Techcrunch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Techcrunch</span></a></span>. <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#Meta</a> <a href="/tags/instagram/" rel="tag">#Instagram</a> <a href="/tags/facebook/" rel="tag">#Facebook</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#Copyright</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#Tech</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#Technology</a> <a href="https://flip.it/mSO6-8" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/mSO6-8</a></p>
<p>"A federal judge in California ruled Monday that Anthropic likely violated copyright law when it pirated authors’ books to create a giant dataset [...] but that training its AI on those books without authors' permission constitutes transformative fair use under copyright law. "</p><p><a href="https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-training-ai-on-authors-books-is-legal-but-pirating-them-is-not/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.404media.co/judge-rules-training-ai-on-authors-books-is-legal-but-pirating-them-is-not/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.404media.co/judge-rules-tr</span><span class="invisible">aining-ai-on-authors-books-is-legal-but-pirating-them-is-not/</span></a></p><p>via <a href="https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/114739272177738351" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mastodon.social/@404mediaco/114739272177738351"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@404mediaco/11</span><span class="invisible">4739272177738351</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/llms/" rel="tag">#LLMs</a></p>
<p>Before the automobile industry invented the catalytic converter, the costs of reducing air pollution seemed astronomical, enough to bankrupt the entire industry. After they invented the catalytical converter, the costs were manageable. And they only invented it because they were faced with the threat of being shut down.<br></p>Industries creating harms often claim that controls and regulations are impossible, would bankrupt them, etc., trying to make their existence into a zero-sum game (for some people to have the benefit of our industry, other people must suffer). AI companies claim they must steal copyrighted works because they could not exist otherwise; or be allowed to use as much electricity as they demand in spite of the costs. But it's B.S., and we should stop accepting this rhetoric. Forced to innovate to reduce harms, these industries have innovated, and made themselves even more profitable than they were when they were dragging their feet about it like children who don't want to clean their rooms.<br><br>From <a href="https://lpeproject.org/blog/is-climate-change-an-externality/" rel="nofollow">Is Climate Change An Externality</a><br><br><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a> <a href="/tags/generativeai/" rel="tag">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> <a href="/tags/pollution/" rel="tag">#pollution</a> <a href="/tags/climate/" rel="tag">#climate</a> <a href="/tags/innovation/" rel="tag">#innovation</a><br>
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<p>Wait. Is this reading correct?</p><p>"Under current law, content produced entirely by AI immediately enters the public domain, allowing unrestricted commercial use."</p><p><a href="https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2025/03/20/ai-generated-works-are-public-domain-court-affirms/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.synthtopia.com/content/2025/03/20/ai-generated-works-are-public-domain-court-affirms/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.synthtopia.com/content/202</span><span class="invisible">5/03/20/ai-generated-works-are-public-domain-court-affirms/</span></a></p><p>Other news coverage:</p><p>"Because many of the Copyright Act's provisions make sense only if an author is a human being, the best reading of the Copyright Act is that human authorship is required for registration."</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-rejects-copyrights-ai-generated-art-lacking-human-creator-2025-03-18/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.reuters.com/world/us/us-appeals-court-rejects-copyrights-ai-generated-art-lacking-human-creator-2025-03-18/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.reuters.com/world/us/us-ap</span><span class="invisible">peals-court-rejects-copyrights-ai-generated-art-lacking-human-creator-2025-03-18/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technology/" rel="tag">#technology</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a></p>
Anthropic will face a class-action lawsuit from US authors<br><p>A California federal judge ruled Thursday that three authors suing Anthropic over copyright infringement can bring a class action lawsuit representing all U.S. writers whose work was allegedly downloaded from libraries of pirated works.<br></p>From <a href="https://www.theverge.com/anthropic/709183/anthropic-class-action-lawsuit-pirated-books-authors-downloads" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theverge.com/anthropic/709183/anthropic-class-action-lawsuit-pirated-books-authors-downloads"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theverge.com/anthropic/709</span><span class="invisible">183/anthropic-class-action-lawsuit-pirated-books-authors-downloads</span></a><br><br>Even though I am probably one of the affected authors, lawsuits like this make me nervous. If the decision comes down in favor of Anthropic it sets a precedent for repeating what they and others have done. I am very skeptical that these issues would be appropriately settled in the courts; we need proper regulation of this industry as of two years ago. It's likewise worth noting that OpenAI claims at least 10x the traffic of Anthropic's various products.<br><br>Also, I've been in these kinds of lawsuits before. We'll end up getting a coupon for $1 off use of Claude if the class wins, or something comparably absurd. (*)<br><br><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a> <a href="/tags/generativeai/" rel="tag">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="/tags/llm/" rel="tag">#LLM</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> <a href="/tags/theft/" rel="tag">#theft</a> <a href="/tags/lawsuit/" rel="tag">#lawsuit</a> <a href="/tags/anthropic/" rel="tag">#Anthropic</a> <a href="/tags/claude/" rel="tag">#Claude</a><br><br>(*) Years ago I was inadvertently part of a class action lawsuit against Poland Spring because I bought their water during the period covered by the lawsuit. They were found guilty of deceptive marketing because they were mixing tap water in with the "spring water" they claimed to be selling. I was awarded a $1, maybe $5, coupon to buy Poland "Spring" water.<br>
