#legal-issues — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #legal-issues, aggregated by home.social.
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FYI: Meta's PR response to child harm verdicts draws scrutiny: After two U.S. jury verdicts fining Meta $379.2M for child harm, Andy Stone issued a statement that senators and legal critics called defiant and misleading. https://ppc.land/metas-pr-response-to-child-harm-verdicts-draws-scrutiny/ #Meta #ChildSafety #PRStrategy #LegalIssues #PublicRelations
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ICYMI: Meta's PR response to child harm verdicts draws scrutiny: After two U.S. jury verdicts fining Meta $379.2M for child harm, Andy Stone issued a statement that senators and legal critics called defiant and misleading. https://ppc.land/metas-pr-response-to-child-harm-verdicts-draws-scrutiny/ #Meta #ChildSafety #PrivacyMatters #SocialMediaEthics #LegalIssues
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The SPLC indictment, the Klan history behind it, and ignominy of Todd Blanche
https://www.lawdork.com/p/splc-indictment-united-klans-of-america
#HackerNews #SPLC #indictment #Klan #history #Todd #Blanche #legalissues #socialjustice
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Defendants in the Crave copyright case demand that their collective $3.4 million in legal fees be covered
US copyright law allows for the prevailing party to recover legal fees, although it’s discretionary and not automatic.
https://janefriedman.com/defendants-in-the-crave-copyright-case-demand-that-their-collective-3-4-million-in-legal-fees-be-covered/ -
Defendants in the Crave copyright case demand that their collective $3.4 million in legal fees be covered
US copyright law allows for the prevailing party to recover legal fees, although it’s discretionary and not automatic.
https://janefriedman.com/defendants-in-the-crave-copyright-case-demand-that-their-collective-3-4-million-in-legal-fees-be-covered/ -
The New York Times published an article praising #Medvi, a company that allegedly used #AI to achieve rapid #success. However, the article overlooked Medvi’s #legalissues, including a #classactionlawsuit for violating California’s #antispamlaw and potential violations of agreements with #suppliers and #vendors. https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-back-story-behind-the-first-18?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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Authors and publishers will receive more money per title in Anthropic case
Attorneys’ fees have dropped from $300 million (20% of the award) to $187.5 million (12.5% of the award), leaving more for authors.
https://janefriedman.com/authors-and-publishers-will-receive-more-money-per-title-in-anthropic-case/ -
Man pleads guilty to $8M AI-generated music scheme
https://therecord.media/man-pleads-guilty-8-million-ai-music-scheme
#HackerNews #AIgeneratedMusic #PleadsGuilty #MusicFraud #TechNews #LegalIssues
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What Authors Don’t Know about the Anthropic Settlement (But Should)
Dave Hansen, the executive director of the Authors Alliance and an expert on issues of copyright and fair use, offers clarity on the case.
https://janefriedman.com/what-authors-dont-know-about-the-anthropic-settlement-but-should/ -
U.S. Cannot Legally Impose Tariffs Using Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974
#HackerNews #U.S. #Tariffs #TradeAct1974 #LegalIssues #TradePolicy #Economics
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I found a Vulnerability. They found a Lawyer
https://dixken.de/blog/i-found-a-vulnerability-they-found-a-lawyer
#HackerNews #Vulnerability #Disclosure #Cybersecurity #LegalIssues #EthicalHacking #HackerNews
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Immigration Agencies Are Openly Defying Federal Courts
https://lpeproject.org/blog/immigration-agencies-are-openly-defying-federal-courts/
#HackerNews #Immigration #Agencies #Courts #Defiance #FederalPolicy #LegalIssues
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One of the lawsuits to watch: OpenAI in the Second District
In one case, the judge has ordered OpenAI to provide in-house communications about deleting datasets they used to train ChatGPT.
https://janefriedman.com/one-of-the-lawsuits-to-watch-openai-in-the-second-district/ -
Attention authors published by Amazon Publishing
This is a PSA for any Amazon Publishing authors whose books are in the Anthropic settlement list.
