Mastodawn

#MissKittyArt #copyright Take care of your ownership. I don't care what your inputs were. If you're putting your signature on it, take care of your business. Eliminate their watermarks in the corner. Make sure to clear the metadata and put in what you want. You have to do that. Underline that.

Matthew Rimmer 11h ago

Designer sues Australian Shopify over alleged ghost stores he claims copied his work 3,929 times https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/24/designer-sues-australian-shopify-over-alleged-ghost-stores-ntwnfb
Court action represents rare attempt to hold global online platforms to account for allegedly hosting scam digital shopfronts
#copyright #auslaw

Designer sues Australian Shopify over alleged ghost stores that he claims copied his work 3,929 times

Court action represents rare attempt to hold global platforms to account for allegedly hosting scam digital shopfronts

The Guardian

Michael T Babcock 12h ago

This stands on it's own and bears repeating often:

Today’s bans on DIY repairs of everything from cell phones to tractors grew out of Hollywood’s fear of videotaping.

https://theconversation.com/todays-bans-on-diy-repairs-of-everything-from-cell-phones-to-tractors-grew-out-of-hollywoods-fear-of-videotaping-280990

#RightToRepair #copyright #diy #consumerProtection

Today’s bans on DIY repairs of everything from cell phones to tractors grew out of Hollywood’s fear of videotaping

Efforts to use technology to police copyright evolved into companies using copyright law to lock people out of repairing their own devices.

The Conversation

sayzard 13h ago

福井健策 FUKUI, Kensaku (@fukuikensaku)

성우 겐지로 츠다(츠다 켄지로)가 TikTok을 상대로 자신의 저음 목소리를 AI가 모방해 사용한 것에 대해 영상 삭제와 법적 대응을 제기했다는 내용입니다. 무단 음성 복제/성대권(퍼블리시티권) 침해를 둘러싼 일본 내 선례가 될 수 있는 소송으로, AI 음성 생성·보이스 클로닝 서비스의 법적 리스크에 직접적인 시사점을 줍니다.

https://x.com/fukuikensaku/status/2058001075417063727

#ai #voiceclone #copyright #tiktok #legal

福井健策 FUKUI, Kensaku (@fukuikensaku) on X

津田健次郎さんの「低音ボイス」生成ＡＩで模倣、動画削除求めティックトック提訴…声無断利用で初の訴訟か重要な裁判になりますね。声そのものは（顔などと同様）著作権の対象ではありません。

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Engadget 15h ago

Ansel Adams' trust says AI-colorized version of his work was exhibited without permission

https://www.engadget.com/2180105/ansel-adams-trust-says-ai-colorized-version-moonrise-was-exhibited-without-permission/

#AI #Copyright #Art

Ansel Adams' trust says AI-colorized version of his work was exhibited without permission - Engadget

The AI-generated version of ‘Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico’ was on display at AIPAD’s The Photography show.

Engadget

Mike 21h ago

Today’s bans on DIY repairs of everything from cell phones to tractors grew out of Hollywood’s fear of videotaping https://share.google/z9wakYer5byDDQfvY

edit: sorry I posted a link w/ no comment, I was just came across this elsewhere and found it interesting showing how 2 things I feel strongly about are related.

I'm strongly for the right to repair and for less copyright (well at the very least much shorter than it is currently)

#copyright #rightorepair

Today’s bans on DIY repairs of everything from cell phones to tractors grew out of Hollywood’s fear of videotaping

Efforts to use technology to police copyright evolved into companies using copyright law to lock people out of repairing their own devices.

The Conversation

Unofficial PetaPixel Bot 22h ago

Artist Sues Copyright Office Over its Refusal to Register His AI-Enhanced Photo https://petapixel.com/2026/05/23/artist-sues-copyright-office-over-its-refusal-to-register-his-ai-enhanced-photo/ #uscopyrightoffice #vincentvangogh #aicopyright #aigenerated #uscopyright #Technology #copyright #aiimage #filter #News #Law

Artist Sues Copyright Office Over its Refusal to Register His AI-Enhanced Photo

He added Van Gogh as a kind of filter.

PetaPixel

Glyn Moody 22h ago

#France’s Terrible #Copyright Law, #Hadopi, Is Not Quite Dead - https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/22/frances-terrible-copyright-law-hadopi-is-not-quite-dead/ time to take it behind the bike sheds and put it out of its misery

France’s Terrible Copyright Law, Hadopi, Is Not Quite Dead

One of the best demonstrations that an obsession with protecting copyright’s intellectual monopoly drives politicians insane is the French law known as Hadopi, an acronym for ‘Haute Autorité p…

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