Pluralistic: Copyright won't solve creators' Generative AI problem (09 Feb 2023)

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Copyright won't solve creators' Generative AI problem: The machine-learning monkey's paw.
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Pluralistic: 2023's public domain is a banger (20 Dec 2022)

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2023's public domain is a banger: Hemingway! Holmes! Woolf! Pooh! Christie! Metropolis! Gershwin!
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Pluralistic: Monopoly's event-horizon (05 Dec 2022)

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Monopoly's event-horizon: The true capitalist singularity.
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Pluralistic: 17 Aug 2022: Chokepoint Capitalism Kickstarter is live

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Kickstarting the "Chokepoint Capitalism" audiobook: We wrote a book that Amazon won't sell.
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Pluralistic: 15 Aug 2022

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This weekend, I watched a hacker jailbreak a John Deere tractor live on stage: Total pwnage, with a a side of copyfraud.
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Pluralistic: 07 Aug 2022

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Epson boobytrapped its printers: "For your protection."
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Pluralistic: 25 Jul 2022

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Why none of my books are available on Audible: And why Amazon owes me $3,218.55.
Sarah Gailey's "Just Like Home": A haunted house novel that made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
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Pluralistic: 08 Apr 2022

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The Ed Sheeran problem, or, how the record industry got what it asked for: A dog that caught the bus wheel.
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Pluralistic: 07 Apr 2022

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The antitrust case against gig companies: Either they're violating employment law, or they're violating antitrust.
Cops prove how stupid the SMART Act is: Blasting Disney tunes as a way to foil accountability.
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Pluralistic: 02 Apr 2022

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Public Resource sets the law free: Rogue archivist Carl Malamud strikes again.
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