Create accountLogin

Recent searches

No recent searches

Search options

Only available when logged in.
urbanists.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
We're a server for people who like bikes, transit, and walkable cities. Let's get to know each other!

Administered by:

Server stats:

577
active users

urbanists.social: AboutProfiles directoryPrivacy policy

Mastodon: AboutGet the appKeyboard shortcutsView source codev4.3.7

#copyright

44 posts41 participants1 post today
Replied in thread
Public
C.

@markmccaughrean

The names/trademarks/insignia are definitely protected.

But I thought the content - images etc - couldn't be. Everything created by the US government and its agencies is ineligible for copyright - or at least that's been the common understanding.

The policy page you point to even seems to confirm this:

"NASA content – images, audio, video, and media files used in the rendition of 3-dimensional models, such as texture maps and polygon data in any format – generally are not subject to copyright in the United States."

#copyright#government#PublicDomain
Public
Nela Dunato

If you want to request for your artwork to be removed from Pinterest so it can't be used to train their AI, feel free to copy & adapt this text of the email I've sent to them: docs.google.com/document/d/1L8

They acknowledged my request and asked for confirmation that I really, really want all the pinned images deleted. I'm still waiting for the pins to be actually gone.

The process may be faster if you have an account with claimed domains, but it's not required.

Google DocsDMCA notice – remove all of my copyrighted artwork from Pinterest serversEmail this to: copyright@pinterest.com Hello, in light of your new policy which allows Pinterest users (not authorized content owners) to consent for the submitted content to be used in training your AI engine, I have decided to enforce my copyright more strictly than before. I request that Pinte...
#pinterest#NoAI#artist
Public
Flipboard Tech Desk

From @Techcrunch: A new study appears to lend credence to allegations that OpenAI trained at least some of its AI models on copyrighted content. The organization is embroiled in suits brought by authors, programmers, and other rights-holders who accuse the company of using their works to develop its models without permission.

flip.it/NWeJH-

TechCrunch · OpenAI's models 'memorized' copyrighted content, new study suggests | TechCrunchA new study appears to lend credence to allegations that OpenAI trained at least some of its AI models on copyrighted content.
#Tech#OpenAI#Copyright
Public
Miguel Afonso Caetano

Big tech companies want total control but opt-out should be the way to go:

"OpenAI and Google have rejected the government’s preferred approach to solve the dispute about artificial intelligence and copyright.

In February almost every UK daily newspaper gave over its front page and website to a campaign to stop tech giants from exploiting the creative industries.

The government’s plan, which has prompted protests from leading figures in the arts, is to amend copyright law to allowdevelopers to train their AI models on publicly available content for commercial use without consent from rights holders, unless they opt out.

However, OpenAI has called for a broader copyright exemption for AI, rejecting the opt-out model."

thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/

The Times · AI giants reject government’s approach to solving copyright rowBy Georgia Lambert
#AI#GenerativeAI#UK
Public
Miguel Afonso Caetano

"More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The backlash was immediate and massive. Internet users, free speech advocates, and tech companies flooded lawmakers with protests, culminating in an “Internet Blackout” on January 18, 2012. Turns out, Americans don’t like government-run internet blacklists. The bills were ultimately shelved.

Thirteen years later, as institutional memory fades and appetite for opposition wanes, members of Congress in both parties are ready to try this again.

The Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA), along with at least one other bill still in draft form, would revive this reckless strategy. These new proposals would let rights holders get federal court orders forcing ISPs and DNS providers to block entire websites based on accusations of infringing copyright. Lawmakers claim they’re targeting “pirate” sites—but what they’re really doing is building an internet kill switch.

These bills are an unequivocal and serious threat to a free and open internet. EFF and our supporters are going to fight back against them."

eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/cong

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea.More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The backlash was immediate and massive. Internet users, free speech advocates, and tech...
#USA#Censorship#FreedomOfSpeech
Public
Charlie McHenry

Guy runs an experiment to see Just how easy is it to wrangle from GPT that which is very clearly someone else’s IP… Results are interesting, it’s not hard turns out. Some guardrails do exist for very recognizable characters, but that has not prevented LLMs from returning copyrighted IP on image prompts. Or from stealing studio-specific styles, characters and designs for memes - which has led to ‘Ghiblifying’ everything. #StudioGhibli #LLM #LLMs #Image #copyright #IP #AI #ChatGPT #ImagePrompts #AIImage #AIImages #legal

theaiunderwriter.substack.com/

The AI Underwriter · An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhipBy Otakar G. Hubschmann
Public
IndieAuthors.Social News

Generative AI and Copyrightability: Report From the US Copyright Office

In 2023, the US Copyright Office launched an initiative to examine the legal and policy implications for copyright of generative AI (GAI).
writerbeware.blog/2025/04/04/g

#Copyright #ArtificialIntelligence
@indieauthors

Writer Beware · Generative AI and Copyrightability: Report From the US Copyright Office - Writer BewareIn 2023, the US Copyright Office launched an initiative to examine the legal and policy implications for copyright of generative AI (GAI). Incorporating comments from the public, the resulting report will be issued in installments, each addressing a different topic. Today, I’m discussing the second installment, published in January, which offers the Office’s determinations onRead More
Public
PrivacyDigest

Why Italy’s #Piracy Shield risks moving from tiresome digital farce to serious national tragedy – Walled Culture

#Blocklists are drawn up by #copyright companies, without any review, or the possibility of any objections, and those blocks must be enforced within 30 minutes. Needless to say, such a ham-fisted and biased approach to copyright infringement is already producing some horrendous blunders

walledculture.org/why-italys-p

walledculture.orgWhy Italy’s Piracy Shield risks moving from tiresome digital farce to serious national tragedy
More from Walled Culture
Public
Brian Greenberg

⚠️ Congress is reviving site-blocking laws—and EFF says it’s as reckless as ever.

Proposals like the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA) would empower courts to order ISPs and DNS providers to block entire websites—without due process.

Why it matters:
・🛑 Site-blocking doesn’t just target piracy—it silences speech
・💥 It can unintentionally take down thousands of innocent sites
・🕵️ Evading blocks is trivial—using VPNs, alternate DNS, etc.
・⚖️ Many cases would be handled ex parte, with no one to defend the accused

EFF calls this an internet kill switch in disguise, and it’s a dangerous precedent for free expression and open web access in the U.S.

The entertainment industry is thriving without these laws. So why hand them censorship power?

👉 eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/cong

Electronic Frontier Foundation · Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still a Terrible Idea.More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The backlash was immediate and massive. Internet users, free speech advocates, and tech...
#DigitalRights#EFF#InternetFreedom
ExploreLive feeds
About