Notices by Annemarie Bridy (annemariebridy@mastodon.social), page 2

Barefoot and pregnant. That’s the vision and the platform for the GOP.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/16/us/politics/secret-service-female-agents.html?unlocked_article_code=1.700.bwiA.7ohDCuz-o-me&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Legislation that was dumb in 2008 is...still dumb. (Universities required to warn students about the evils of file sharing if they want to be eligible to participate in federal student aid programs.)

U.S. Universities Warn Students about Limewire and Kazaa... in 2024 * TorrentFreak https://torrentfreak.com/u-s-universities-warn-students-about-limewire-and-kazaa-in-2024-240707/

"In response, record companies are now trying to prohibit re-recordings for 20 or 30 years, not just two or three. And this has become a key part of contract negotiations ... [T]hey want to make sure that the artist’s vocal cords are not in good shape by the time they get around to re-recording.” #copyright

How Taylor Swift changed the copyright game by remaking her own music - Harvard Law School | Harvard Law School https://hls.harvard.edu/today/how-taylor-swift-changed-the-copyright-game-by-remaking-her-own-music/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=hltLinkedIn

OK, everybody. Fair use is not “stealing,” but it’s also true that copying content from the open web is not at all necessarily fair use. (Copyright infringement is also not “stealing,” because idea-based property is non-rivalrous, but that’s a topic for another day.) AI is really scrambling people’s brains about the parameters of copyright law. #copyright #FairUse

Microsoft’s AI boss thinks it’s perfectly OK to steal content if it’s on the open web - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/28/24188391/microsoft-ai-suleyman-social-contract-freeware

“The people sitting at the apex may not like the way they feel the organization is being run, but if they’re not bringing data to that point of view, it’s really hard to argue why people should be coming back to the workplace more frequently.”

Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds https://wapo.st/4btMo8Z

This development is a real shame, and a blow to nonprofit Internet researchers globally.

https://www.wired.com/story/the-fight-against-ai-comes-to-a-foundational-data-set/?utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&utm_brand=wired&mbid=social_linkedin&utm_campaign=wired

Nope. He fully gets it but does not care. What I don’t get is why people don’t get that.

Elon Musk does not grasp EU fears about disinformation on X, official says https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/04/elon-musk-x-twitter-eu-hate-speech-disinformation-vera-jourova?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

It’s peony season again!