Show threadElliott BledsoeMar 24, 2025

WTF else happened?:

A US court reaffirmed human authorship before AI content attracts copyright protection, the Resale Royalty Scheme will extend to nine more countries at month’s end, CommonsDB is a new register that aims to make reuse of Public Domain and open content licensed content easier and Bluesky made it easier to track CTRs (click-through rates).
#CopyrightAndAI #ResaleRoyalty #CommonsDB #PublicDomain #OpenContent #Bluesky #Marketing #Analytics @openfuture

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Reading round-up: Mon 17–Sun 23 Mar 2025 – elliottbledsoe.wtf

Skills shortages in the arts, Big Tech want less regulation, search the LibGen library to see if your book trained AI, music copyright cases and more.

elliottbledsoe.wtf
Matthew RimmerJan 29, 2025
New Book - Protecting Indigenous Art
From T-shirts to the Flag
Colin Golvan
https://www.mup.com.au/books/protecting-indigenous-art-paperback-softback
#IndigenousIP #copyright #resaleroyalty #design #auspol #auslaw
Protecting Indigenous Art, Colin Golvan

There is the country non-Indigenous people can see, and then there is the country Indigenous people see that the rest of us can barely comprehend, but glimpse through the vivid colours, shapes and imagery of their artworks, and their visual recounting of ancient stories and settings. The unauthorised use of Indigenous artworks is a global industry that damages cultural integrity and harms the liv...

Melbourne University Publishing
Matthew RimmerMar 27, 2024

The missing royalties

Indigenous Australian art is celebrated globally. But who reaps the profits?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-27/auction-houses-sell-aboriginal-art-no-royalties/103542626

There are concerns that Australia's right of resale scheme is being circumvented through sales in the US (https://www.copyright.gov/docs/resaleroyalty/)

#IndigenousIP #auslaw #auspol #resaleright #resaleroyalty

The missing royalties

Indigenous Australian art is celebrated globally. But who reaps the profits? Indigenous Australians are advised that this story contains the images and names of people who have died.

ABC News