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Accelerating Policy & governance Signal 2h ago
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“Google and Reddit do not own the Internet," web scraper says after court win

4 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Mark Riedl, Amanda Tepski
“Court holds that Google cannot use DMCA to stop other companies from scraping their search results because search results are not copyrightable, they don't own the content they are serving up, and are not acting on behalf of those who might own the rights a…” evidence ↗
4 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered

“Court holds that Google cannot use DMCA to stop other companies from scraping their search results because search results are not copyrightable, they don't own the content they are serving up, and are not acting on behalf of those who might own the rights a…”

Developing Policy & governance Development 1d ago
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Wikipedia AI content removal policy

Wikipedia:Presumptive removal of AI-generated content - Wikipedia

2 directory members surfaced this signal.

Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Jed Brown
“See also Wikipedia's presumptive policy of presumptive removal of contributions from known users.” evidence ↗
2 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered

“See also Wikipedia's presumptive policy of presumptive removal of contributions from known users.”

New Models & releases Signal 10h ago

Authors have mixed feelings about the $1.5B Anthropic copyright infringement ruling

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Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis
“Get over yourselves. Authors have mixed feelings about the $1.5B Anthropic copyright infringement ruling www.npr.org/2026/07/27/n...” evidence ↗
1 expert 1 community 1 sources clustered

“Get over yourselves. Authors have mixed feelings about the $1.5B Anthropic copyright infringement ruling www.npr.org/2026/07/27/n...”

New Compute & infrastructure Analysis 12h ago
AI accountability global infrastructure essay

From the AI Accountability Gap to a Global Accountability Infrastructure

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Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Tech Policy Press
“AI's benefits are concentrated in a few companies and countries, but its footprint is distributed, argue Jamila Venturini and Marina Meira from Derechos Digitales. They call for a global infrastructure to hold the AI supply chain accountable.” evidence ↗
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“AI's benefits are concentrated in a few companies and countries, but its footprint is distributed, argue Jamila Venturini and Marina Meira from Derechos Digitales. They call for a global infrastructure to hold the AI supply chain accountable.”

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4 experts · 7 posts · 13h ago
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“On reflection I’m not sure I respect the candor either, because, does Amodei have any expectation this will persuade ppl in tech? Surely not. Perhaps the actual audience for this is policy makers i…” evidence ↗
Reaction converging Policy & governance · 3
Ted Underwood: On reflection I’m not sure I respect the candor either, because, does Amodei have any expectation this will persuade ppl in tech? Surely not. Perhaps the actual audience for this is policy makers i…
Shubhendu Trivedi: Over time I have come to the conclusion that a lot of this isn't as much about regulatory capture and becoming a designated economic tollbooth (although there's that too). It's more like they reall…
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4 experts · 6 posts · 12h ago
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“And, again: golf courses and flat lawns and monocropping agribusiness practices are ALSO BAD. *More Than One Thing Can Be Bad*!” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Policy & governance · 1
Damien Williams: I'm reading the "environmentalists are wrong about data centers" piece from the NYT and ohmygoditssofuckingbad. Apparently, so long as you're punching left, they'll just let you say any goddamn thi…
Damien Williams: And, again: golf courses and flat lawns and monocropping agribusiness practices are ALSO BAD. *More Than One Thing Can Be Bad*!
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3 experts · 4 posts · 3h ago
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“Tech companies love to talk about “self regulation.” But self regulation is an oxymoron—it means no regulation. Self regulation is a predicate for Network States & the disabling of democratic socie…” evidence ↗
Shared emphasis Policy & governance · 2
Neil Turkewitz: Tech companies love to talk about “self regulation.” But self regulation is an oxymoron—it means no regulation. Self regulation is a predicate for Network States & the disabling of democratic socie…
Mike Masnick: As much as I cannot stand Musk or xAI... On this I think he's right that this law violates the First Amendment and is preempted by 230. There are other approaches to dealing with NCII and deepfakes.
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3 experts · 4 posts · 7h ago
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“Can we add a "How scared are you of LOSING THE AI ARMS RACE TO CHINA?!?" path to avoid all the pesky regulation discussion” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Policy & governance · 1 Questions & unknowns · 1
Kate Klonick: Yeah but I should have added "Have you considered an open letter?" under "Do you work for an AI Company"
Jake Laperruque: Can we add a "How scared are you of LOSING THE AI ARMS RACE TO CHINA?!?" path to avoid all the pesky regulation discussion
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