https://gutenberg.ca/index.html
"Every New Year's Day authors of 50 years before used to exit copyright in Canada. Then Justin Trudeau, under orders from Trump, extended copyrights by 20 years.
. . .
Here in Canada we no longer make our own copyright laws. The result: a massacre of our cultural heritage. No new public domain titles until 2043! And by then many of these titles will be lost, forgotten, and impossible to find or to rescue."
Google and Adobe appear to be abusing copyright to silence a whistleblower's video
https://www.androidpolice.com/adobe-youtube-copyright-claim-silence-whistleblower-video/
#google #adobe #whistleblower #copyrightstrikes #copyright #copyrightabuse #youtube
Warner Bros. going around copyright flagging videos on YouTube for Minecraft Music, because of course they are. specifically they're hitting videos that use C418's music, you know the ones that are actually free for anyone to use as royalty-free.
https://youtu.be/ANA-DxHwC2E?si=OcZd6aZrkbnKnPEN
#minecraft #warnerbrospictures #youtube #copyright #CopyrightAbuse
OH: Copyright for me, but not for thee
#ai #GrandTheftAutocorrect #llm #copyright #CopyrightAbuse
re:
Boing Boing: Popular math YouTuber 3Blue1Brown victimized by malicious and stupid AI bots. βAI bots battling each other has led to the wrongful removal of educational content from one of YouTubeβs most respected mathematics channels. 3Blue1Brown, known for its excellent mathematical animations and explanations, recently had videos taken down due to false copyright claims generated by [β¦]
A good read, re: #Copyright and #CopyrightAbuse
βThe DMCA Cannot Protect You From Your Own Wordsβ
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/dmca-cannot-save-you-your-own-words
There is a loud debate raging over what companies should and shouldnβt be doing about the things people say on their platforms. What people often seem to forget is that we already know the dangers of providing a quick way for people to remove criticism of themselves from the internet. Thanks to...
βWhat if I sue him for 44 billion and buy back Twitterβ
The rabbit hole goes down deeper
#twitter #ElonMusk #MiloManara #CopyrightAbuse
https://www.comicsbeat.com/milo-manara-claps-back-at-elon-musk/
What we need are non-practising entities that let victims pool together rights and go after those who file fraudulent copyright claims.
It might not make financial sense for an individual to sue for any particular infraction, but pooling might result in economics of scale that make it worthwhile to pursue infringers.
-- joshuaissac @ HN
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27660152
#copyright #npe #NonPracticingEntities #ClassAction #CopyrightAbuse #Google
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