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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/users/bkuhn/statuses/116411667821665947">Bradley M. Kühn (bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org)'s status on Thursday, 16-Apr-2026 10:51:24 JST</a><a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/@bkuhn" title="bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/353589-48-20260610031330.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Bradley M. Kühn" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Bradley M. Kühn</a><div><a href="https://social.coop/@cwebber/116411441860316322" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a><ul><li><li><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/user/381443" title="ai_cases@mastodon.social">AI Cases Bot</a></li></ul></div></section><article><p><a href="https://social.coop/@cwebber">@cwebber</a> I think maybe you missed <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/mar/04/scotus-deny-cert-dc-circuit-thaler-appeal-llm-ai/" rel="nofollow">https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/mar/04/scotus-deny-cert-dc-circuit-thaler-appeal-llm-ai/</a> where <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/SFC" rel="tag">#SFC</a> analyzed that situation?<br>Also, follow <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ai_cases">@ai_cases</a> &amp; see the *firehose* of litigation on this &amp; remember the “Work Based on the Program”  issue under GPLv2 has still never been litigated directly but lots of cases about 100% proprietary software have bolstered GPL's strength.</p><p>Big Content has legal battles with Big Tech on 100s of fronts rn. Yes, we're adrift on their sea, but the situation is not as dire as you imagine.</p><p><a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/AI" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/tags/LLW" rel="tag">#LLW</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6324868#notice-12457615">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-04-16T10:51:24+09:00" title="Thursday, 16-Apr-2026 10:51:24 JST">about 3 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/@bkuhn/116411667821665947" rel="external" title="Sent from fedi.copyleft.org via ActivityPub">fedi.copyleft.org</a></span></span><a href="https://fedi.copyleft.org/@bkuhn/116411667821665947">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: sfconservancy.org</div><h5><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/mar/04/scotus-deny-cert-dc-circuit-thaler-appeal-llm-ai/">SCOTUS Declines to Hear LLM-Backed AI Case Regarding Copyright</a></h5><div></div></header><div>No Serious Implications for FOSS from SCOTUS' DenialEarlier this week1,
the
U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS)
denied certiorari (cert) in Thaler
v. Perlmutter. Thaler contended that an image — generated by a 
Large Language Model (LLM)-backed Artificial Intelligence (AI) — deserved copyright registration. Since the U.S. Copyright Office refused to grant the registration, Thaler appealed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (DC Circuit). That Court  affirmed the Copyright Office's decision.   SCOTUS' denial of “cert” means
they will not hear the case.  Strictly speaking, this denial does not affirm
the DC Circuit Court's ruling, but it does mean the DC Circuit decision stands.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Bradley M. Kühn (bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org)'s status on Thursday, 16-Apr-2026 10:51:24 JSTBradley M. Kühn
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- AI Cases Bot
@cwebber I think maybe you missed https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2026/mar/04/scotus-deny-cert-dc-circuit-thaler-appeal-llm-ai/ where #SFC analyzed that situation?
Also, follow @ai_cases & see the *firehose* of litigation on this & remember the “Work Based on the Program” issue under GPLv2 has still never been litigated directly but lots of cases about 100% proprietary software have bolstered GPL's strength.
Big Content has legal battles with Big Tech on 100s of fronts rn. Yes, we're adrift on their sea, but the situation is not as dire as you imagine.
#AI #LLW
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  SCOTUS Declines to Hear LLM-Backed AI Case Regarding Copyright
  No Serious Implications for FOSS from SCOTUS' DenialEarlier this week1, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) denied certiorari (cert) in Thaler v. Perlmutter. Thaler contended that an image — generated by a Large Language Model (LLM)-backed Artificial Intelligence (AI) — deserved copyright registration. Since the U.S. Copyright Office refused to grant the registration, Thaler appealed to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (DC Circuit). That Court affirmed the Copyright Office's decision. SCOTUS' denial of “cert” means they will not hear the case. Strictly speaking, this denial does not affirm the DC Circuit Court's ruling, but it does mean the DC Circuit decision stands.

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