In the end, though, the crux of this lawsuit is the same as all the others. It’s a false belief that reading something (whether by human or machine) somehow implicates copyright. This is false. If the courts (or the legislature) decide otherwise, it would upset pretty much all of the history of copyright and create some...
Wordle. Connections. Spelling Bee. Ye olde crossword. The ‘Times’ is home to beloved brainteasers that are helping boost the paper’s bottom line. As one staffer jokes, the “‘Times’ is now a gaming company that also happens to offer news.”
How Russia’s Independent Media Survived 2023 - The Moscow Times (www.themoscowtimes.com)
The past year has been another troubling one for the Russian free press.
Things are about to get a lot worse for Generative AI (garymarcus.substack.com)
A full of spectrum of infringment
2023 was the worst year for the news business since the pandemic - Poynter (www.poynter.org)
It’s a sharp reversal from the last two years, when layoffs fell and some news outlets even expanded.
Inside the News Industry’s Uneasy Negotiations With OpenAI (www.nytimes.com)
Several major publishers have been in talks to license content to the creator of ChatGPT, but agreement on the price and terms has been elusive.
The NY Times Lawsuit Against OpenAI Would Open Up The NY Times To All Sorts Of Lawsuits Should It Win (www.techdirt.com)
In the end, though, the crux of this lawsuit is the same as all the others. It’s a false belief that reading something (whether by human or machine) somehow implicates copyright. This is false. If the courts (or the legislature) decide otherwise, it would upset pretty much all of the history of copyright and create some...
Inside The New York Times’ Big Bet on Games (www.vanityfair.com)
Wordle. Connections. Spelling Bee. Ye olde crossword. The ‘Times’ is home to beloved brainteasers that are helping boost the paper’s bottom line. As one staffer jokes, the “‘Times’ is now a gaming company that also happens to offer news.”