Colorado Passes Its Third ‘Right To Repair’ Bill (www.techdirt.com)
Louis Vuitton’s Opposition To Trademark For Gardening Tools Fails Spectacularly (www.techdirt.com)
Every once in a while you get a trademark bullying story that meets a just and proper end. Almost a year ago, we discussed how Louis Vuitton, famous maker of luxury fashion products and infamous trademark bully, did its bullying thing when it opposed the trademark application for a company in the UK called L V Bespoke. Louis...
TikTok dances into court, slams ban as unconstitutional (www.techdirt.com)
Logitech Launches An “AI” Mouse That’s Just A 2022 Mouse With A Mappable Button (www.techdirt.com)
“AI,” or semi-cooked language learning models are very cool. There’s a world of possibility there in terms of creativity and productivity tools to scientific research. But early a…
Hours After Aussie Gov’t Greenlights Online Age Verification Pilot, Breach Of Mandated Verification Database For Bars Is Revealed (www.techdirt.com)
It’s almost laughable that these two stories happened so close to one another. The Australian government has just announced a pilot program to test an online age verification system...
Hours After Aussie Gov’t Greenlights Online Age Verification Pilot, Breach Of Mandated Verification Database For Bars Is Revealed (www.techdirt.com)
It’s almost laughable that these two stories happened so close to one another. The Australian government has just announced a pilot program to test an online age verification system: And then, just…
Nurses Say Hospital Adoption Of Half-Cooked ‘AI’ Is Reckless (www.techdirt.com)
Sorry that’s being referenced in this one: www.nbcbayarea.com/news/health/…/3516888
Catholic AI Priest Stripped Of Priesthood After Some Unfortunate Interactions (www.techdirt.com)
Artificial Intelligence is all the rage these days, so I suppose it was inevitable that major world religions would try their holy hands at the game eventually. While an unfortunate amount of the discourse around AI has devolved into doomerism of one flavor or another, the truth is that this technology is still so new that it...
[News] Catholic AI Priest Stripped Of Priesthood After Some Unfortunate Interactions (www.techdirt.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/14701853...
Section 230, Which Donald Trump Wants Repealed, Protects Donald Trump For Retweeting (www.techdirt.com)
Donald Trump, who has demanded both that we “open up our libel laws” and that we “repeal Section 230,” was just protected from a defamation claim thanks to Section 230. How about that?
Two Years Post-Roe: A Better Understanding Of Digital Threats (www.techdirt.com)
from the our-digital-reality dept
Effective Altruism’s Bait-and-Switch: From Global Poverty To AI Doomerism (www.techdirt.com)
European Law Enforcement Officials Declare Encryption Must Be Broken To Ensure Public Safety (www.techdirt.com)
from the less-safety-equals-more-safety,-say-EuroCops dept
European Law Enforcement Officials Declare Encryption Must Be Broken To Ensure Public Safety (www.techdirt.com)
The European government has spent a few years trying to break encryption. The results have been, at best, mixed. Of course, the EU government claims it’s not actually interested in breaking encryption. Instead, it hides its intentions behind phrases like “client-side scanning” and “chat control.” But it all just means...
Ninth Circuit: 5th Amendment Doesn’t Cover Compelled Production Of Fingerprints To Unlock A Phone (www.techdirt.com)
from the passcodes-ftw dept
People Are Slowly Realizing Their Auto Insurance Rates Are Skyrocketing Because Their Car Is Covertly Spying On Them (www.techdirt.com)
French Collection Society Wants A Tax On Generative AI, Payable To Collection Societies (www.techdirt.com)
Back in October last year, Walled Culture wrote about a proposed law in France that would see a tax imposed on AI companies, with the proceeds being paid to a collecting society. Now that the EU’s AI Act has been adopted, it is being invoked as another reason why just such a system should be set up. The French collecting...
Flynn Family’s SLAPP Suit Against CNN Slapped Down By Judge (www.techdirt.com)
MAGA SLAPP suits apparently aren’t going out of style, but yet another one has been tossed out of court....
Florida Appeals Court Says The Right To Record Extends To Phone Calls With Cops (www.techdirt.com)
Well, this ought to prompt another round of police-protecting legislation in Florida. Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed two bills into law — one that creates a 25-foot “no go” zone around police officers and one that strips police oversight boards of their independence. And that’s on top of the immediate effort made...
Apple Vision Pro Sales Slow To A Trickle Despite Months Of Gushing Tech Press Hype (www.techdirt.com)
When the Apple Vision Pro launched back in February, the press had a sustained, two-month straight orgasm over the product’s potential to transform VR and the world of spatial computing. Down…
Top Lawyer In Texas Doesn’t Understand Court Rulings, Celebrates Obvious SCOTUS Loss As A Win (www.techdirt.com)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is an utter asshat. Not only is he the chosen defender of litigation over unconstitutional laws passed by an equally idiotic legislature, but he’s also the man behind plenty of Texas government action meant to make things worse for plenty of Texas residents.
Ahoy fellow citizens, ready to pirate the law? (www.techdirt.com)
No One Can Own The Law—So Why Is Congress Advancing A Bill To Extend Copyright To It? from the don’t-lock-up-the-law dept...
No One Can Own The Law—So Why Is Congress Advancing A Bill To Extend Copyright To It? (www.techdirt.com)
Last week, the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted to advance the Protecting and Enhancing Public Access to Codes Act, or the Pro Codes Act (H.R. 1631), to the full House. The bill would extend copyright protection to codes (such as building codes) that are developed by standards development organizations...
When You Need To Post A Lengthy Legal Disclaimer With Your Parody Song, You Know Copyright Is Broken (www.techdirt.com)
In a world where copyright law has run amok, even creating a silly parody song now requires a massive legal disclaimer to avoid getting sued. That’s the absurd reality we live in, as highlighted by the brilliant musical parody project “There I Ruined It.”...
Apple Praised For Repair Reforms Only Made Possible By New Oregon Law It Tried To Kill (www.techdirt.com)
Last month Oregon state lawmakers passed a new “right to repair” law making it easier and cheaper to repair your electronics. The law requires that manufacturers that do business in the…
