Yes, that also applies for everything you annotate. And everything you write on your #Kindle Scribe. #Amazon #Enshittification #AuthorRights #IntellectualProperty

TIL: Whatever #ebooks or documents you put on a #Kindle, they're being indexed & uploaded automatically to the #Amazon server if the device has an internet connection. Just found out with an unpublished #manuscript that someone wanted to read on their Kindle and it ended up on the Amazon server, although it was put onto the Kindle manually via cable. Whatever you do with Amazon devices, you're adding everything to Amazon's data collection. #Enshittification #AuthorRights #IntellectualProperty

TorrentFreak: Publishers Ramp Up Pressure vs. Anna’s Archive, Sci-Hub, Z-Library & Libgen. “The world’s major publishers claim that unlicensed libraries cast a permanent shadow over authors’ ability to make a living from their work. In common with the movie and movie industry counterparts, site-blocking is one of the weapons of choice, albeit against well-prepared opponents.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/04/torrentfreak-publishers-ramp-up-pressure-vs-annas-archive-sci-hub-z-library-libgen/

EU bans ‘Turkaegean’ slogan following Greece’s appeal https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-bans-turkaegean-slogan-following-greeces-appeal/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Intellectualproperty #MediterraneanSea #ForeignAffairs #Development #Maritime #Tourism #Rights #Media

UK arts and media reject plan to let AI firms use copyrighted material https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/19/uk-arts-and-media-reject-plan-to-let-ai-firms-use-copyrighted-material #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Intellectualproperty #Technology #Computing #Politics #UKnews #Media #Law

The Sleepy Copyright Office in the Middle of a High-Stakes Clash Over AI

The attention stems from a first-of-its-kind review of copyright law in the age of artificial intelligence. The #technology — which feeds off creative content — has upended traditional norms around #copyright, which gives owners of books, movies and music the exclusive ability to distribute and copy their works.

#LibraryOfCongress #artificialintelligence #AI #intellectualproperty #IP #legal #tech

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/25/technology/ai-copyright-office-law.html

After 20 yrs, #BillWillingham releases #Fables into the #PublicDomain. *HE* is still under contract with #DCComics for future work / #royalties / project approval, but the public is not, not bound by #trademarks or #copyright, & free to do as they like with it in #FanFic & other forms of #art.

He's had disputes with DC Comics forever w/o much relief & this is one of his ways to fight back.

https://billwillingham.substack.com/p/willingham-sends-fables-into-the

#trademark #PressRelease #IP #IntellectualProperty #TellTaleGame #CopyrightLaw

Checking in on that #USPTO request for comments on "Future Strategies in Anticounterfeiting and Antipiracy." https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/25/2023-10770/future-strategies-in-anticounterfeiting-and-antipiracy

Comments are due in two weeks.

Looks like there are currently a total of eight comments.

Four have been posted: https://www.regulations.gov/document/PTO-C-2023-0006-0001/comment

As some of you know, I'm currently writing about the rhetoric of "counterfeiting" in discussions of design patent law & policy. We'll see if any of these comments end up in my next draft.

#IntellectualProperty