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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ricmac" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ricmac</span></a></span> no it's <em>not</em>!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CloudFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloudFlare</span></a> is a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RogueISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RogueISP</span></a> and all they do is expand their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RacketteringScheme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RacketteringScheme</span></a>.</p><ul><li><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ClownFlare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClownFlare</span></a> are a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RogueISP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RogueISP</span></a> after all...</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114743233834160376" translate="no" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">infosec.space/@kkarhan/1147432</span><span class="invisible">33834160376</span></a></p>
Andi Waffeln!<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfDVerbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfDVerbot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfDVerbotJetzt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfDVerbotJetzt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a></p><p>Ein weiterer Beweis dafür, welche Interessen die AfD eigentlich verfolgt: die eigenen Taschen vollmachen. Bemerkenswert wer das postet: der Ex-AfD-Bundesvorstand Pazderski. Reich durch Kampf gegen die Demokratie und menschenverachtende Hetze. Da lässt sich gut schlafen, wenn man das eigene Gewissen längst an Putin verkauft hat.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://petrous.vislae.town/@Binder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Binder</span></a></span> yeah, cuz the fact that people <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a> aka. living off <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RoboWealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoboWealth</span></a> ain't paying their fair share if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxes</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/contributions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>contributions</span></a> is one thing, but them having the audacity to compain is like throwing handgrenades whilst inside a greenhouse with glass walls and ceilings!</p><ul><li>These people never worked actual <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WageWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WageWork</span></a> ffs!</li></ul>
Tushar Chauhan<p>I have recently been looking at task and project management software for 1-2 person teams, and am horrified by what is out there. Almost all interesting products are on subscription and offer no possibility of exporting data in a user-friendly format. The thought of having all my organisation and project details at the mercy of a landlord who can modify the product or the rent at any point and offers no safe off-ramp is insane.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/UsersAreFodder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UsersAreFodder</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/SiValleyGrift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiValleyGrift</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/Productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Productivity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/tasks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tasks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mit.edu/tags/rentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rentSeeking</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>I find it astonishing how authors are so afraid that AI is going to steal their readers. If AI only generates derivative works, why are you, as a creator and the only entity capable of producing truly creative works so afraid? </p><p>Unless you believe in the fiction that you can own artificial property. In reality, once you let a work out in the world, you can't possibly expect to "own" it and control its distribution - unless you want to enforce a totalitarian dictatorship. So, I repeat, what are you so afraid of? </p><p>Unless authors start to understand that creative works can't be really protected against unauthorized copying and distribution and that copyright is a monopoly granted by States, they will continue to repeat the same mistakes, will depriving the public of access to knowledge and culture. </p><p>"In late 2024, we surveyed over 400 members of the Australian Society of Authors, the national peak body for writers and illustrators. We asked about their use of AI, their understanding of how generative models are trained, and whether they would agree to their work being used for training – with or without compensation.</p><p>79% said they would not allow their existing work to be used to train AI models, even if they were paid. Almost as many – 77% – said the same about future work.</p><p>Among those open to payment, half expected at least $A1,000 per work. A small number nominated figures in the tens or hundreds of thousands.</p><p>But the dominant response, from both established and emerging authors, was a firm “no”.</p><p>This presents a serious roadblock for those hoping publishers might broker blanket licensing agreements with AI firms. If most authors are unwilling to grant permission under any terms, then standard contract clauses or opt-in models are unlikely to deliver a practical or ethical solution."</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/new-research-reveals-australian-authors-say-no-to-ai-using-their-work-even-if-money-is-on-the-table-257243" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/new-resear</span><span class="invisible">ch-reveals-australian-authors-say-no-to-ai-using-their-work-even-if-money-is-on-the-table-257243</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AITraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AITraining</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monopolies</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>COMPLETE TRAVESTY: Creativity is not an industry. Anyone who dares to say that knows nothing about art, culture, creativity, and manufacturing. You cannot manufacture creativity. Either a work is considered creative by the public and the critics or not.