Devlin Hartline
@devlinhartline.bsky.social
Husband, father, & IP geek. JD, LLM, & Esquire. Senior Fellow, Forum for Intellectual Property, Hudson Institute. #Hudson4IP
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Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.
Legal Theory Blog
Discover our latest articles and updates. Stay informed with recent posts that cover a variety of topics you care about!
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October 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.
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These are your words of the week
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flotilla
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alderperson
vindictive
plenary
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The Words of the Week - Oct. 10
Dictionary lookups from calligraphy, Sweden, and the Mediterranean
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October 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
These are your words of the week
flotilla
oeuvre
alderperson
vindictive
plenary
paraph
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
flotilla
oeuvre
alderperson
vindictive
plenary
paraph
www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/the...
Justice Scalia: "Restatements are of questionable value, and must be used with caution. Over time, the Restatements' authors have abandoned the mission of describing the law, and have chosen instead to set forth their aspirations for what the law ought to be." Kansas v. Nebraska, 574 U.S. at 475.
“At the end of the day, a Restatement should restate the law. When it fails to do that, it is not a Restatement at all, but more of a normative treatise or law review article. Accordingly, at best, the Copyright Restatement should not be afforded any more weight than those types of resources.”
Mass Resignations Call into Question Legitimacy of ALI Copyright Restatement
In recent posts published on this blog (see here and here), the drafters of the American Law Institute’s (ALI) Copyright Restatement promoted
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October 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Justice Scalia: "Restatements are of questionable value, and must be used with caution. Over time, the Restatements' authors have abandoned the mission of describing the law, and have chosen instead to set forth their aspirations for what the law ought to be." Kansas v. Nebraska, 574 U.S. at 475.
"When an ALI project is so riddled with disagreements that a substantial number of participants feel the need to resign and ask that their names be removed from the final product, it calls into question the legitimacy of the project." #copyright
In a new #WoltersKluwer #copyright blog by Copyright Alliance CEO @keithkup.bsky.social, Keith asserts that mass #ALI resignations call into question the legitimacy of the ALI Copyright Restatement. Read Keith's post here for more: legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/copyright-bl...
Mass Resignations Call into Question Legitimacy of ALI Copyright Restatement
In recent posts published on this blog (see here and here), the drafters of the American Law Institute’s (ALI) Copyright Restatement promoted
legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
"When an ALI project is so riddled with disagreements that a substantial number of participants feel the need to resign and ask that their names be removed from the final product, it calls into question the legitimacy of the project." #copyright
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Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.
October 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.
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A scientist tried to discredit the theory that ultra-processed foods are killing us. Instead, he overturned his own understanding of obesity.
Why Is the American Diet So Deadly?
A scientist tried to discredit the theory that ultra-processed foods are killing us. Instead, he overturned his own understanding of obesity.
www.newyorker.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
A scientist tried to discredit the theory that ultra-processed foods are killing us. Instead, he overturned his own understanding of obesity.
Great & timely Hudson Institute policy memo by @copyrightalliance.org's Kevin Madigan on whether generative #AI training is #copyright infringement or fair use. #Hudson4IP
READ: www.hudson.org/information-...
READ: www.hudson.org/information-...
Generative AI and Copyright Infringement: Lessons from past Fair Use Cases
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June 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Great & timely Hudson Institute policy memo by @copyrightalliance.org's Kevin Madigan on whether generative #AI training is #copyright infringement or fair use. #Hudson4IP
READ: www.hudson.org/information-...
READ: www.hudson.org/information-...
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And...yes. Another big AI decision. When a win is maybe not a win. The AI training is fair use cult may be very disappointed by Meta's Summary Judgment "victory" in its copyright suit. Be very very careful not to be spun by Meta's proxies and advocates.
READ THE ACTUAL OPINION CLOSELY. /1
READ THE ACTUAL OPINION CLOSELY. /1
June 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
And...yes. Another big AI decision. When a win is maybe not a win. The AI training is fair use cult may be very disappointed by Meta's Summary Judgment "victory" in its copyright suit. Be very very careful not to be spun by Meta's proxies and advocates.
READ THE ACTUAL OPINION CLOSELY. /1
READ THE ACTUAL OPINION CLOSELY. /1
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“GenAI models may ‘transform’ input data into dazzling new outputs, but this isn’t the transformation that fair use favors. Under fair use, a transformative use is one that comments on, critiques, or provides new insights about an original work.”
www.copyhype.com/2025/06/not-...
www.copyhype.com/2025/06/not-...
Not That Kind of Transformation: AI, Fair Use, and Relating Back – Copyhype
www.copyhype.com
June 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“GenAI models may ‘transform’ input data into dazzling new outputs, but this isn’t the transformation that fair use favors. Under fair use, a transformative use is one that comments on, critiques, or provides new insights about an original work.”
www.copyhype.com/2025/06/not-...
www.copyhype.com/2025/06/not-...
Register Perlmutter has sued over her purported firing as head of the Copyright Office. She argues that the replacement of Dr. Hayden as Librarian is ultra vires & that her own removal violates separation of powers and the Appointments Clause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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May 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Register Perlmutter has sued over her purported firing as head of the Copyright Office. She argues that the replacement of Dr. Hayden as Librarian is ultra vires & that her own removal violates separation of powers and the Appointments Clause. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
“There is a general undercurrent of anti-copyright sentiment that runs through the entire Copyright Restatement that manifests itself through a disproportionate focus on atypical court decisions that limit the scope of copyright protection.” —Keith Kupferschmid
Today, our CEO @keithkup.bsky.social announced that he has resigned from the ALI Restatement of Copyright Law project, along with numerous others. These departures follow the recent resignations of four prominent law professors. Read our statement here: copyrightalliance.org/press-releas...
May 16, 2025 at 1:29 PM
“There is a general undercurrent of anti-copyright sentiment that runs through the entire Copyright Restatement that manifests itself through a disproportionate focus on atypical court decisions that limit the scope of copyright protection.” —Keith Kupferschmid