I shall die, but that is all that I shall do for Death;
I am not on his payroll.

I will not tell him the whereabouts of my friends
nor of my enemies either.
Though he promise me much,
I will not map him the route to any man’s door.
Am I a spy in the land of the living,
that I should deliver men to Death?
Brother, the password and the plans of our city
are safe with me; never through me
Shall you be overcome.

-Edna St. Vincent Millay

As an attorney, I just submitted a FOIA request to the criminal division of the DOJ to send me the names, the charges, the convictions, and the sentences of each of the 1500 insurrectionists Trump pardoned.

As you know, Trump wiped clean the DOJ website of their names. This is a matter of public interest and Trump’s censorship is unacceptable.

I’ll keep you posted on the response from the DOJ to my FOIA.

Duke Law School’s Center for the Study of #PublicDomain has once again rounded up all the most iconic works that have been freed from the bounds of #copyright, which also includes sound recordings from 1924. As pointed out by Duke Law School, 1929 was a particularly pivotal year for film, as it was the first with sound.

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/1/24330191/popeye-tintin-head-2025-public-domain #IntellectualProperty

"Controversies about new and unexpected uses of copyrighted works enabled by technological advances are far from new; they continue to play an integral part in the development of modern copyright law. This Article revisits numerous disputes over uses of in-copyright works enabled by disruptive technologies since the 1970s. These disputes involved copying of research and educational materials, home video and audio taping, and storage and processing of digital copies for the purpose of developing search engines and other research tools. Tracing the evolution of the concept of market harm and the role it has played in copyright fair use cases involving new technologies, this Article lays out the arguments about market effects—harmful and beneficial effects, as well as the requirements of proof—that have been presented in the courts and debated in Congress. The Article then assesses the current landscape of generative AI copyright litigation. Insights gained from the past can be instrumental in thinking about conflicts involving generative AI, as well as any future technologies that are new, innovative, and disruptive."

https://www.uclalawreview.org/fair-use-defenses-in-disruptive-technology-cases/

#AI #GenerativeAI #Copyright #FairUse #IP #USA