#legalprecedent — Public Fediverse posts

FYI: Meta's teen settlement borrows tobacco's structure and tobacco's flaws: The Meta consent judgment copies the 1998 tobacco settlement almost clause for clause. That precedent is instructive, and not in the way the states may intend. https://ppc.land/metas-teen-settlement-borrows-tobaccos-structure-and-tobaccos-flaws/ #Meta #Tobacco #TeenSettlement #ConsentJudgment #LegalPrecedent

ICYMI: Meta's teen settlement borrows tobacco's structure and tobacco's flaws: The Meta consent judgment copies the 1998 tobacco settlement almost clause for clause. That precedent is instructive, and not in the way the states may intend. https://ppc.land/metas-teen-settlement-borrows-tobaccos-structure-and-tobaccos-flaws/ #MetaSettlement #TobaccoIndustry #TeenImpact #ConsentJudgment #LegalPrecedent

Indian captain ‘scapegoat’ in Britain’s Russia shadow fleet case, wife says

The Indian captain of an alleged Russian shadow fleet oil vessel, Ajay Pant, has been charged with sanctions…
#EuropeSays #Russia #AjayPant #Britishcommandos #legalprecedent #merchantseafarers #RituPant #shadowfleet
https://www.europesays.com/russia/53594/

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Appeals Court in San Francisco ruled that thousands of lawsuits targeting Meta Platforms, TikTok and other social media outlets over claims that social media is harmful and addictive can proceed.

If legal precedent is established and social media addiction is determined to be real, Meta and others could face an existential business threat. https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/meta-faces-a-raft-of-social-media-addiction-lawsuits/827518/ #SocialMedia #Meta #TikTok #Lawsuits #LegalPrecedent #SocialMediaAddiction #9thCircuitCourt #LegalAppeal #FederalCourt

“Lawyers’ statement on Miller’s anti-Zionism win shows Bristol appeal smashed”

by Skwawkbox with The Canary

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“The EAT [Employment Appeals Tribunal] held that his [Miller’s] anti-Zionist beliefs constitute a protected belief under the Equality Act 2010 (EqA); he was dismissed because he manifested those beliefs and as the dismissal was tainted by discrimination, he was unfairly dismissed.

This means that it is unlawful to discriminate against someone because they hold those [Anti-Zionist] beliefs. The successful appeal outcome reinforces that controversial beliefs are not excluded from protection under the EqA simply because they generate complaints or public controversy”

https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2026/08/04/miller-appeal-anti-zionism/

#Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #Miller #BristolUniversity #UnfairDismissal #AntiZionism #ProtectedBelief #EqualityAct #Discrimination #LegalPrecedent

FYI: Munich court holds Google liable for AI Overviews defamation - a first: A Munich court on May 28, 2026, held Google directly liable for false claims its AI Overviews generated about a German publisher, in a new legal precedent. https://ppc.land/munich-court-holds-google-liable-for-ai-overviews-defamation-a-first/ #Google #AIDefamation #LegalPrecedent #MunichCourt #ArtificialIntelligence

ICYMI: Munich court holds Google liable for AI Overviews defamation - a first: A Munich court on May 28, 2026, held Google directly liable for false claims its AI Overviews generated about a German publisher, in a new legal precedent. https://ppc.land/munich-court-holds-google-liable-for-ai-overviews-defamation-a-first/ #Google #AIDefamation #LegalPrecedent #MunichCourt #ArtificialIntelligence

(Quoting the article, some editing for brevity.)

Carter spent years building up Diversity Photos, which he founded because minority communities have been historically overlooked in stock photography. Carter says the company invested heavily in recruiting real, everyday people and obtained proper consent for the photos.

After launching in 2016, Diversity Photos made strong growth and partnered with Adobe in 2018 via a Stock Contributor Agreement. “The deal was a revenue-share arrangement,” Carter explains. “We’d supply the content, Adobe would distribute it through Adobe Stock, and we’d both benefit. We granted Adobe a license to distribute and promote our work to their end customers for mutual benefit — it literally says this in the contract.”

“So when I found out that Adobe had fed our entire library into their AI training pipeline without asking, without a separate license, without any compensation — it was devastating,” Carter says. “They didn’t just use a few images. They ingested our content and used it to build products that now directly compete with us. Adobe’s AI can now generate the same kind of diverse imagery that we spent years and significant resources creating. They took our competitive advantage and turned it into their feature.”

Carter points out that the entire value proposition of Diversity Photos is its scarcity, along with the quality of the content. If a tech company wants to use the archive to train an AI model, Carter will charge a perpetual license premium.

