Copyright Kills Competition Copyright owners increasingly claim more draconian copyright law and policy will fight back against big tech companies. In reality, copyright gives the most powerful companies even more control over

Copyright laws give legacy gatekeepers more control, stifling grassroots innovation and emerging creators. We need a system that enables choice and new opportunities. eff.org/deeplinks/2...

It’s not just Tesla. Vehicles amass huge troves of possibly sensitive data. Elon Musk’s willingness to share information about the Cybertruck explosion has highlighted how much data cars collect -- and left some drivers uneasy.

Modern automobiles are now "panopticons on wheels" wapo.st/4gWZKwy

Mine: the Sony CFS-300-loved that thing.

The ultra-conservative Texas AG has filed a lawsuit accusing a New York doctor of prescribing abortion drugs to a Texas resident in violation of state law.

This lawsuit is the first attempt to test conflicting state abortion laws.

A ‘Clean Girl’ Influencer’s Lawsuit Asks: Can You Copyright a Vibe? One influencer is suing another, accusing her of copying her minimalist aesthetic on social media. It turns out there is a lot of gray area in shades of beige.

@nytimes.com story on influencers battling it out in court over vibe similarities, in which I am interviewed on whether this is “aesthetic espionage,” as the article describes, or entirely permissible www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/s...

“Scraping has evaded a reckoning with privacy law largely because scrapers act as if all publicly available data were free for the taking. But privacy law is currently conflicted about publicly available data.” - from Solove & Hartzog, "The Great Scrape" papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The Coca-Cola AI Campaign review | It's not the real thing A set of AI-generated adverts from The Coca-Cola Company could point the way to a grim future of soulless, synthesised film remakes. Yay!

A set of AI-generated Christmas adverts for Coca-Cola could point the way to a grim future of soulless, synthesised film remakes. Yay!

Gymnasts, Figure Skaters, and Other Artistic Athletes Are Up Against a New, Unlikely Foe Athletes, coaches, and choreographers are facing the fact that they’ve been unintentionally breaking the law nearly every day.

Gymnasts, Figure Skaters, and Other Artistic Athletes Are Up Against an Unlikely Foe (spoiler: it's copyright)

The influencer lawsuit that could change the industry Behind the scenes of a court battle for the “clean girl” look.

New from me: Two influencers make very similar content promoting Amazon products. They dress the same. They buy the same stuff. They even have a similar tattoo.

Now one is suing the other, claiming her rival won't stop copying her. But who influenced whom? www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/2...

On my list of topics-thanks for the tip!

Welcome! I am teaching a high school entertainment law class next year; looking for all the good topics/tips I can get!