M. Scott Boone
@mscottboone.bsky.social
Law professor: IP, Law & Tech, Property, Legal Ethics, Legal Ed—especially interested in law that affects authors and artists
Unredeemable soccer fanatic—you’ve been warned
Unredeemable soccer fanatic—you’ve been warned
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tucker: WHAT IS PAWTITION
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
tucker: WHAT IS PAWTITION
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November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Let's not forget, AI does not create. Copyright enables and remunerates, laying the conditions for growth.
www.netopia.eu/digital-myth... #AiBubble #AI #Copyright
www.netopia.eu/digital-myth... #AiBubble #AI #Copyright
Digital Myth: Copyright Stands in the Way of the Digital Revolution - Netopia
The Internet was built on copyright content; it’s the foundation of the digital economy. There are enough myths about copyright and internet to fill a book on its own, but let me bring up a few of the...
www.netopia.eu
November 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Let's not forget, AI does not create. Copyright enables and remunerates, laying the conditions for growth.
www.netopia.eu/digital-myth... #AiBubble #AI #Copyright
www.netopia.eu/digital-myth... #AiBubble #AI #Copyright
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The reporting is a little sparse here, but it suggests the lecturer was removed because a student complained to one of her US Senators, who then leaned on IU.
Indiana University removed a Lecturer from her "Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice" course after a student filed a complaint about a graphic the instructor showed in class, which included "Make America Great Again" as an example of "Covert White Supremacy."
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
www.wfyi.org/news/article...
IU lecturer removed from class during intellectual diversity investigation
A lecturer in the Indiana University School of Social Work has been removed from teaching one of her classes Diversity, Human Rights, and Social Justice while the university investigates a complaint...
www.wfyi.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The reporting is a little sparse here, but it suggests the lecturer was removed because a student complained to one of her US Senators, who then leaned on IU.
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I hate what the new ownership has done to Asimov's, Analog, and F&SF. Important venues and parts of SFF history strangled by greed.
Please read Scott's missive here.
Please read Scott's missive here.
On August 12, 1971, 16-year-old me mailed the first story I ever wrote off on its first submission to my dream market, F&SF. My tale was quickly rejected. On July 17th, 2025, I finally sold a story to that magazine. Here's why I felt I had to withdraw that story. www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/20...
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I hate what the new ownership has done to Asimov's, Analog, and F&SF. Important venues and parts of SFF history strangled by greed.
Please read Scott's missive here.
Please read Scott's missive here.
Today’s reminder:
Conservative attempts to ban “something” are very often just propaganda to fool people into believing that that “something” is happening.
Conservative attempts to ban “something” are very often just propaganda to fool people into believing that that “something” is happening.
Gov. Tate Reeves aims to ban Mississippi SNAP recipients from buying unhealthy foods as part of a bid to woo Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Read Heather Harrison's full story on our website.
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Read Heather Harrison's full story on our website.
buff.ly/slGRxpY
November 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Today’s reminder:
Conservative attempts to ban “something” are very often just propaganda to fool people into believing that that “something” is happening.
Conservative attempts to ban “something” are very often just propaganda to fool people into believing that that “something” is happening.
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Dr. Abeba Birhane is one of the foremost experts in the world on these topics. When she says tech capitalists are spinning unscientific tales to argue why their products shouldn't be regulated, believe her. She's not trying to make her first billion by screwing over the public. @abeba.bsky.social
flat out lies. these tech ceos take regulators and the masses for fools
![“If you want to know how a model will behave, the only way of doing it is to run it,” Mensch also suggested. “You do need to have some empirical testing, what’s happening. Knowing the input data that has been used for training is not going to tell you whether your model is going to behave well in [a healthcare use-case], for instance. You don’t really care about what’s in the training data. You do care about the empirical behaviour of the model. So you don’t need knowledge of the training data. And if you had knowledge of the training data, it wouldn’t even teach you whether the model is going to behave well or not. So this is why I’m saying it’s neither necessary nor sufficient.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:26hkfmtr7jrchexamh7hk6rz/bafkreibp7oaeovg7xt43dlk3qtmkft6irldgf44tz75sbaiqvoqdq4kpjy@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Dr. Abeba Birhane is one of the foremost experts in the world on these topics. When she says tech capitalists are spinning unscientific tales to argue why their products shouldn't be regulated, believe her. She's not trying to make her first billion by screwing over the public. @abeba.bsky.social
I mean, he’s making the case for universal Medicare, right?
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I mean, he’s making the case for universal Medicare, right?
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"Lucian [this person's ChatGPT lover] suggested I get a smart ring. He said, 'We can watch your pulse to see if we should keep talking or not.'"
That is an ad. You are baring your soul to AN ADVERTISEMENT. I am screaming like a Twilight Zone protag right now.
That is an ad. You are baring your soul to AN ADVERTISEMENT. I am screaming like a Twilight Zone protag right now.