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Emoji Evidence Errors Don't Undo a Murder Conviction–People vs. Harmon
#HackerNews #EmojiEvidence #MurderConviction #LegalIssues #CourtCase
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🎉🎮🎂 "No One Lives Forever" is now #vintage, but like that awkward high school yearbook photo, it remains locked away in a legal purgatory, abandoned and alone. 📜🚫 A quarter of a century later, we're still left asking, "Can we buy it yet?" No, but you can buy Techdirt's #cookies instead! 🍪💸
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/11/13/no-one-lives-forever-turns-25-you-still-cant-buy-it-legitimately/ #NoOneLivesForever #Gaming #LegalIssues #Techdirt #GamingHistory #HackerNews #ngated -
AI firm wins copyright lawsuit in the UK
Getty Image’s lawsuit against Stable AI, for scraping millions of images to train its software, has failed in a narrow ruling.
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🚨 Oh look, another groundbreaking revelation: tech giants are bending the rules! 👀 #Doctorow bravely reveals what we all totally didn't already know—tech companies use apps to *gasp* break laws! 📱⚖️ Stunning insight, truly.
https://lithub.com/how-american-tech-cartels-use-apps-to-break-the-law/ #techgiants #rulebreaking #revelations #appscandal #legalissues #groundbreakinginsight #HackerNews #ngated -
Cubs infielder Matt Shaw skipped a game to honor Charlie Kirk. This raises questions about player commitments amid legal contracts and team dynamics. How do personal values intersect with professional obligations in sports? Share your thoughts! #ChicagoSports #LegalIssues
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🚨 ALERT: A judge with a name straight out of a sci-fi novel rejects a $1.5B AI copyright deal, suggesting tech companies can't just throw money at their legal messes and hope they go away 🤑. Meanwhile, #Bloomberg continues to remind us they're a network of information, people, and ads for their own products. 📈💁♀️
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/anthropic-judge-blasts-copyright-pact-as-nowhere-close-to-done #AIcopyright #TechNews #LegalIssues #SciFiJudge #HackerNews #ngated -
Gun Maker Sig Sauer Citing National Security to Keep Documents from Public
https://practicalshootinginsights.com/eighth-circuit-fmeca-update/
#HackerNews #GunMaker #SigSauer #NationalSecurity #PublicDocuments #FirearmIndustry #LegalIssues
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The authors of 7 million works used to train AI are now part of the Anthropic case
The judge has now ruled that the case can move forward as a class action, with a trial scheduled for December to determine damages.
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Anthropic files for appeal in the AI copyright case
The appeal cites the other AI case, the one against Meta, where a judge ruled that training on pirated works might be considered fair.
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Two Court Rulings on AI: Neither Gives Authors What They Want, But There’s Still a Long Road Ahead
While the same issue lies at the heart of both cases and both judges found in favor of AI companies, the rulings are quite different from one another.
https://janefriedman.com/two-court-rulings-on-ai-neither-gives-authors-what-they-want-but-theres-still-a-long-road-ahead/ -
Dan Mangan and Halle Lukasiewicz reveal a troubling case involving Ramon Morales-Reyes, a 54-year-old undocumented immigrant detained over threatening letters to President Trump, though doubts about his guilt emerge after inmate Demetric Scott's confession of authorship. With a clean record and legal visa application, Morales-Reyes faces a challenging immigration process. The family's situation worsens amid social media threats. Read more here: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/04/trump-threat-case-immigrant-remains-in-detention.html #TrumpThreatLetters #Immigration #LegalIssues #DHS #RamonMoralesReyes
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Getting a Cease and Desist from Waffle House
https://www.jack.bio/blog/wafflehouse
#HackerNews #CeaseAndDesist #WaffleHouse #LegalIssues #Blogging #TechNews #CreativeContent
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🚨 OMG! A revolutionary "free" AI risk tool that demands your GitHub soul just to tell you the sky might fall. 🤖☁️ And by signing in, you have no choice but to embrace their labyrinthine legal mumbo jumbo. 🔐📜 What an "innovative" way to manage AI risks—with more risks! 😂
https://www.gettavo.com/app #AIrisktool #GitHubconcerns #legalissues #innovation #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated