When “Cease and Desist” Means “Cease and Think Twice”

A Medium post by Carl Müller Frøland raises important questions about how broad, unspecific legal threats can function as prior restraint - silencing criticism before it reaches the public domain.
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https://thenewpublishingstandard.com/2026/03/26/corporate-legal-threats-public-discourse-publishing/

#PublishingControversies #CeaseandDesist #Publishersresponsibilities

Yet another banger in "FOSS is free rite" land:
https://ifross.org/?q=node/1678

Ich sage: 2 🍺 dass es kommentarlos durchgeht. Auch immer wieder schlau das "C&D" abzuzeichnen in solchen Fällen weil die Gegenseite ja dann nicht das Blatt was sie offensichtlich in der Hand haben runter spielen wird.  

Es gefällt auch dass es hier zwei Anbieter von IT-Sicherheitsprodukten als Gegner hat.

#itsecurity #compliance #foss #fosscompliance #ceaseanddesist #popcorn #banger

CEASE & DESIST is a beat-em-up for NES in development by Retrotainment Games based on the art of Matt Gondek.

The playable demo has been updated with more stuff to break, a manga-inspired area, and a new boss.
https://retrotainmentgames.itch.io/cease-desist

#IndieDev #BeatEmUp #NESdev #NES #CeaseAndDesist #MattGondek

Tubefilter: Advertisers express disappointment after the firms measuring YouTube like TV are ordered to cease and desist. “Last July, a U.K.-based measurement nonprofit called Barb announced a new form of ratings designed for YouTube content. Rather than counting raw metrics like views and subscriptions, which are hard to compare against TV traffic, Barb teamed up with market research company […]

Alexander Embiricos (@embirico)

Codex로 만들어진 'openclaw'라는 흥미로운 프로젝트에 대해 누군가(또는 조직)가 중지·금지 통지(cease and desist)를 보낸다는 소식을 언급하며, 그런 조치는 우리 스타일이 아니라는 반응을 보인 트윗입니다. 생성 AI 기반 오픈 프로젝트에 대한 법적 조치 가능성과 커뮤니티 대응 이슈를 드러냅니다.

https://x.com/embirico/status/2017162754625622046

#codex #opensource #ceaseanddesist #legal

Deadline: Google Takes Down Disney AI Videos Following Cease & Desist. “Google is cooperating with Disney‘s cease and desist, removing dozens of AI-generated videos featuring characters belonging to the century-old entertainment conglomerate. Following the Disney’s $1B deal with OpenAI for three-year licensing of several characters on Sora, Google has taken down dozens of AI videos from […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/15/deadline-google-takes-down-disney-ai-videos-following-cease-desist/

Hollywood Reporter: Disney Hits Google With AI Copyright Infringement Cease-and-Desist Letter. “Disney has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Google accusing the tech giant of using Disney’s copyrighted works to train its AI models.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/13/hollywood-reporter-disney-hits-google-with-ai-copyright-infringement-cease-and-desist-letter/