Linus Banghart-Linn

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Owosso, Michigan, United States

I do my best but I’m made of mistakes.

Views expressed here are not necessarily the views of my employer.

Good advice for folks running open Mastodon instances in the US, regarding DMCA registration.

Doing this early isn't too much work or cost, but will avoid *much* more costly (time and $) problems later, especially if you have a large general-purpose and open instance https://twitter.com/rahaeli/status/1593819064161665024

rahaeli on Twitter

“Hey, US folks newly running Mastodon instances: do Future You a *huge* favor, mitigate your potential liability, and register with the copyright office and designate an agent to receive DMCA reports *right now*. https://t.co/HTPtaCYGBh”

Twitter
does this … cross an important line? 🤔🤔🤔
Here's a comment for incoming Twitter users: I've found that some are really put off by the way Mastodon requires push and pull to get to information. Rather than Elmo telling you what to read (and steering you to most incendiary content), you have to go look for it and choose to consume it. Most notably, I've come to think of "Content Warnings" as instead subject lines, just like you'd use in an email, so readers can scan whether they want to read further.
I wrote a little thing about FTC consent decrees, and Twitter, and how all the people who were facing potential criminal charges for not complying with the FTC consent decree quit Twitter last night... and why Elon's not caring about the FTC doesn't much matter if the FTC cares about him... (which it likely does) https://www.techdirt.com/2022/11/10/does-twitter-have-any-employees-left-who-remember-that-the-company-is-under-a-strict-consent-decree-with-the-ftc/
Does Twitter Have Any Employees Left Who Remember That The Company Is Under A Strict Consent Decree With The FTC?

Yesterday I tweeted out a question about whether or not there was anyone left at Twitter who remembered that the company was under a pretty strict FTC consent decree: Apparently the answer was yes,…

Techdirt

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RT @[email protected]

"Lawyers are enabling this behavior and I am pessimistic that Rule 11 alone can effectively stem this abuse. Aspects may be beyond the purview of the judiciary, requiring attention of the Bar and disciplinary authorities."

Full order here. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.610157/gov.uscourts.flsd.610157.284.0.pdf

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1590824646697312256

🗳️ Vote with your great-grandchildren in mind…

Not knowing:

🤠 what they'll look like…

🗣️ what language they'll speak…

🛐 what religion they'll be…

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 who they may marry…

🌐 where they'll live & work…

🌍 And assume they'll need a habitable planet to live on.