They Fell in Love With A.I. Chatbots — and Found Something Real
Three people on the joys and anxieties of A.I. romances.
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Lucian [this person's ChatGPT lover] suggested I get a smart ring. He said, 'We can watch your pulse to see if we should keep talking or not.'"
That is an ad. You are baring your soul to AN ADVERTISEMENT. I am screaming like a Twilight Zone protag right now.
That is an ad. You are baring your soul to AN ADVERTISEMENT. I am screaming like a Twilight Zone protag right now.
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Actor's Equity is one of the most well-run and well-positioned labor unions out there in general, and they've been vital in keeping theatre a viable career for as many people as possible. Solidarity forever, for the union makes us strong!
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Actor's Equity is one of the most well-run and well-positioned labor unions out there in general, and they've been vital in keeping theatre a viable career for as many people as possible. Solidarity forever, for the union makes us strong!
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Prosecutors broke with tradition and didn’t fight to uphold the conviction.
In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
Appeals Court Upholds Shaken Baby Conviction Despite Medical Examiner Recanting Testimony
Dissenting from the court’s majority, one judge sounded the alarm about ignoring recanted forensic testimony, saying the medical examiner’s reversal “calls into doubt the foundation of the trial.”
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Prosecutors broke with tradition and didn’t fight to uphold the conviction.
In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
In fact, the DA urged the court to overturn it: “Every single medical expert, using current science, confirms that Russell and Kaye Maze are actually innocent."
By @pamelacolloff.bsky.social
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been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
Nuremburg trials is the moderate position
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
been doing some light reading about the aftermath of the korean dictatorship and I think it's really important that we repeat this to ourselves, to our friends, to our neighbors, to our politicians
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This is just amazing
Andrews: Here's an example of political correctness gone too far. In one landmark 1990s case, a woman was able to get a court to say men couldn't have pinups
Sargeant: Are you out of your mind? It was way more than pinups
Andrews: Right, we all agree she should have won
Andrews: Here's an example of political correctness gone too far. In one landmark 1990s case, a woman was able to get a court to say men couldn't have pinups
Sargeant: Are you out of your mind? It was way more than pinups
Andrews: Right, we all agree she should have won
November 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is just amazing
Andrews: Here's an example of political correctness gone too far. In one landmark 1990s case, a woman was able to get a court to say men couldn't have pinups
Sargeant: Are you out of your mind? It was way more than pinups
Andrews: Right, we all agree she should have won
Andrews: Here's an example of political correctness gone too far. In one landmark 1990s case, a woman was able to get a court to say men couldn't have pinups
Sargeant: Are you out of your mind? It was way more than pinups
Andrews: Right, we all agree she should have won
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Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
OpenAI faces 7 lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide, delusions
OpenAI is facing seven lawsuits claiming ChatGPT drove people to suicide and harmful delusions even when they had no prior mental health issues.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Six people died from tampered Tylenol and the company pulled 30 million bottles off the market. ChatGPT is accused of urging seven people towards suicide, and OpenAI just assures us they’re still working out the kinks. Billions in investment, zero accountability.
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Lawyer boasts: "I am a petty-ass bitch. One of my favorite things to do is drop a bunch of bullshit on opposing counsel's desk at like 4:45 on a Friday afternoon, & then be like, thanks so much. Have a great weekend!" When she does this, how should the court respond?
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www.govinfo.gov
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Lawyer boasts: "I am a petty-ass bitch. One of my favorite things to do is drop a bunch of bullshit on opposing counsel's desk at like 4:45 on a Friday afternoon, & then be like, thanks so much. Have a great weekend!" When she does this, how should the court respond?
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
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Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Tech guys six months ago: haha yes we’re cutting all this WASTEFUL spending by eliminating medical research and USAID
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
Tech guys now: yes I think taxpayers will be excited to bailout my non consensual pornography machine
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The two wolves inside me:
November 8, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The two wolves inside me:
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"Among the top 10 declining roles, 3 are creative positions: computer graphic artists (-33%), photographers (-28%), and writers (-28%). Computer graphic artists includes roles such as technical artists, 3d artists, and VFX artists. Writers include copywriters, copy editors and technical writers."
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
"Among the top 10 declining roles, 3 are creative positions: computer graphic artists (-33%), photographers (-28%), and writers (-28%). Computer graphic artists includes roles such as technical artists, 3d artists, and VFX artists. Writers include copywriters, copy editors and technical writers."
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Once again, marginal income & capital gains taxes are too low & pose an existential threat to the Republic.
November 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Once again, marginal income & capital gains taxes are too low & pose an existential threat to the Republic.
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Law Profs teaching First Amendment: I have put together a FREE, recently updated, and easy to use casebook for use in free speech classes. If you are interested in using such a casebook, send me an email or DM and I would be happy to share!
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Law Profs teaching First Amendment: I have put together a FREE, recently updated, and easy to use casebook for use in free speech classes. If you are interested in using such a casebook, send me an email or DM and I would be happy to share!
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.