This week, more discussion was had regarding the proposed Anthropic AI settlement. President Trump signed an executive order approving the TikTok deal. Finally, a story about a copyright troll that had to pay up before it could be dismissed from the case it filed. 🙂 Proposed Anthropic AI Settlement TikTok Deal Copyright Troll Has To…
Links for Week of September 19, 2025
This week, we learned that Anthropic will not let Claude be used for domestic surveillance. The Internet Archive has reached a confidential settlement in its copyright lawsuit over the Great 78’s collection. Finally, I liked Professor Guadamuz’s musings on the future of AI and Copyright. Anthropic’s Permitted Uses for AI Internet Archive Settles Copyright Case…
Links for Week of September 12, 2025
This week, the judge in the Anthropic copyright case expressed skepticism over the $1.5 Billion settlement offer, especially considering the damages are estimated to be over $1 Trillion. I liked Cathy Gellis’ article about her amicus brief in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment, addressing platform liability for copyright infringement. Finally, Warner Bros. sued Midjourney…
Links for Week of September 5, 2025
This week, Google got some good news in its antitrust case that they would not need to sell off its Chrome web browser. Security expert Bruce Schneier had a good series of posts about security risks of AI models, they are vulnerable to injection attacks. Finally, via GeekPress, a restaurant has an unusual AI hallucination…
Links for Week of August 29, 2025
This week, news broke that a settlement is near in the case multiple authors brought against Anthropic for the use of their copyrighted works in training the AI model. A wrongful death lawsuit was brought by the parents of a teen who committed suicide, alleging that ChatGPT encouraged the teen to do so. I have…
Links for Week of August 22, 2025
This week, I liked Professor Guadamuz’s post on the UK Online Safety Act. Professor Goldman had a nice post as well, this one about how DMCA unmasking subpoenas aren’t the right solution when the content being hosted is a torrent. Finally, Cathy Gellis had a good post on Techdirt about how the Supreme Court has…
Links for Week of August 15, 2025
This week, Meta has apparently backtracked on its rules regarding interactions between minors and their chatbots. Also, thanks to some bad actors who like to scrape Reddit to train their AI models, Reddit had to stop allowing the Internet Archive from covering Reddit. Those AI firms were blocked from scraping Reddit, and so they turned…
Links for Week of August 8, 2025
This week, news of a prior hack of the US Court online systems was revealed. A jury in California found against Meta in a case involving data collected from the Flo period and pregnancy app. Finally, I liked Professor Goldman’s analysis and critique of the majority opinion in the Krasno v. UWM case, a free…
Links for Week of August 1, 2025
This week, Meta was accused of torrenting porn to train its AI models, per a new lawsuit. I liked Professor Guadamuz’s post on Copyright and AI in the UK. Finally, I see that Professor Grimmelmann updated his Information Property textbook, and Professor Goldman updated his Internet Law casebook. Both are great resources. Meta Torrenting Allegations…
Links for Week of July 25, 2025
This week, the White House unveiled its AI Action Plan. Further, it sounds like Tik Tok will not be getting more extensions from President Trump if they do not agree to his plan. Finally, in a guest post by Tyler Ochoa, President Trump’s lawsuit over the “Trump Tapes” book by Bob Woodward was dismissed. AI…