</p><p>Am I stealing your words in favor of a rent-seeking, money-grabbing little scheme by copying and pasting it here? Do I have to pay you a license for your fake, artificial property? And you consider yourself a representative of artists and authors? </p><p>"My colleagues and I from all sides in the House of Lords have acted where the government has refused, adding emergency transparency measures to the legislation – the data (use and access) bill – that is passing through parliament. Our amendment would allow existing copyright law to be enforced: copyright owners would understand when, where and by whom their work was being stolen to train AI. The logic being that if an AI firm has to disclose evidence of theft, it will not steal in the first place. These measures, voted for in ever-increasing numbers by lords from all parties – and notable grandees from the government’s own backbenches – were voted down by a government wielding its significant, if reluctant, majority."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/may/24/ai-britain-creative-industries-government-data-bill" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/may/24/ai-britain-creative-industries-government-data-bill</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/MoneyGrabbing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyGrabbing</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monopolies</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AITraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AITraining</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.well.com/@ianb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ianb</span></a></span> maybe said industry should just be criminalized and destroyed then?</p><ul><li>If I were to tell the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CollectingAgency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CollectingAgency</span></a> to <em>fuck off</em> and refuse to pay <em>despite playing music covered by their scheme</em>, they'd sue me into insolvency, but when <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a> decide they don't want to obey the laws they gonna be let off the hook?</li></ul><p>WTF!?</p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>There maybe indeed situations where the overall public welfare gains obtained by the introduction of a new technology way surpass respecting artificial property. That's probably the situation here, since the gains in terms of access to knowledge and culture can be enormous.</p><p>"Referring to the question of whether “artists should be able to withhold their content from the AI models that are being trained,” he said: “On the one hand, yeah, I think it seems to me as a matter of natural justice, to say to people that they should be able to opt out of having their creativity, their products, what they’ve worked on indefinitely modelled. That seems to me to be not unreasonable to opt out.”</p><p>However, he added, “I think the creative community wants to go a step further. Quite a lot of voices say ‘you can only train on my content, [if you] first ask’. And I have to say that strikes me as somewhat implausible because these systems train on vast amounts of data.</p><p>“I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work. And by the way if you did it in Britain and no one else did it, you would basically kill the AI industry in this country overnight."</p><p><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/nick-clegg-work-train-ai-l6xl5djb7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/</span><span class="invisible">article/nick-clegg-work-train-ai-l6xl5djb7</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AITraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AITraining</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a></p>
Andi Waffeln!<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpIsKorrupt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsKorrupt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@christopherkunz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>christopherkunz</span></a></span> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UnpopularOpinion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnpopularOpinion</span></a>: The <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ValueRemoving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ValueRemoving</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a> nature of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SSL</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Certificates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Certificates</span></a> is the problem.</p><p>Solutions that tried to unfuck this ( <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@cacert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cacert</span></a></span> ) got cockblocked by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> whilst <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@letsencrypt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>letsencrypt</span></a></span> which basically provides certificates to everyone and everything gets a free pass.</p><ul><li>Because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> is more equal than others!</li></ul>
MusiqueNow :pride: ✡️ 🇵🇸 :anarchismhebrew:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLOSGokAEmo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=DLOSGokAEm</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/PoliticsJoe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticsJoe</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a> #3 </p><p>🚨 🚨 <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ALERT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ALERT</span></a> 🚨 🚨 </p><p>I'm trapped on the 21st floor </p><p>Residents of <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/EastLondon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EastLondon</span></a>'s <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/BalfronTower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BalfronTower</span></a> have been starnded in their flats for a week after the 28 storey building's lifts broke down. </p><p><a href="https://todon.eu/tags/UKShitShow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKShitShow</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClassWar</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disabled</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/elderly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elderly</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/WTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WTF</span></a> !!! </p><p>DISGRACEFUL!!</p>
Mojo ♻️<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mapstodon.space/@fletch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fletch</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@IndyMediaAus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>IndyMediaAus</span></a></span> <br>The real reason reform’s off the table? Most MPs are landlords. Asking them to fix the housing crisis is like putting the fox in charge of the hen house. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/housingcrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housingcrisis</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/rentseeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rentseeking</span></a></p>
