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Recent court decisions re: the DMCA and AI web scraping and extraction
Here is another installment of “old laws applied to new tech.”
When several news organizations sued Open AI for violating copyright laws through their use of web scraping, some of the complaints also alleged violations of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), the late 2990’s addition to copyright laws tha ... (full story)
ABA issues first official opinion on generative AI
In 2023, the American Bar Association formed a committee of experts to try to make sense of, and provide guidelines for the use of, generative artificial intelligence in the legal environment.
In late 2024, that committee published its first set of guidelines. As we know, these don’t have the force of law. However, they do ... (full story)
Harvard helps an Amish sect sue the state to end Ohio’s taillight law
Sometimes the intersection of law and technology looks like the farthest out-there science fiction/horror film.
And sometimes it has a much less modern sheen.
To some Ohio Amish sects, technology that is even as simple as a buggy taillight can be seen as an infringement on their religious freedom.
And recently, the Hol ... (full story)
Survey of AI and women in the law: Bias, inaccuracy and uptraining noted
A recent survey of how AI currently affects women in the law doesn’t show any real surprises, with the built-in biases of the platform, needed training and historic inaccuracy among top-level concerns of respondents.
The survey was conducted by Linklaters, She Breaks the Law and Next 100 Years of women in various positions ... (full story)
NBA loses Video Privacy Act newsletter case
Another chapter in the ongoing “how can laws that were written before the Internet be applied to modern technology?” has come out of the federal courts of New York, and involves acts by a plaintiff that we’ve all done.
Also, I write this column, the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team has started their season 1 ... (full story)