When it comes to cyber policy and anything like intellectual property, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s critiques are so predictable, they might as well use ChatGPT to write their blog. For instance, in opposing the NO FAKES Act, an April post by Corynne McSherry selects items from that same menu of responses EFF has used to oppose any form of online ...
In this podcast, I talk with Tim Friedlander, voice actor, musician, and founder of the National Associaion of Voice Actors (NAVA). Tim joined me to talk about AI — its potential threats to his profession, his experience meeting on Capitol Hill, and his views on why this subject matters. Contents ...
Overseas and Out of Reach: International Video Piracy and U.S. Options to Combat It, released today by IP House and Digital Citizens Alliance (DCA) is one more reason the U.S. Congress should adopt site-blocking legislation to protect American creators and consumers. Thirteen years ago this coming January, Congress shelved bipartisan legislation that was designed to restrict foreign-based criminal enterprises from ...
On Monday, beloved actor James Earl Jones passed away at age 93, but in 2022, he signed an agreement with LucasFilms to allow the voice of Darth Vader to live on through Gen AI replication. Jones’s permission to replicate his voice is a bittersweet prelude to today’s news from Capitol Hill, where the House of Representatives introduced its own No ...
Last week, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion regarding Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. It may be the strongest affirmation to date that the statute does not provide a blanket liability shield for all social platforms regardless of their conduct. Specifically, §230(c)(1) only immunizes platforms for liability that may arise from other parties’ speech, not ...