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦<p>“A <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23transactional" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transactional</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23president" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#president</a> has revealed the US to be a transactional society, where the highest returns accrue to <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23rentseeking" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rentseeking</a> &amp; <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23cronyism" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cronyism</a>, not to <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23initiative" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#initiative</a> &amp; <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23innovation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#innovation</a>. Sooner or later, <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23productivity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#productivity</a> growth will become a casualty” <a href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-damaging-pillars-of-american-economic-dominance-by-barry-eichengreen-2025-05?utm_source=Project" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...</a> Syndicate Newsletter<br><br><a href="https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/trump-damaging-pillars-of-american-economic-dominance-by-barry-eichengreen-2025-05?utm_source=Project" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">American Exceptionalism Meets ...</a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>Although I'm an avid supporter of transparency, It's a bit annoying that copyright holders only want the disclosure of all copyrighted works used for AI training of LLMs to extract rents from AI companies. And this regardless of the size, not-for-profit nature, and goals of the company/project. Media moguls and their stooges are always yelling: "PAY! PAY! PAY!" I'm sick and tired of all this blackmailing and complaining.</p><p>If you can prove that a chatbot can generate every time exact copies of your works using the same prompt, by all means go ahead and demand a license - but only for large companies. If not, please shut up or admit that you're just another seller of commodities and you don't believe in the non-material value of your art. Art works that are able to appeal to spiritual and aesthetic can generate bountiful positive externalities in the medium and long term.</p><p>------</p><p>"Ministers have used an arcane parliamentary procedure to block an amendment to the data bill that would require artificial intelligence companies to disclose their use of copyright-protected content.</p><p>The government stripped the transparency amendment, which was backed by peers in the bill’s reading in the House of Lords last week, out of the draft text by invoking financial privilege, meaning there is no budget available for new regulations, during a Commons debate on Wednesday afternoon.</p><p>The amendment, which would have required tech companies to reveal which copyrighted material is used in their models, was tabled by the crossbench peer Beeban Kidron and was passed by 272 votes to 125 in a Lords debate last week.</p><p>There were 297 MPs who voted in favour of removing the amendment, while 168 opposed."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/14/uk-ministers-to-block-amendment-requiring-ai-firms-to-declare-use-of-copyrighted-content?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/technology/202</span><span class="invisible">5/may/14/uk-ministers-to-block-amendment-requiring-ai-firms-to-declare-use-of-copyrighted-content?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Feudalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Feudalism</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Rents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rents</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AITraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AITraining</span></a></p>
Andi Waffeln!<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfDVorfeld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfDVorfeld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RechtsExtremismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RechtsExtremismus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Faschismus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Faschismus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfDVerbotJetzt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfDVerbotJetzt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfDVerbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfDVerbot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NieWiederIstJetzt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NieWiederIstJetzt</span></a></p><p>Die Möglichkeiten, rechtsextremen Hass und Hetze zu Geld zu machen, müssen dringend eingeschränkt werden! Vor allem im politischen Vorfeld des Internets, aber auch im Parlament!</p><p><a href="https://www.morgenpost.de/politik/article236116029/querdenker-online-plattformen-hetze-rechte-geld.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">morgenpost.de/politik/article2</span><span class="invisible">36116029/querdenker-online-plattformen-hetze-rechte-geld.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com</span></a></p>
Andi Waffeln!<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RechteHetzeF%C3%BCrGeld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RechteHetzeFürGeld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfDVerbot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfDVerbot</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AfDVerbotJetzt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AfDVerbotJetzt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NieWiederIstJetzt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NieWiederIstJetzt</span></a></p><p>Sie kann eigentlich auch gleich immer dieselbe Rede halten. Spart Zeit und Geld. Keiner würde den Unterschied merken. Funfact: sogar innerhalb ihrer Partei ist Frau Weidel als nicht besonders fleißig bekannt!</p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"When Donald Trump agreed to attend a dinner with the largest investors in his own-brand cryptocurrency, he transformed the TRUMP coin into something else entirely: a means of access to the sitting president. As a consequence, Trump could find himself at odds with constitutional prohibitions of bribery and corruption, experts claim.</p><p>Trump’s dinner announcement on April 23 instigated a trading frenzy that, on paper, added hundreds of millions of dollars to his net worth. Two subsidiaries of the Trump Organization, a conglomerate owned by the president, control 80 percent of the total supply of the coin, which shot up in price by almost 60 percent after the announcement. Those subsidiaries also profit from any surge in trading volume as rent-seeking intermediaries.