After Adobe informed Carter that it had a right to train its AI with Diversity Photos, the company offered $1,173.93 as a bonus fee. “Not compensation, not a licensing fee — a bonus,” says Carter. “As if they were doing me a favor. And they made it clear they didn’t even believe they were required to pay that under the agreement. … It showed a fundamental disrespect for the value of what we’d created and the communities we represent,” he says.

Carter and his attorney filed for arbitration in June 2024. Adobe then moved for a summary judgment on the case, which was fully granted except for one of Diversity Photos’ claims: negligence. The negligence claim stated that Adobe put Diversity Photos’ archive online without any watermarks or copyright management information. In doing so, other AI companies such as Midjourney, Stability AI, and Google were also able to train on the photo library without compensation. But even on that claim, Carter still didn’t win.

“We believe the arbitration process was fundamentally flawed,” Carter says. “The arbitrator refused to address the cost issue that was contractually required before ruling on Adobe’s motion to dismiss everything.”

Adobe has since moved to have the arbitration award confirmed in court as precedent for future cases. “This has nothing to do with any of our claims so he ruled on something that doesn’t pertain to our case but will be used and referenced against creators for decades,” Carter adds. “We’re asking the court to vacate the award on multiple grounds under California’s arbitration statute.”

Back when Carter signed his agreement with Adobe in 2018, generative AI products didn’t exist. “The contract I signed gave Adobe a license to use my images for ‘developing new features and services [to promote my work],’” Carter says. But while he assumed that wording was there for Adobe to improve its platform, the company assumed otherwise.

“Adobe’s argument? The word ‘new’ means they can do anything new. Anything. Including something that didn’t exist when I signed the contract. Including AI training. Including building a tool that directly competes with the very content I licensed to them… That’s why we’re fighting to have this ruling vacated. Not just for Diversity Photos, but because if this interpretation stands, it sets a precedent that guts creator rights across the board. No contract from the pre-AI era should be interpreted as a blank check for AI training. The creators who signed those agreements never could have imagined this use, and the platforms know it.”

“The irony is that our content is valuable precisely because it’s hard to create — real people, real diversity, real consent… Generative AI threatens to commoditize all of that. And the companies building these AI models are profiting from our work without compensating us.”

Please do read the whole article from PetaPixel.

#tech #ai #Photography #StockPhotos #Diversity #LLMs #GenerativeAI #Adobe #Copyright #Law #Exploitation #LegalPrecedent #BigTech #SmallBusiness

RE: https://mastodon.social/@mattotcha/116222000676732277

When the Rule of Law Meets Political Pressure

These voices are not partisan. They are principled. Having served on the bench with fidelity to law over…
#UnitedStates #US #USA #america #equaljustice #geopolitics #legalprecedent #politicalpressure #Politics #RuleofLaw #selectiveenforcement #unitedstatesofamerica #UnitedStatesPolitics #USPolitics #usapolitics
https://www.europesays.com/2794979/

https://www.europesays.com/2794979/ When the Rule of Law Meets Political Pressure #america #EqualJustice #geopolitics #LegalPrecedent #PoliticalPressure #Politics #RuleOfLaw #SelectiveEnforcement #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesPolitics #US #USPolitics #USA #UsaPolitics

Can the president now control independent agencies? Abbie VanSickle and Ann E. Marimow reveal the Supreme Court’s groundbreaking move allowing Trump to dismiss an FTC commissioner and reconsider limits on presidential removal power. This could drastically shift federal regulatory dynamics. Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/us/politics/supreme-court-ftc-commissioner-firing.html #AbbieVanSickle #AnnEMarimow #SupremeCourt #FTC #PresidentialPower #LegalPrecedent

https://lawalpine.com/blog/stare-decisis-in-nepal

Alpine Law Associates - Stare Decisis in Nepal

The principle of stare decisis, meaning “to stand by what has been decided,” is a cornerstone of Nepal’s legal framework. It ensures that courts follow established precedents in similar cases, fostering consistency, stability, and fairness in judicial decisions.

