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3 Count: Lawful VPNs
14+ hour, 33+ min ago (337+ words) Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Bluesky, Mastodon or LinkedIn. First off today, Rene Millman at TechRadar reports that the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled that virtual private networks (VPNs) are…...
The Fandom/GTA Wiki Plagiarism Scandal
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1656+ words) There are few sites on the internet that have generated as much vitriol as Fandom. The site, which allows users to create and manage wikis on various topics, has battled controversy after controversy over the way it attempts to generate…...
Why I’m Giving Up on Blocking AI Bots (For Now)
3+ week, 1+ day ago (1211+ words) Back in August 2023, I wrote an article entitled “How to Block ChatGPT (And Why to Do It).” At the time, we were less than a year into the launch of ChatGPT, and we were still very much in the pre-AI…...
3 Count: Redact, Refile
3+ week, 2+ day ago (392+ words) Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Bluesky, Mastodon or LinkedIn. First off today, Ashley Belanger at Ars Technica reports that the New York Times has asked the court for permission to amend its copyright infringement lawsuit…...
Supreme Court Rules for Cox, Weakens DMCA
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (1422+ words) Earlier today, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) released its decision in the long-running battle between the record labels and the internet service provider (ISP) Cox Communications. The decision was a resounding victory for Cox, with a unanimous…...
3 Count: $12.9 Trillion
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (405+ words) Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Bluesky, Mastodon or LinkedIn. First off today, Cameron Sunkel at EDM.com reports that Spotify has joined forces with the major record labels to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against…...
Agentic Browsers Could Ruin the Open Internet
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1083+ words) Amazon claimed that, as a third-party application, it needs to “respect service provider decisions” and that it provides a “degraded shopping and customer service experience.” Perplexity, for its part, said it was confused by the decision. It said Amazon should…...
The Shocking Downfall of the Internet Anarchist
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1148+ words) Over the holiday break, YouTube found itself embroiled in another plagiarism controversy. This time, the channel the Internet Anarchist of plagiarizing a video from a smaller creator. But, just as the plagiarism story seemed ready to blow over with a…...
AI Licensing Comparison: RSL vs. Pay-Per-Crawl
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (1029+ words) Yesterday, a group of internet companies and publishers announced the launch of a new standard for content licensing: Really Simple Licensing (RSL). The conglomerate includes big names such as Reddit, Yahoo, Medium, Quora, Ziff Davis, The MIT Press and more....