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Reading list: Carys Craig, The AI-Copyright Trap

Posted on December 12, 2024 by rtushnet

 The AI-Copyright Trap Carys J. Craig Abstract As AI tools proliferate, policy makers are increasingly being called upon to protect creators and the cultural industries from the extractive, exploitative, and even existential threats posed by generative AI. In their haste … Continue reading →

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Reading list: Mala Chatterjee, Property, Speech, and Authorship: A Dilemma for Personhood Theories of Copyright

Posted on November 13, 2024 by rtushnet

 Recommended! Short and thought-provoking. Property, Speech, and Authorship: A Dilemma for Personhood Theories of Copyright Cambridge Volume on Intellectual Property & Private Law (forthcoming 2024) 15 Pages Posted: 2 Aug 2024 Mala Chatterjee Columbia Law School Date Written: July 22, 2024 … Continue reading →

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Transformative work of the day, Omelas edition

Posted on February 5, 2024 by rtushnet

Isabel J. Kim, Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole. Warning: far more depressing, in my view, than the original. from Blogger http://tushnet.blogspot.com/2024/02/transformative-work-of-day-omelas.html

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Reading list: geolocation data increased incivility online

Posted on January 19, 2024 by rtushnet

Civilizing social media: The effect of geolocation on the incivility of news comments Yufan Guo, Yuhan Li, and Tian Yang, New Media & Society (2023) Abstract Many social media affordances can affect the quality of online discourse, but such an effect remains understudied for the … Continue reading →

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Reading list: Trademarks in an Algorithmic World

Posted on January 18, 2024 by rtushnet

 “Consumers used to watch ads; now, ads watch them.” So says Christine Haight Farley in her intriguing new article. Christine Haight Farley, Trademarks in an Algorithmic World, 98 Wash. L. Rev. 1123 (2023).  Abstract:  According to the sole normative foundation … Continue reading →

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New Jot on Article 17

Posted on October 23, 2023 by rtushnet

 I review an interesting article here. from Blogger http://tushnet.blogspot.com/2023/10/new-jot-on-article-17.html

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New engagement ring opinion from Mass. appeals court

Posted on September 14, 2023 by rtushnet

Read it here. Many years ago, I wrote a note about these disputes seeking return of engagement rings after a broken engagement, which is cited in the dissent–which also reads as an invitation to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to revisit … Continue reading →

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Reading list: Discrimination is Unfair: Interpreting UDA(A)P to Prohibit Discrimination

Posted on June 4, 2021 by rtushnet

Stephen Hayes & Kali Schellenberg, Discrimination is “Unfair”: Interpreting UDA(A)P to Prohibit Discrimination https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3832022 This Article explores a theory that discrimination is a type of “unfair” practice covered by federal and state laws prohibiting unfair, deceptive (and sometimes abusive) acts … Continue reading →

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Reading list: The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance: Unfair and Deceptive Advertising in Children’s Apps

Posted on May 24, 2021 by rtushnet

 Mary Kate Fernandez,  The Kids Don’t Stand a Chance: Unfair and Deceptive Advertising in Children’s Apps, 66 Loy. L. Rev. 211 (2020) Intro:  The University of Michigan released a startling study (“the Michigan Study”) in October 2018 which unveiled that “manipulative and … Continue reading →

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Reading list: race and GIs

Posted on May 3, 2021 by rtushnet

Reading list: Mathilde Cohen, The Whiteness of French Food: Law, Race, and Eating Culture in France (forthcoming in French Politics, Culture, and Society, 2021) English Abstract: Food is fundamental to French identity. So too is the denial of structural racism … Continue reading →

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