</p><p>However, the dinner maneuver may have political consequences for Trump. In creating the opportunity for anybody with sufficient wealth to purchase an audience, Trump risks falling foul of a part of the US Constitution—the emoluments clauses—that prohibit the president from accepting gifts or financial compensation from foreign and domestic state actors. In a worst-case scenario for the president, the potential for negative optics could add fuel to calls for his impeachment."</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/trumps-quest-for-crypto-riches-is-a-constitutional-scandal-waiting-to-happen/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/trumps-quest-f</span><span class="invisible">or-crypto-riches-is-a-constitutional-scandal-waiting-to-happen/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crypto</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/CryptoCurrencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CryptoCurrencies</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Memecoins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Memecoins</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/USConstitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USConstitution</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Corryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corryption</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Emoluments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emoluments</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>The thesis that each unauthorized use of a copyrighted work amounts to a lost sale going down the drain...</p><p>"At times, it sounded like the case was the authors’ to lose, with Chhabria noting that Meta was “destined to fail” if the plaintiffs could prove that Meta’s tools created similar works that cratered how much money they could make from their work. But Chhabria also stressed that he was unconvinced the authors would be able to show the necessary evidence. When he turned to the authors’ legal team, led by high-profile attorney David Boies, Chhabria repeatedly asked whether the plaintiffs could actually substantiate accusations that Meta’s AI tools were likely to hurt their commercial prospects. “It seems like you’re asking me to speculate that the market for Sarah Silverman’s memoir will be affected,” he told Boies. “It’s not obvious to me that is the case.”</p><p>When defendants invoke the fair use doctrine, the burden of proof shifts to them to demonstrate that their use of copyrighted works is legal. Boies stressed this point during the hearing, but Chhabria remained skeptical that the authors’ legal team would be able to successfully argue that Meta could plausibly crater their sales. He also appeared lukewarm about whether Meta’s decision to download books from places like LibGen was as central to the fair use issue as the plaintiffs argued it was. “It seems kind of messed up,” he said. “The question, as the courts tell us over and over again, is not whether something is messed up but whether it’s copyright infringement.”</p><p>A ruling in the Kadrey case could play a pivotal role in the outcomes of the ongoing legal battles over generative AI and copyright."</p><p><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/meta-lawsuit-copyright-hearing-artificial-intelligence/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/story/meta-lawsuit-c</span><span class="invisible">opyright-hearing-artificial-intelligence/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AITraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AITraining</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/FairUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FairUse</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copyright</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/IP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IP</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/RentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RentSeeking</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Llama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Llama</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chatbots</span></a></p>
Bill deWorde<p>1/4<br>Can I just randomly rant about price discrimination for a minute? I sometimes work with trade secret law and some of the most closely guarded trade secrets I run across are pricing structures. I suppose you can tell some other stories about why you’d want to keep prices a secret, but I’m pretty sure that the main reason is price discrimination. </p><p><a href="https://toot.garden/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.garden/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.garden/tags/pricediscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pricediscrimination</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.garden/tags/rentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rentSeeking</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.garden/tags/corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporations</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.garden/tags/corporategreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corporategreed</span></a> <br><a href="https://toot.garden/tags/rant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rant</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://caneandable.social/@gocu54" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gocu54</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nu/@ahltorp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ahltorp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://plasmatrap.com/@zakalwe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zakalwe</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ruleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ruleOfLaw</span></a> is corrupted by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plutocracy</span></a> (i didn't say <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> in sensitivity to your beliefs: i am asking you to see a difference between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rentSeeking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rentSeeking</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>parasites</span></a> and a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freeMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freeMarket</span></a>)</p><p>they profit at the expense of our debilitation, bankruptcy, and early death</p><p>in such a scenario rule of law itself has been compromised</p><p>because *the law* supports mass murder on a grand scale for profit</p><p>so i ask you to understand <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/luigi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>luigi</span></a> is inevitable</p><p>i am not asking you to embrace him</p>