<p>> The key legal question here is: Does modifying how a website displays through browser-side tools like ad blockers count as breaking the [copyright] law?</p><p><a href="https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/germanys-possible-ad-blocker-ban-could-threaten-user-freedom-and-privacy-says-mozilla" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/germanys-possible-ad-blocker-ban-could-threaten-user-freedom-and-privacy-says-mozilla"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-priv</span><span class="invisible">acy-security/germanys-possible-ad-blocker-ban-could-threaten-user-freedom-and-privacy-says-mozilla</span></a></p><p>This is ridiculous. There are so many ways to display a <a href="/tags/webpage/" rel="tag">#webpage</a>. So, would using custom <a href="/tags/css/" rel="tag">#CSS</a> also violate the <a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a>? Or using a browser like Lynx that just shows the text? Or viewing raw HTML? If anything, it's the raw <a href="/tags/code/" rel="tag">#code</a> that should be copyrighted. <a href="/tags/ad/" rel="tag">#ad</a> <a href="/tags/adblock/" rel="tag">#adblock</a> <a href="/tags/legal/" rel="tag">#legal</a> <a href="/tags/internet/" rel="tag">#internet</a> <a href="/tags/netzpolitik/" rel="tag">#netzpolitik</a> <a href="/tags/browser/" rel="tag">#browser</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a></p>
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<p>Tom Lehrer (1928–2025) made musical satire sing…and sting. His songs were funny, outrageous, & often uncomfortably true.</p><p>He died recently at 97. Years earlier, he disclaimed copyright to all his lyrics and compositions; a gesture as radical as his songs.</p><p>We remember his life, his legacy, & what it means for the <a href="/tags/digitalcommons/" rel="tag">#digitalcommons</a> ⤵️<br><a href="https://blog.archive.org/2025/08/01/tom-lehrer-1928-2025-a-life-in-satire-a-legacy-in-the-commons/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.archive.org/2025/08/01/tom-lehrer-1928-2025-a-life-in-satire-a-legacy-in-the-commons/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.archive.org/2025/08/01/to</span><span class="invisible">m-lehrer-1928-2025-a-life-in-satire-a-legacy-in-the-commons/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/tomlehrer/" rel="tag">#TomLehrer</a> <a href="/tags/satire/" rel="tag">#Satire</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#Copyright</a> <a href="/tags/internetarchive/" rel="tag">#InternetArchive</a></p>
<p>Anthropic, the creator of the Claude AI chatbot now faces "hundreds of billions of dollars in potential damages liability at trial in four months based on a class certification rushed at "warp speed" that involves "up to seven million potential claimants, whose works span a century of publishing history," each possibly triggering a $150,000 fine".</p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20</span><span class="invisible">25/08/ai-industry-horrified-to-face-largest-copyright-class-action-ever-certified/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/news/" rel="tag">#news</a> <a href="/tags/technews/" rel="tag">#TechNews</a> <a href="/tags/technolog/" rel="tag">#technolog</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a></p>
<p>If you are a published writer & object to Anthropic slurping up your writing for AI, you have until Aug 15 to sign up to help defend your copyright. First, check this database from The Atlantic to see whether they have taken your writing (you might want to check regardless):</p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.theatlantic.com/technology</span><span class="invisible">/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/</span></a></p><p>Then go here to sign up to be considered as part of a class action lawsuit:</p><p><a href="https://www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-author-contact/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-author-contact/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropi</span><span class="invisible">c-author-contact/</span></a></p><p>It’s easy & self-explanatory.</p><p>Please boost to help get the word out.</p><p><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#Copyright</a> <a href="/tags/writing/" rel="tag">#Writing</a></p>
<p>The recording from our Public Domain Day virtual event is now available!</p><p>🕵️ Investigate THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING COPYRIGHT to learn which works just entered the public domain—and why copyright is more complicated than it looks.</p><p>Watch the full recording ➡️ <a href="https://archive.org/details/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="archive.org/details/the-case-of-the-disappearing-copyright"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/the-case-o</span><span class="invisible">f-the-disappearing-copyright</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/publicdomain/" rel="tag">#PublicDomain</a> <a href="/tags/publicdomainday/" rel="tag">#PublicDomainDay</a> <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#Copyright</a> <a href="/tags/openculture/" rel="tag">#OpenCulture</a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@AuthorsAlliance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>AuthorsAlliance</span></a></span></p>
<p>I do not have a "balanced" opinion on <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a>.<br>"Balance" implies a dichotomy is valid.<br>Nope.<br>Artists and creators in all fields deserve better than compensation for their work.<br>And AI is a powerful technology that can do a lot of good for humanity.<br>And OpenAI is a horrible company and definitely violates copyright.<br>And <a href="/tags/copyright/" rel="tag">#copyright</a> is broken beyond my capacity to describe.<br>And data center expansion is looking like a cancerous aspect of <a href="/tags/enshittification/" rel="tag">#enshittification</a>.<br>And… I could go on…</p>