#StareDecisisNepal #LegalPrecedent #JudiciaryNepal #JusticeNepal #LawAlpine #RuleOfLawNepal #SupremeCourtNepal

🎮Ah, the Game Genie: because who wouldn’t want to turn their NES into a buggy mess of cheat codes that doesn't even have Nintendo's blessing? 😂 Now, marvel at how a glorified glitch-maker became a pivotal moment in copyright law—because nothing screams legal precedent like hacking Mario to jump into oblivion.🚀
https://tedium.co/2025/07/21/the-game-genie-generation/ #GameGenie #CopyrightHack #NESCheatCodes #VideoGameHistory #LegalPrecedent #HackerNews #ngated

Crypto staking Jarretts again sue IRS over block reward taxes - A previous case brought by Josh and Jessica Jarrett was dismissed in 202... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/irs-sued-over-crypto-staking-tax-policy-josh-jarrett #cryptocurrency #stakingrewards #cryptotaxation #legalprecedent #propertytax #joshjarrett #taxlawsuit #coincenter #blockchain #incometax. #taxrefund #tezos #irs

#Mexico Scores Major Victory Against Monsanto
"the #legalvictory over #Monsanto highlights Mexico’s commitment to safeguarding #publichealth & #environmental integrity .. to ensure tt #GMcorn & #glyphosate are removed fr Mexican #food supply.. outcome of tis trade dispute cld hv #global ramifications in another way: if e panellists end up ruling in Mexico’s favour, it cld set a #legalprecedent. Tt cld encourage other countries to #ban cultivation or import of #GMO crops"🙏
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/07/mexico-scores-major-victory-against-bayer-owned-monsanto-as-corn-war-with-us-reaches-decisive-moment.html

Supreme Court Ruling is Bad News for America
https://econopass.com/news/world/supreme-court-ruling-is-bad-news-for-america
The Supreme Court has handed down a significant ruling that grants former President Donald Trump partial immunity from criminal prosecution. This decision pertains to actions taken while he was in office, shielding him from certain legal consequences but not offering complete immunity.
#USSupremeCourt #SupremeCourt #TrumpImmunity #LegalPrecedent #AmericanJustice #worldnews #dailynews #newsupdate #newstoday #newsfeed

Hmm. I've been researching the #rights US citizens have when it comes to giving your #phone/PIN to cops and I'm wondering... Do you think that when cops get a warrant for your phone PIN, you could give them the pin to a specific profile on the phone but not the other profiles? (I use @GrapheneOS and I'm not sure if there's #legalprecedent for this concept)

#UnitedStatesLaw #GrapheneOS #digitalRights #privacy

#Alabama #Parents of #Trans #Kids Seek #EnBanc #11thCircuit Review

#Panel #ruling on #Alabama's #trans #healthcare #ban #conflicts with their #parentsrights and established #LegalPrecedent on #sex-based #discrimination.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Alabama #Courts #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.glad.org/alabama-parents-urge-11th-circuit-to-reinstate-freeze-on-transgender-medical-ban/

Judge Denies CEL Valuation Boost; Evades CEL’s Security Classification in Celsius Saga - In the unfolding saga of the Celsius bankruptcy case, a proposal was presented to ... - https://news.bitcoin.com/judge-denies-cel-valuation-boost-evades-cels-security-classification-in-celsius-saga/ #securitiesandexchangecommission #federalsecuritieslaws. #unregisteredsecurity #marketperformance #legalprecedent #bankruptcy #judgeglenn #u.s.dollar #challenge #creditors #dismissal #marketcap #valuation

Dear Ripple, Don’t Settle: Embrace the Opportunity to Shape Crypto’s Future - As Ripple and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) persist in their l... - https://news.bitcoin.com/dear-ripple-dont-settle-embrace-the-opportunity-to-shape-cryptos-future/ #favorablecourtjudgment #regulatoryrequirements #cryptocurrencymarket #industryprinciples #regulatoryclarity #tokenregistration #globalregulation #opinioneditorial #secsjurisdiction #josephcollement #legalprecedent #futuresmarket

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#HachetteVsInternetArchive

Good idea: 😀

#BoycottHachette #BoycottHarperCollins
#BoycottJohnWiley #PenguinRandomHouse
#BoycottBertelsmann*

However, to push back legally is of the essence.

Here're my 2 cents on this, maybe conditions could even be improved in the #US + countries w/ jurisprudence based on #English #CommonLaw + #LegalPrecedent:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/110085830108729007

*In 2020, the German publisher Bertelsmann became sole owner
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Random_House

SEC lawsuit claims jurisdiction as ETH nodes are 'clustered' in the US

https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-lawsuit-claims-jurisdiction-as-eth-nodes-are-clustered-in-the-us

#LegalJurisdiction #NodeDistribution #LegalPrecedent #EthereumNodes #UnitedStates #IanBalina #Sparkster #AaronLane #SPRK