Pluralistic: An open copyright casebook, featuring AI, Warhol and more (30 Jul 2024)

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An open copyright casebook, featuring AI, Warhol and more: Up-to-date, erudite, and free!
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A profoundly stupid case about video game cheating could transform adblocking into a copyright infringement: Actual property rights are less important than the metaphorical property rights of "IP."
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Copyright takedowns are a cautionary tale that few are heeding: If you can't post a law school symposium on fair use…
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Cleantech has an enshittification problem: Who's gonna make a 25-year purchase from a startup with six months' worth of runway?
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Neither the devil you know nor the devil you don't: Creative workers deserve better than a choice as to who rips them off.
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AI "art" and uncanniness: "A meaning that does not stem from organizing intention."
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Bullies want you to think they're on your side: Bosses (not migrants) take workers' wages, and corporations (not readers) want writers' money.
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2024's public domain is a banger: How he got in my pajamas, I don't know.
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