Apple Insider: BBC cries foul over lack of branding for its Apple News stories. “The new accusations come in the midst of an ongoing investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) over the two tech giants’ dominance in web browser engines and smartphone operating systems. The new complaint from the BBC suggests that aggregate news services minimize credit for the providers […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/06/apple-insider-bbc-cries-foul-over-lack-of-branding-for-its-apple-news-stories/

#legal #WebScraping #EU #BestPractices

'At The Markup, some of our data journalists recently had questions about the legal risks involved in scraping websites hosted in the European Union. We conducted our own research to answer this question, and offer a summary of what we learned below. Our goal is to help other journalists, researchers, and advocates come up with a low-risk strategy for scraping in the EU.'

https://hackernoon.com/a-guide-on-how-to-legally-web-scrape-eu-data

The Markup: A Guide on How to Legally Web Scrape EU Data. “At The Markup, some of our data journalists recently had questions about the legal risks involved in scraping websites hosted in the European Union. We conducted our own research to answer this question, and offer a summary of what we learned below. Our goal is to help other journalists, researchers, and advocates come up with a […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/06/the-markup-a-guide-on-how-to-legally-web-scrape-eu-data/

PC World: US feds say AI-generated prompt outputs can’t be copyrighted. “The bottom line of the updated Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (PDF) is that a work of art needs ‘some degree of originality’ and ‘human authorship’ in order for it to be eligible for copyright in the United States. Crucially, simply plugging prompts into an AI image generator or text generator does NOT […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/06/pc-world-us-feds-say-ai-generated-prompt-outputs-cant-be-copyrighted/

Virginia Mercury: FOIA Friday: Richmond unveils FOIA Reading Room to boost transparency. “In a move aimed at restoring public trust and delivering on campaign promises, Richmond Mayor Danny Avula on Wednesday announced the launch of a new FOIA Reading Room, a public-facing online archive that will provide access to government records tied to the city’s January water crisis. The effort comes […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/06/foia-friday-richmond-unveils-foia-reading-room-to-boost-transparency-virginia-mercury/

#legal #AI #deepfakes

'It took only seconds for the judges on a New York appeals court to realize that the man addressing them from a video screen — a person about to present an argument in a lawsuit — not only had no law degree, but didn’t exist at all.'

https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-ai-courts-nyc-5c97cba3f3757d9ab3c2e5840127f765

NEW: News Roundup, Statements, Resources: Lawsuit Filed Over Cuts to #IMLS, Federal Agencies https://www.infodocket.com/2025/04/04/news-roundup-resources-lawsuit-filed-over-cuts-to-imls-federal-agencies/ #libraries #lawsuits #legal

New Jersey Monitor: Governor Murphy signs bill criminalizing deepfakes. “Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation Wednesday imposing civil and criminal penalties on anyone who makes or shares deceptive AI-generated media known as deepfakes. Murphy at an event in Newark said New Jerseyans deserve stronger safeguards against rapidly evolving threats in the virtual realm.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/05/new-jersey-monitor-governor-murphy-signs-bill-criminalizing-deepfakes/

#legal #lawsuits #ElonMusk #SamAltman #OpenAI #AI

'Billionaire Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI will go to a jury trial in spring 2026, the federal judge presiding over the case decided on Friday.'

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/musk-openai-jury-trial-begin-231611771.html

Reuters: Musk and OpenAI jury trial to begin in spring next year. “Billionaire Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI will go to a jury trial in spring 2026, the federal judge presiding over the case decided on Friday. Last month, OpenAI and Musk agreed to fast-track a trial over OpenAI’s for-profit shift, the latest turn in a grudge match between the world’s richest person and OpenAI CEO Sam […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/05/reuters-musk-and-openai-jury-trial-to-begin-in-spring-next-year/

Law firms should demand Trump defend his unconstitutional attacks in court — bc they’ll win.

The Trump administration’s attacks on law firms are designed to not just dictate orthodoxy, but also to bend the legal system to President Trump’s will. These seemingly petty actions, from high officials, are setting us down a path where the legal institutions designed to protect everyone will no longer serve to check abuses of power. Everyone within the legal system —

Guy runs an experiment to see Just how easy is it to wrangle from GPT that which is very clearly someone else’s IP… Results are interesting, it’s not hard turns out. Some guardrails do exist for very recognizable characters, but that has not prevented LLMs from returning copyrighted IP on image prompts. Or from stealing studio-specific styles, characters and designs for memes - which has led to ‘Ghiblifying’ everything. #StudioGhibli #LLM #LLMs #Image #copyright #IP #AI #ChatGPT #ImagePrompts #AIImage #AIImages #legal

https://theaiunderwriter.substack.com/p/an-image-of-an-archeologist-adventurer

NT Times - #News - Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend Grants to Teachers…The justices let the Trump administration temporarily suspend $65 million in teacher-training grants that the government contends would promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. The ruling was an early victory for the administration. #SCOTUS #legal #DEI #Education #Grants #GrantFunding #Racism #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion

Any legal firm which doesn't have the spirit to fight extortion from Trump doesn't have the spirit to fight in court for their clients.
#legal #trump #justice #courts #resistance

So, some Georgetown #Law School students made a google sheet about which law firms are capitulating to #fascism in #America.

It's great information, but a bit unwieldy. So, I turned it into a website: https://www.maga-collaborators.net

Please use this site, boost, and share it. The more folks who do, the more incentive I have to improve on it!

New York Times: E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against Elon Musk’s X. This link goes to a gift article. “European authorities have been weighing how large a fine to issue X as they consider the risks of further antagonizing Mr. Trump amid wider trans-Atlantic disputes over trade, tariffs and the war in Ukraine. The fine could surpass $1 billion, one person said, as regulators seek to make an […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/04/new-york-times-e-u-prepares-major-penalties-against-elon-musks-x/

Taking the US Constitution Seriously
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/04/04/taking-the-us-constitution-seriously/
Everyone should be free to speak their minds and live without fear of masked men grabbing them for deportation to a hell hole in Louisiana or El Salvador, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. By Andrew P. Napolitano The U.S. Constitution was…
#Politics #CivilRights #Commentary #FreeSpeech #History #Legal #Protest #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #U.s.Congress #U.s.SupremeCourrt #UntilThisDayHistoricalPerspectivesOnTheNews #AndrewP.Napolitano #ElSalvador #FifthAmendment #FirstAmendment #JamesMadison #JusticeAntoninScalia #SeparationOfPowers

‘Witch hunt by European Leftists’: Trump backs France’s Le Pen after her conviction https://www.byteseu.com/892317/ #AngelaMerkel #DonaldTrump #EuropeanLeftists #EuropeanUnion #FarRightPolitics #France #FrancePresidentialElection2027 #LEGAL #MarineLePen #PresidentialElection

“Donald Trump wants to, and is working to, destroy the rule of law.

The legal community needs to get its act together. Now.”
- @chrisgeidner

https://www.lawdork.com/p/donald-trump-lawyer-attacks-and-the-rule-of-law?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#DJT Blanket #Pardon Of A #CryptoCurrency Exchange From Paying Fines Flabbergasts Jaded #Legal Experts...

https://theintercept.com/2025/04/02/trump-pardons-corporation-bitmex-crypto/