Pluralistic: Premature Internet Activists (13 Feb 2025)

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Premature Internet Activists: The retconning of tech rights.
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Pluralistic: Canada shouldn't retaliate with US tariffs; Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 6 – CONCLUSION) (15 Jan 2025)

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Canada shouldn't retaliate with US tariffs: It should hit the USA where it hurts, instead.
Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 6 – CONCLUSION): It's a deal.
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Pluralistic: They were warned; Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 4) (13 Jan 2025)

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They were warned: "We've had enough of experts."
Picks and Shovels Chapter One (Part 4): Electronic needles, digital haystacks.
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Pluralistic: Happy Public Domain Day 2025 to all who celebrate (17 Dec 2024)

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Happy Public Domain Day 2025 to all who celebrate: A new bumper crop, with many more to come!
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Pluralistic: A year in illustration (2024) (07 Dec 2024)

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A year in illustration (2024): Call me immodest, but I really think I've upped my game.
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Pluralistic: Harpercollins wants authors to sign away AI training rights (18 Nov 2024)

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Harpercollins wants authors to sign away AI training rights: Rights come from power.
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Pluralistic: The US Copyright Office frees the McFlurry (28 Oct 2024)

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The US Copyright Office frees the McFlurry: The only kind of DMCA exemption that makes a difference.
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Pluralistic: Quinque gazump linkdump (12 Oct 2024)

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Quinque gazump linkdump: A sprinkling of inklings for the weekend.
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Pluralistic: An open copyright casebook, featuring AI, Warhol and more (30 Jul 2024)

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An open copyright casebook, featuring AI, Warhol and more: Up-to-date, erudite, and free!
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Pluralistic: A profoundly stupid case about video game cheating could transform adblocking into a copyright infringement (29 Jul 2024)

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A profoundly stupid case about video game cheating could transform adblocking into a copyright infringement: Actual property rights are less important than the metaphorical property rights of "IP."
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